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Emilio Pucci Designed Rita Ora's Concert Costumes
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Pucci's Radioactive Costumes, H&M's Design Award Winner, and the New Vogue

All the bits fit to print here, in our daily news roundup.
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    All the bits fit to print here, in our daily news roundup.

  • The costumes Emilio Pucci created for Rita Ora's upcoming Radioactive Tour feature key themes from the brand's Spring 2013 collection. [Fashionologie Inbox]

  • Did Anna Wintour lose the ambassadorship because of her boyfriend's taxes? [Telegraph]

  • Ten individuals were arrested in Bucharest for stealing about $2.7 million of Giorgio Armani merchandise in December. [WWD]

  • Vogue Thailand hit newsstands last week — and almost immediately sold out. The publication's Editor-in-Cheif, Kullawit Laosuksri, is the first male EIC of any Vogue edition. [The Nation]

  • Steven Alan is teaming up with Beauty & Youth United Arrows to open three stores in Japan this April. "They're very much a company similar to us," Steven Alan said of United Arrows. "They've promoted great designers and really understand the Japanese market." [WWD]

  • It turns out women owe the existence of high-heels to the men of the Persian military. The soldiers of the 16th century originated the heels as a way to hook themselves into their stirrups while riding into battle. [Jezebel]

  • Meanwhile, Dr. Valerie Steele, the director and chief curator at The Museum at FIT, says that we can attribute the ever-growing height of heels in the 21st century to an "acceptance of hypersexual shoe design as part of fashion." [Style.com]

  • The upcoming exhibition Mannequin- le corps de la mode at Paris's Cité de la Mode et du Design charts the evolution of modeling from the 19th century to the present day. [New York Daily News]

  • South Korean designer Minju Kim is the winner of this year's H&M design award. [Vogue UK]

  • Hedi Slimane designed more than just the clothes in Saint Laurent's latest boutique in Bal Harbour — he was also the building's architect. [Fashionologie Inbox]

H&M Paris Fashion Week Show
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What Does H&M's Paris Fashion Week Show Mean For the Industry?

While Peter Som and Cacharel are skipping Fashion Week for one reason or another, H&M plans to return to the runway with a show at Paris's Rodin Museum this February.
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While Peter Som and Cacharel are skipping Fashion Week for one reason or another, H&M plans to return to the runway with a show at Paris's Rodin Museum this February.

The Swedish retailer is following in some big footsteps: Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Dior once showed their designs at the Rodin Museum too. But other than the shows H&M staged for its collaborations with Lanvin and Versace, this will be the first time the brand's main collection has appeared on the runway in eight years.

But other mass-market retailers have come to the runway in recent years too: Topshop Unique has been on the London Fashion Week calendar since 2005 and sponsors the venue where Peter Pilotto, J.W.Anderson, and Louise Gray show, and there's no question that J.Crew's Lincoln Center debut in Spring 2012 was one of the most talked-about of that season. Now it's one of the most anticipated — and well-attended — presentations on the New York calendar.

But what does it mean when mass-market labels are staging the kinds of shows once reserved for brands that deal in four-figure price points? It could be a simple matter of cost. In 2009, Forbes reported that the price of a runway show "can easily hit $75,000," and last September The Independent found that designers were "often running up bills in the hundreds of thousands" during Fashion Week. It may simply be easier for a big company like H&M to foot the bill than it is for smaller operations like Chris Benz and Betsey Johnson — both of whom have canceled their shows in New York next month.

"We felt excited about the collection, and we really wanted to show it," H&M spokesman Hacan Andersson told WWD. If H&M is proud enough of its own wares to put them up against the likes of Chanel and Sonia Rykiel, then that excitement makes sense. Will other brands like H&M be emboldened to do the same?

Vanessa Paradis Is the Face of H&M's New Line
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H&M's Sustainable Paradis, Steven Alan's Fashion Week Return, and Junya Watanabe's Loewe Line

All the bits fit to print here, in our daily news roundup.
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    All the bits fit to print here, in our daily news roundup.

  • Vanessa Paradis is the new face of H&M's environmentally friendly clothing line Conscious. [NY Daily News]

  • Loewe and Junya Watanabe are collaborating as part of a joint initiative meant to strengthen relations between Spain and Japan. The first pieces from the collaboration will be unveiled during Watanabe's upcoming Paris Fashion Week show. [Vogue UK]

  • Dita Von Teese will wear custom Alexis Mabille at the debut of her new burlesque show in Los Angeles next month. [The Belfast Telegraph]

  • Barneys Chelsea Co-Op may be closing, but rumor has it the retailer is searching for a prime spot in downtown Manhattan for their next flagship. [The Shophound]

  • Giorgio Armani has opened a new women's-only retail concept in Paris to showcase the designer's couture accessories. [WWD]

  • Azzedine Alaïa has signed a fragrance and makeup deal with Beauté Prestige International. [Telegraph]

  • After last season's break, Steven Alan will return to the New York Fashion Week schedule — and this time he's presenting at Lincoln Center. [Fashionologie Inbox]

  • Betsey Johnson, however, has decided to cancel her usual Fashion Week show. [The Cut]

Photos Courtesy of H&M.

