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Victoria’s Secret Models Cover British GQ; December Sales Fell Short of Expectations
• GQ’s February issue is an homage to the Victoria's Secret show, and the cover features Candice Swanepoel, Lindsay Ellingson, Lily Aldridge, and Erin Heatherton. [Modelinia]
• December sales fell a bit short of expectations this year. [WWD]
• Kate Foster, Juicy Couture’s vice president of global marketing and communications, has just left her position for undisclosed reasons. [WWD]
• Petra Nemcova got engaged to her boyfriend of eight months, British actor Jamie Belman. [Vogue UK]
• Revlon pulled its ads from Condé Nast’s titles last year, but now the brand might reconsider. [WWD]
• Crystal Renn piled on the fur and animal prints for an editorial in Muse’s most recent issue. [Design Scene]
• Badgley Mischka just opened up a Beverly Hills flagship in the same space where Julia Roberts was refused service in Pretty Woman. [WWD]
• Next Models signed a 50-year-old carpet fitter named Robert Knighton, and he's already nabbed a campaign for a major U.K. brand. [Vogue UK]
• Becky Gebhardt of Avelle, Inc., has just been named the new senior creative director of Crocs. [WWD]
• The producers of The Jersey Shore are reportedly working on a new reality show filmed in a nail salon. [Refinery29]