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.

“There comes a moment in every artist’s life when it is important to ask, what is going to be my legacy,” said Marina Abramovic this morning. She announced one answer to her own question at a private presentation and breakfast: with plans for her namesake institute in Hudson, New York, slated to open in 2014.

After cramming a city’s worth of menswear offerings into a single MAN Day for the last few seasons, London is planning to give its standout men’s offerings a bit more room to breathe. The first men’s-only London fashion collections (technically three days, rather than a few weeks) will take place June 15 to 17, with opening programs including a launch event hosted by Prince Charles. In addition to the young London designers who have been showing on MAN DAY—like J.W. Anderson, James Long, Topman, Lou Dalton, and Christopher Shannon—the new opportunity has lured several U.K.