David Beckham's Shirtless H&M Ad
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Chanel's Couture Invite, McQueen's No-Show, and Target's Young Collab

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All the bits fit to print here, in our daily news roundup.

  • The invitation for Chanel's Spring 2013 Haute Couture show features a leaf sporting the brand's signature interlocking C's. [Fashionologie Inbox]

  • Sarah Burton has announced that she is expecting twins. Because she will soon be on maternity leave, Alexander McQueen will do a presentation in lieu of its Fall 2013 runway show. [InStyle]

  • Target's next big partnership is with a stylist, not a designer. Kate Young's capsule of semiformal and special-occasion dresses hits stores this April. [FabSugar]

  • Amanda Hearst is leaving her post as the sustainable fashion editor of Marie Claire to be the special projects editor of Town & Country. [Twitter user AmandaHearst]

  • Watch out, Bernard Arnault: Karlie Kloss may be the next business tycoon. "[Going to] Harvard at some point is in the plan, but all in good time," she says. "Tyra [Banks] did it. She went to Harvard Business School, and I can do it too." [Vogue UK]

  • Jourdan Dunn has moved from London to New York City. [My Daily]

  • The English National Ballet has tapped Vivienne Westwood to produce the Ballet's New Year campaign. [Telegraph]

  • The first shot from David Beckham's latest H&M Bodywear advertising campaign has arrived. [Racked]

Cute Women's Running Jackets 2013
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Cold-Weather Running Jackets at Every Price Point

Running in the cold means careful attention must be paid to your outerwear.
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Running in the cold means careful attention must be paid to your outerwear. You don't want to bundle up too much, lest you overheat just a few miles into your jog, but you also need to make sure you stay warm, safe, and comfortable. These running jackets help you meet your requirements: from sweat-wicking material to breathable mesh vents to thumbholes to keep your wrists warm, here are 10 running jackets — in every price range — to choose from!

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H&M to Produce Tennis Collection
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Harley Viera-Newton's Model Chops, Karlie Kloss's Wild Ride, and H&M's New Love

All the bits fit to print here, in our daily news roundup.
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All the bits fit to print here, in our daily news roundup.

  • Harley Viera-Newton is the face of Whetherly's Spring 2013 collection. [Nylon]

  • Valentino plans to expand its menswear line with dedicated boutiques in Paris, London, and Milan. [Vogue UK]

  • Meanwhile, the Republic of Azerbaijan has acquired the building in Place Vendôme that houses Valentino's headquarters for $178.4 million. [WWD]

  • H&M has tapped Czech tennis player Tomas Berdych to codesign and represent the brand's first tennis collection. [Telegraph]

  • Shoegasm has launched ecommerce. [Fashionologie Inbox]

  • If you were thinking about buying something from Maje's Fall line, now's the time to do it — its seasonal collection just went 50 percent to 60 percent off both in stores and online. [Fashionologie Inbox]

  • In case you've been missing the hot men of Game of Thrones, this one's for you. The show's Richard Madden stars in Mr. Porter's just-released Issue 97. [Fashionologie Inbox]

  • Photographer Ryan McGinley's digital short for Mercedes-Benz stars Karlie Kloss, a white horse, and one very mischievous car. [Nowness]

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Georgia May Jagger, Terry Richardson H&M Behind the Scenes
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Georgia May Jagger and Terry Richardson Team Up For Rocking Campaign

Does anyone embody the worlds of music and modeling so well as Georgia May Jagger?
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Georgia May Jagger, Terry Richardson H&M Behind the Scenes

Does anyone embody the worlds of music and modeling so well as Georgia May Jagger? With her musician father, Mick Jagger, and her supermodel mom, Jerry Hall, the 20-year-old seems the perfect match for photographer Terry Richardson's newest project: a campaign for H&M's Spring Rock 'n' Roll Mansion collection.

"I think music influences fashion and has done so for generations," the younger Jagger said. "Music creates a certain mood and then people dress accordingly. I think it's all quite closely intertwined."

But the model says she's not sure yet whether she'll pursue either of her famous parents' professions for the rest of her life. "I'm still so young so it's hard for me to imagine what I might be doing in ten years time. I really like photography, so it would be great to do more in the future."

Maybe someday she'll shoot campaigns of her own. Until then, a behind-the-scenes look at her H&M ads here in the gallery.

Photo courtesy of H&M

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