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Bloomingdale’s Considers Opening Outlet Stores; Behind the Scenes at Louis Vuitton’s Spring Campaign Shoot

• Bloomingdale’s is planning to launch outlet stores. Lord & Taylor is also opening its first outlet store, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in mid-February. [WWD]

Lara Stone made quite an impression on Marc Jacobs, which you can see for yourself in the new behind-the-scenes video about the making of the Louis Vuitton spring campaign. [Frockwriter]

• Magazines lost a fourth of their ad pages in 2009 compared to 2008. At Condé Nast, W magazine had one of the sharpest declines in ad pages. [NYT]

Karl Lagerfeld shot Toni Garrn and Baptiste Giabiconi for German Vogue’s February issue. Garrn is wearing a robotlike costume in the spread, while Baptiste looks like he’s in control. [Touch Puppet]

• Juergen Teller shot the Missoni spring ad campaign, and the models are members of the Missoni family. [Moment/NYT]

• There is no more Coney Island Flea Market. R.I.P. [Amusing the Zillion via Racked]

• Bunny ears are here to stay! Topshop launched a knockoff of the Louis Vuitton bunny ears (which we tested!) for $36 a pair. [Refinery 29]

Vera Wang on designing figure-skating outfits: “You wouldn’t want someone to lose Olympic gold because their sleeve ripped off,” Wang says. “This is more pressure than an Oscar dress in a strange way.” [HuffPo]

• J.Crew is expanding its Internet business to reach Canada and Great Britain. A move to feed an international MObama appetite? [StyleList]

Bloomingdale’s Considers Opening Outlet Stores; Behind the Scenes at Louis Vuitton’s Spring Campaign Shoot