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Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston Land October Magazine Covers; Hermès Profits Skyrocket
• Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott shot Angelina Jolie for the cover of October’s Vanity Fair. [Refinery29]
• And promoting their new film about breast cancer, Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore, and Alicia Keys share the October cover of Glamour. [OK!]
• Hermès reported a 42 percent rise in net profits in the first half of this financial year. [WWD]
• See a video of Mary-Kate Olsen on a “shoe drop” with TOMS in Honduras. [Stylelist]
• Vogue.com has been receiving 1.2 million unique visitors a month, according to stats from this June. [Business Insider]
• Harry Potter stars Rupert Grint and Tom Felton are in the new Band of Outsiders lookbook. [Styleite]
• Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is modeling with Ryan Reynolds for Marks & Spencer. [Daily Mail]
• Tory Burch will delay the opening of her new flagship store on Madison Avenue for a week because of Hurricane Irene — the location will now open just in time for Fashion’s Night Out next Thursday. [WWD]
• After testing the market with a pop-up shop last year, Kate Spade enters the European market with two stores opening in London next month. [Telegraph UK]
• Michael Gross is re-releasing his book Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women with a new chapter discussing the new challenges models face thanks to the rise of celebrity magazine covers and spreads. [WWD]
• Rachel Zoe discusses her upcoming show at New York Fashion Week. [FabSugar]