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The Fashion Cycle

New blog Part Nouveau, or ‘partly new’, delves into fashion history to showcase the inspiration–be it art, photography or design–behind some of today’s biggest fashion moments. It’s fascinating and impossible not to get lost in, so we asked the site’s founder, Lilah Ramzi, to give us a little history lesson each week. This week's lesson? Fashion really is a cycle--and a freewheelin' one at that!

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Fashion News Roundup: Anna Wintour Made Hamish Bowles Try Out for X-Factor, Alice Temperley Thinks London Fashion Week Is Better Than New York's, and a List of Movie Designers that Should Exist in Real Life

Alice Temperley Wants A Longer LFW: The Pippa fave feels London Fashion Week--which, at five days, is the shortest of the major four--should be extended. Says Ms. Temperley, "London's better than New York Fashion Week now." Alright, now tell us how you really feel! {Telegraph} McCartney's Collab for NYC Ballet: Stella McCartney has designed the costumes for a new ballet opening Thursday with a score penned by her dear old dad Paul. The designer feels collaborating with your father is "emotional" for anybody, but that "on another side, I know and understand I am working with Paul McCartney.” {WWD} Fashion and Fantasy Mix in New Shopping Technology: "Augmented Realities" are growing in popularity on online shopping sites, where the obvious lack of trying-before-buying has always been a major problem. New and improved AR apps generally involve live feeds and 3-D imagery, allowing users to "try on" clothes, makeup, glasses... and grow horns?? {NY Times}

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It's a Mod Mod World Once Again: Let's Take a Look at the Editorials

Few trends have as long a shelf life as mod, though it could be because this '60s trend is the style that never actually goes out of style. In 1995, Marc Jacobs told Vogue that the sixties was the most "modern period in fashion," and that "if I saw those clothes walking down the street today, I would say they looked modern, experimental and classic." This was, of course, during a time when mod was having yet another resurgence, but the point remains. A shift dress never seems to go the way of the Dodo. The '60s youthquake hit fall collections like Prada, Burberry Prorsum, Alberta Ferretti, and Jil Sander, showing clean lines, bright colors and the occasional crazy headgear. Fashion editors are translating them to magazine pages at an alarming rate, and we can't get enough of it. Last fall saw a focus on the 50s bombshell, while the present takes inspiration from Twiggy. Is the 70s set for next year? Time will tell on that one, but for now click through to take a look at some of the standout mod editorials for fall.

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Mid-Day Snack

Now You See It: Photographer Greg Kadel shot an editorial titled Come As You Are for Australian Vogue and released an early shot to models.com. In t

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Mid-Day Snack

Dolled Up: There exist in the world 25 Terry Richardson action figures. Sometimes things are just so right. {Refinery29 via Slamhype} Shine On: What d