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Proenza Schouler to Launch a Jewelry Collection; Perry Ellis’s Daughter Is Designing Handbags
• Proenza Schouler designers Jack and Lazaro are working on a line of costume jewelry. [WWD]
• Perry Ellis’s daughter Tyler is launching a line of handbags. [NYT]
• Cindy Crawford is on the latest cover of Elle China. [Fashion Gone Rogue]
• Diane Von Furstenberg was honored by the Municipal Art Society of New York for her contribution to the upkeep of the meatpacking district. She received a medal. [WWD]
• Tyra Banks and André Leon Talley take on skinny jeans (and muffin tops) in the latest episode of Fa-Fa-Fa-Fashion. [Type F]
• All the clothes in this editorial from Chinese Vogue are from H&M’s collections. [Design Scene]
• Apparently, flash mobs are now being used as a shoplifting “tactic. [Racked]
• Bulgari has pledged to donate $7.5 million toward education programs for children in need, in collaboration with Save the Children. [StyleList]
• Elle used a photo of Valentino Garavani to illustrate a story on why you should stop tanning. [Elle]
• There's a mostly unsubstantiated rumor floating around that Carine Roitfeld may be involved in a reality-TV project. [Fashionologie]