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Yves Saint Laurent Named Top-Earning Dead Celebrity; Kate Moss Models Her Topshop Clothes Again

Forbes named Yves Saint Laurent the top-earning dead celebrity this week. The late designer’s earnings total $350 million this year, surpassing the $90 million Michael Jackson has earned since his death in June. [Forbes, Yahoo]

• GSI Commerce purchased the online sample-sale site RueLaLa.com and its parent company, Retail Convergence, for $350 million yesterday. [Shophound]

Karl Lagerfeld shot — who else? — Baptiste Giabiconi and Freja Beha for a Harper’s Bazaar editorial. [Design Scene]

• Yet again, Kate Moss stars in the ads for her holiday Topshop collection, which launches tomorrow. [My Fashion Life]

Diane Von Furstenberg shot the campaign for her sunglasses herself this week. The model is her son’s fiancée, Ali Kay. [Fashionologie]

Yves Saint Laurent Named Top-Earning Dead Celebrity; Kate Moss Models Her Topshop Clothes Again