Hedi Slimane sent out dresses that called to mind the “kinderwhore” fashion pioneered by Courtney Love and company during grunge’s nascent years. But the Saint Laurent designer wasn’t the only one who embraced baby dolls for Fall. At Valentino, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli updated the youthful silhouette with couture-level craftsmanship, while Emilio Pucci’s Peter Dundas and Undercover’s Jun Takahashi showed wispy lingerie-inspired takes on the trend.

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"This is what you call a full-circle moment," Proenza Schouler's Jack McCollough said at Parsons' Fashion Benefit last night. He was onstage with Lazaro Hernandez, accepting an award from their alma mater eleven years after Barneys New York bought their graduation collection. Earlier, McCollough remembered the spring of their own senior year. "Narciso Rodriguez came to talk to us. We were in awe." Rodriguez, Tracy Reese, and Prabal Gurung were among the alums in the 900-person-strong crowd.

An English pub isn’t the first thing one might expect to see in the middle of a luxury mall in Beijing. But leave it to Stella McCartney to bring a taste of the UK to the Chinese megalopolis. Tuesday night, the designer opened her first Beijing store and invited guests to toast the milestone with pints of Guinness and Pimm’s Cups. Partygoers noshed on chips and tapped their toes to nineties Brit pop while perusing the airy two-story boutique. Fittingly, the eco-conscious McCartney chose a green location for the new space.