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The Smallest Traveling Store In The World Unpacks In NYC

A few years ago, A.F. Vandevorst’s Filip Arickx and An Vandevorst started opening “guerrilla” shops in neglected buildings in northern Europe; more recently, they’ve taken to the road with a clothes-selling installation they’ve dubbed The Smallest Traveling Store in the World.

Borgo Magic

In keeping with the tradition of using his famous stylish fans as his models (Vanessa Traina, Lauren Santo Domingo, and Kate Lanphear, to name a few), Eddie Borgo brought on V’s Cecilia Dean to star in his latest ad campaign. “Cecilia was a natural progression for us; she exemplifies all those mysterious, sexy elements of a woman with effortless style,” Borgo tells Style.com.

A Look Inside The Louis Vuitton/Marc Jacobs Book, Freja’s Cross-Stitch Campaign, Fashion Fringe On Tour, And More…

The new Louis Vuitton/Marc Jacobs book is not due out until April (in conjunction with the exhibit opening at Les Arts Décoratifs in Paris), but Hintmag.com got a sneak peak at some of the images in the tome. The book also includes essays by fashion historians and editors. [Hint]

Freja Beha Erichsen is now available in cross-stitch. The model is the star of Scandinavian jeweler Georg Jensen’s new ad campaign, which Jensen commissioned cross-stitch artist Inge Jacobsen to make. The eight images took an estimated 2,000 hours to produce. [Telegraph]

Digitally enhanced L'Oreal advert starring Rachel Weisz is banned

An advert showing British actress Rachel Weisz wearing a L'Oréal Paris anti-wrinkle cream has been banned as misleading because the photograph had been digitally enhanced.

Bruno’s Back

Belgian designer Bruno Pieters’ Spring 2010 runway show in Paris was the grand finale of his namesake ready-to-wear line. “Many of my dreams were coming true, but it wasn’t bringing me the happiness I thought it would,” he tells Style.com. After a year-long sabbatical spent exploring the developing world, he’s back with a fresh approach to fashion and a renewed enthusiasm for the industry, fueled by his new fashion brand, Honest By, and accompanying e-commerce site (www.honestby.com), which launched yesterday.

Links of The Daily

"Me Doing Me" [Vogue UK] Karl Lagerfeld gets frank about his new line and what he learned at Balmain: "...you can learn there because you are not influenced. You learn not what to do."...Elizabeth Olsen on finding her fashionable feet [Telegraph UK] The star dishes on finding Marni in second-hand stores and not being dressed by MK and A...Paris, Nature Meets Craft in Jewelry [International Herald Tribune/NY Times] Decadent highlights of the haute joaillerie showings in Paris...

And The Actor Goes To

The 18th Annual SAG Awards ceremony was almost like watching the Globes all
over again. Same A-list nominees, same A-list winners, save for upsets in
the Best Actor and Actress categories. Only this time around the festivities
included a drinking game courtesy of the Bridesmaids crew. Kristen Wiig and company's onstage antics echoed the action on the red carpet: For the most part, the vibe tonight was cooler, looser, and more fun—and better for it.

Paris couturiers and their muses at Sidaction gala dinner

Paris's top couturiers and their stylish celebrity muses gathered to raise funds for Sidaction, the French Aids research organisation.

Fête Majeur

For ten years, the Sidaction gala has closed the spring Couture season in Paris. The evening has evolved into a highly successful fundraiser for AIDS education, research, and treatment, but the personality of the actual event is contingent on a couple of other features.

Paris Haute Couture: Jerry Hall back on the catwalk

Paris couturier Jean Luc Amsler lined up Jerry Hall, 55, to walk in his show - but he wasn't the only one with a penchant for older models.

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