Emma Cook

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• To celebrate the release of her book, Grace: A Memoir, Grace Coddington will field questions from Vogue's Twitter account (@VogueMagazine) tomorrow, Nov. 20. [WWD]
• The iPad is becoming the key to luxury ecommerce success. [WWD]
• British designer Emma Cook's whimsical collection of apparel and home decor for Topshop will be available Dec. 6. [Elle]
• See by Chloé design director Laure de Sade has left the company. It is not known what her next move will be. [Vogue UK]
• Chris Burch, founder and CEO of Burch Creative Capital, has announced that he is slowing down the development of two nascent brands to focus on growing his other labels, C. Wonder and Monika Chiang. [WWD]
• Stella McCartney has designed a White Ribbon badge to run during a two-week campaign for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Nov. 25. [Vogue UK]
• Hugo Guinness says that humor is his main source of inspiration for his artwork, which is currently being featured in a line of accessories for Coach. [FashionEtc]
• Anna Karenina costume designer Jacqueline Durran says 1950s couture inspired the movie's costumes because it has "a stark, architectural approach which doesn't involve a lot of surface detail but at the same time captures a kind of romanticism." [Fashionista]
• The Maison Martin Margiela for H&M collection hasn't sold out yet. [Racked]
• Jordi Constans is the new CEO of Louis Vuitton, replacing Yves Carcelle. [WWD]
• Vanessa Steward's second capsule collection for A.P.C. will expand into the company's bread and butter: denim. [Style.com]
• Iris Apfel's personal style mantra is "more is more and less is a bore!" [Fashionista]

>> INSIDER WIRE —Despite reports to the contrary, Emma Cook is not shuttering her label. Instead of showing in February, she had "a really big, long, hard think" and "decided to focus on making my clothes more affordable from now on. I spent the season working out ways to halve my retail prices, working with new suppliers, things like that, and dropping the show." She aims to keep her dresses in the £200-300 range; Her spokesman told Grazia that Emma will be looking at her archive, re-issuing some key pieces, and continuing to collaborate with Topshop. [Independent UK, Grazia]

Miuccia Prada was interviewed by CNN's Talk Asia and spoke about wader boots, the Italian stock exchange and how she went to mime school for six years. ..

Emma Cook is discontinuing her line next Fall while Veronique Branquinho is in the process of liquidating. 

A few new names have made it onto the Men's Fashion Week roster including Tim Hamilton and Alexis Mabille.

H&M's uptown opening called for shopping and drinking by a good number of pant-less partygoers.  

>> INSIDER WIRE —More victims of the recession have emerged — apparently London designer Emma Cook, whose boots for Topshop have created a frenzy in their own right, is discontinuing her line next Fall, and Veronique Branquinho is closing her 11-year-old fashion house due to a sharp drop in Fall 2009 orders and a number of canceled orders and non-payments for Spring 2009.  It sounds like the latter will be devoting her time to her new artistic directorship at Belgian leather goods brand Delvaux. [Papermag, WWD]