Two of fashion's biggest names stake their claim on London's label-laden streets.

The application process has commenced for the Swarovski Collective corps of S/S 2013, and designers who show at the quartet of major fashion weeks globally are welcome to toss their hats into the ring. Stalwarts and fresh young talents alike who have shown at New York, Paris, Milan, and London fashion weeks can be contenders for the program, now in its thirteenth year, by submitting their schemes for incorporating Swarovski's trademark sparklers into their designs. The next set of winners will turn out their crystal-dappled creations in September during their respective fashion weeks.

Tim Burton’s remake of Dark Shadows, starring Johnny Depp (pictured), hit theaters this past weekend. There has been plenty of buzz surrounding three-time Academy Award-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood’s clothes for the film, but the L.A. Times recently learned the hardest part about putting the wardrobe together—finding the right pair of vintage sunglasses (a key wardrobe piece) for Depp, because apparently, heads back in 1972 were a bit smaller. [L.A. Times]

Marwyn announces the launch of Luxup at www.luxup.com – a unique invitation-only club for international travellers with a love of shopping for luxury brands. Launching in summer 2012, the club will initially target Chinese and International travellers visiting London, with subsequent roll-out to the US and Hong Kong in the fall and then to other cities around the world.

The House of Hermes Goes on Show in London [Telegraph UK] "Leather Forever," a London exhibit celebrating 175 years of luxe Hermes leather is deemed a "must see"...Celebrity Hair Stylist Vidal Sassoon Dead at 84 [Reuters] Vidal Sassoon died yesterday after a long battle with leukemia