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Jason Wu Is Designing Faucets; Kate Hudson to Launch a Jewelry Collection
• Jason Wu is creating a line of kitchen and bathroom faucets. [NYDN]
• Kate Hudson is helping to design a line of jewelry for Chrome Hearts. [WWD]
• Crystal Renn is thinking about career moves outside of the modeling industry: “I really do see the connection between modeling and acting and I see the challenge in acting ... I think more and more that's going to be a direction I’ll maybe go in. I’ve been working on a project that I can’t go into too much detail on but it’s given me an opportunity so that people will get to see me in a different light perhaps.” [Fashionista]
• Buying counterfeit goods in New York could land you with a $1,000 fine, if a new bill is enacted. [NYP]
• All the recent political turmoil in Tunisia has not stopped the country’s most recent fashion week shows. [Vogue UK]
• A distressed Balmain tank top that features a backward print of the American flag is proving “controversial,” according to the New York Post. (Really, the controversy should stem from the fact that it retails for over $1,500.) [Page Six/NYP]
• In celebration of the label’s twentieth anniversary, A|X Armani Exchange is launching a special capsule collection called AXX. [WWD]
• Here’s a gallery of some of Ralph Lauren’s cars, many of which are currently on show at an exhibition in Paris. [CNN]
• The third winner of Logo reality show RuPaul’s Drag Race used to be the makeup artist on America’s Next Top Model. [Us]