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Stella Tennant Planks for Italian Vogue; Nicole Miller Seeks Joe Zee’s Advice
• As if squeezing her waist into a fifteen-inch corset wasn’t bad enough, Vogue Italia had Stella Tennant planking in the accompanying editorial. [Fashion Gone Rogue]
• Nicole Miller will feature as one of the designers getting advice from Joe Zee in the second series of his Sundance show All On The Line. [WWD]
• Mulberry’s new Soho store is its largest U.S. location. [WWD]
• Lara Stone won British GQ’s “Woman of the Year” award. [Telegraph UK]
• Sadly, rumors that Kate Moss will be buying a vineyard and naming a wine after herself are, at least for the moment, untrue. [Vogue UK]
• Jil Sander says she only became a fashion designer because she had gotten sick of the selection of women’s trousers otherwise available on the market. Otherwise, she’d most likely have become an architect. [Guardian UK]
• Roberto Cavalli’s profits have risen by nearly 7 percent, which translates to $2.9 million, in the first half of this year as compared to last. [WWD]
• Alexa Chung is on the cover of the October issue of British Harper’s Bazaar. [Red Carpet Fashion Awards]
• British fashion designer Jonathan Saunders has designed a collection of stationery for the high-end brand Smythson, whose creative director is Samantha Cameron, wife of the current British Prime Minister. [Vogue UK]
• Stacey Bendet’s favorite fashion week snack is tequila. [Marie Claire]