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Macy’s Deals With Bomb Scare; Alexander Skarsgård Stars in Hickey Freeman Campaign

• Cops got a call about a bomb scare at the Macy’s Herald Square location yesterday after some mysterious suitcases showed up at the store’s entrance. A member of the counterterrorism unit dressed in a bomb suit cut open the luggage to find … clothes. [Racked]

• Retailers are expected to reduce lots of merchandise by up to 65 percent tomorrow as a push to grab last-minute Christmas shoppers. Aren’t you glad you procrastinated? [WWD]

• Alexander Skarsgård stars in Hickey Freeman’s latest ad campaign. [Refinery 29]

• Marina Abramovic poses in a winged headdress on the cover of Serbian Elle’s January issue. [Design Scene]

Stella McCartney designed a $195 “Welcome to Las Vegas” tourist tee for the opening of her new store there. [WWD]

Rubbish Magazine’s online shop is selling hand-knit finger puppets of famous fashion figures like Anna Wintour, Grace Coddington, and Isabella Blow. [Vogue UK]

Cynthia Rowley is dressing avatars in the virtual world Meez for around $10 an outfit. [WWD]

Giorgio Armani donated $65,600 to the city of Milan to revamp a green area in Risorgimento Square. [WWD]

• Breaking: From Prada to Nada is a real movie that is coming out. [Elle]

Macy’s Deals With Bomb Scare; Alexander Skarsgård Stars in Hickey Freeman Campaign