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In a move that will surely attract potential investors as Marc Jacobs readies its IPO, president Robert Duffy filmed this super weird video.

One of the most renowned fashion houses in the world is in a period of major transition: After 16 years as the creative director of Louis Vuitton, M

Ten days in Paris. Ten days of fashion. Ten days of drinking wine and eating steak frites and shopping probably a little more than I should. Here's what I saw.

"This was never my intention to be the last show."

This morning's Louis Vuitton show was, as rumored, Marc Jacobs' last for the brand recently named the most valuable in the world.

With her crop tops getting more and more cropped and her hot pants getting more and more... hot (yeah, no), it was nearly inevitable that we'd see Miley Cyrus completely naked. After all, the Maxim Hot 100 list-topper has shown time and time again that she's totally OK with revealing her butt crack. Turning around for the cameras was just the next step. Alas, this time it's for a good cause.

82-year-old Carmen Dell'Orefice graces the cover of You magazine. In the accompanying story Dell'Orefice says she's scored more covers in the last 15 years than she had "in all the years before that." YES. {Design Scene} Karl Lagerfeld designed rooms (not furniture) for fast-furniture company, which is apparently like an IKEA-Best Buy hybrid. Is there any industry Karl hasn't touched? {WWD} New York Knick Amar’e Stoudemire blazed through his wedding reception in a custom red Lanvin suit to give his wedding a regal feel. We think he succeeded. {T Magazine}

It's been 16 years since Marc Jacobs took the helm of Louis Vuitton--a period of time that saw the introduction of ready-to-wear at Vuitton, collaborations with artists like Stephen Sprouse and Takashi Murakami, and, not incidentally, sky-rocketing revenues. The partnership has been a success by all accounts--but, according to industry rumors, it could be coming to an end soon.

If you thought that Marc by Marc Jacobs has been looking a little too '70s over the last few seasons, that it's been feeling a little bit, well... meh, you're not the only one. In an interview with WWD, Robert Duffy, president and vice chairman of Marc Jacobs International, admitted that Jacobs' contemporary line was "getting a little stale." So he's made two very exciting hires to liven up the brand: Former Marc Jacobs's accessories designer Katie Hillier has been named creative director and beloved designer Luella Bartley has been named design director of women’s ready-to-wear.

To survive in this business, you've got to have more than talent. You've got to be shrewd, savvy, determined—and a crazy-hard worker.

In an interview with Port Magazine, Marc Jacobs's partner in empire-building Robert Duffy describes their relationship as "a married couple that has weathered so many storms [but] we are happy [and] comfortable with each other now." One of those storms? The hotly-debated Dior job, which Jacobs was offered last year.

Dior's new main man Raf Simons will once again design a menswear collab for Brit heritage brand Fred Perry. {Telegraph} Two of Kate Middleton's old straw hats are expected to fetch up to £1,500 each at a charity auction. {Vogue UK} Artist Tyler Shields' Birkin BurnGate may have raised a lot of eyebrows, but it also raised the alarm at the Purse Blog. Not only are they rejecting the hefty $100k price tag, they don't even think that bag is a real Birkin. {PurseBlog} Tonight, after nine months of work, Barneys New York will finally deliver their window collaboration with the Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art. {WWD, subscription required}

Former Urban Outfitters CEO Took a Pile of Cash When He Left: Glen Senk left Urban Outfitters without collecting his bonus, but he definitely didn't walk away empty-handed. Along with his $942,000 salary, WWD reports that Senk received a "$5,000 bonus, $3,000 in other compensation and $1.6 million in option awards." {WWD subscription required} Franca Sozzani Talks Anorexia and Fashion at Harvard: The editrix talked to Harvard students about the unfortunate role fashion plays in promoting the ideal of extreme thinness, and how it contributes to the anorexia epidemic seen in young women (and men) in several first-world societies. She says, "Why the age of supermodels, who were beautiful and womanly, slowly started decreasing and we now have still undeveloped adolescents with no sign of curves? Why is this considered beautiful?" Franca failed, however, to comment on the fact that these same "undeveloped adolescents" are prominently featured in her magazine from month to month. {Vogue.it} Claire Danes, Sofia Vergara, Michelle Dockery and Julianna Margulies Are Naked in Bed on Vanity Fair: Vanity Fair features the first ladies of primetime television in May's "Special TV Issue." They look mighty comfy in those silk sheets. {TFS}