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James Franco Stars in New Gucci Ads; Emma Watson Wears Normal Clothes to Class
• James Franco stars in a new ad campaign for made-to-measure Gucci suits, titled "All the world’s a stage." [Telegraph UK]
• Emma Watson wore a totally normal college-student outfit to her first day of classes at Oxford University. [Styleite]
• Paz de la Huerta stays classy in Flaunt magazine. [HighSnobiety]
• Rafael Nadal can run and get naked at the same time! [Racked]
• Taylor Tomasi Hill booked a modeling job in the new issue of the Block magazine. [Fashion Gone Rogue]
• Georgia May Jagger would like to design clothes, and already has "a line of little dresses" in mind. [Vogue UK]
• Jeweler Lara Bohinc is suspicious of giving out freebies, since you never know where they're really going. "Kate Moss asked for a belt once, so I gave it to her, but I had to say, 'Are you sure she'll be wearing it?' I didn't want to see it on her Filipina maid." [HuffPo]
• Bob Mackie’s partner, Hollywood costume designer Ray Aghayan, has died. [WWD]
• Waris Ahluwalia used to work in the Secret Service. "That should have led me into a nice career in politics — how I ended up in fashion is beyond me." [Interview]
• Floridian rapper Dominique Young Unique walked the runway at Katie Eary’s London show this season, just in case you hadn’t noticed. [Elle]
• These pictures were taken during Nancy Upton’s visit to American Apparel headquarters the week before last, and offer an insight into factory conditions. [Jezebel]
• Rachel Roy doesn’t like people posing hands-on-hips while they’re out wearing her clothes. Apparently she finds it too pageant-y. [Instyle]