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Selfridges Splits With Dolce & Gabbana; Cindy Crawford Models for Russian Retailer

• The U.K. department store Selfridges will no longer carry Dolce & Gabbana because the brand’s executives were reportedly upset about the collection’s location being moved. [WWD]

Cindy Crawford stars in Russian retailer Tsum’s fall campaign. [Design Scene]

• The Richard Avedon Foundation is auctioning off 60 of the photographer’s works, including his famous Dovima With Elephants print, which is expected to fetch half a million dollars. [WWD]

Kate Moss and Jamie Hince have been spotted in Italy with rings on their wedding fingers. Cue tabloid frenzy. [Catwalk Queen]

• Behold: Jimmy Choo Uggs! Price tag: $795! [Racked]

Biba hasn’t solicited any fashion advice from their new face, Daisy Lowe, daughter of Gavin Rossdale and Pearl Lowe, but she’s “just giving it anyway,” she said. Her requests? “Please, please make some pussy bow shirts, in any prints. Just make sure you do them because they are so flattering and feminine.” [Independent UK]

Caroline Herrera will be the recipient of this Fashion Week’s Mercedes-Benz Presents honor. [WWD]

• Bird by Juicy Couture is the latest brand to tap bloggers for its ads. [Because I’m Addicted]

• Lady Gaga took a Twitpic of herself rocking a bouffant hairdo secured with a bandanna. [Style]

Vivienne Westwood is showcasing 200 of her shoes at Selfridges in London this week. [InStyle UK]

• Kiki de Montparnasse will be hosting “intimacy salons” this fall, and classes include “partner play (open to couples), celebrating the sensual self (women only), the art of seduction (men only), and bedroom games (couples).” [Fashionista]

• Lynn Yaeger hosted a “nutty dressers” luncheon at the Carlyle Hotel with Tziporah Salamon, Iris Apfel, Patricia Fox, and Suzanne Golden. [T Magazine/NYT]

Selfridges Splits With Dolce & Gabbana; Cindy Crawford Models for Russian Retailer