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Anna Dello Russo Made Another Strange Dance Video; Rebecca Minkoff to Launch Jewelry and Eyewear
• In a bizarre follow-up to her "Fashion Shower" video, Anna Dello Russo dances in a cage to Lady Gaga's "Edge of Glory." [Styleite]
• Rebecca Minkoff is expanding her brand to include jewelry, scarves, and eyewear. [WWD]
• Erin Wasson and Gisele Bundchen star in the fall 2011 Esprit ads. [Fabsugar]
• Vera Wang was supposedly annoyed when Leighton Meester was late to a promotional event for Wang's fragrance, for which Meester is a paid spokesperson. [NYDN]
• Pieces from the Missoni collaboration with Target were accidentally put on the store floor in Pittsburgh two weeks before the line’s official release. [Racked]
• Snooki tweeted about a clothing line she's supposedly working on. [Sn00ki/Twitter]
• Madonna will present the Gucci Award for Women in Cinema at the International Film Festival in Venice on Friday. [WWD]
• First-world problems: “Colin T. McDonald, a professional stylist based in New York, is trying to buy one of the Olsen Row backpacks on behalf of a client who is, he said, marrying into 'a very prominent and affluent Russian family' in New York. So far, he’s stuck on the waiting list.” [NYT]
• Leigh Lezark didn’t actually design any of the pieces in her new collaboration with H&M, she just “curated” them. [Vogue UK]
• Banana Republic will open its first store in France — in Paris specifically — this December. [WWD]