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Florals and lace are nothing new, but mashed together, it's a cool '90s-inspired concept. Emma Watson exemplifies this very notion wearing a floral and lace confection by Christopher Kane at a party in NYC. We love the juxtaposition between sexy and sweet. Make it more modern with streamlined cuts — a la Watson — or go totally boho in loose and flirty silhouettes.

Jessica Stam and Terry Richardson team up for Aldo.

Donatella Versace will be taking questions today from her Facebook page and answering via video following her fall 2010 show this Friday.

Ebay launches the fashion vault, offering flash sales of designer apparel and accessories.

New mom Jourdan Dunn made her runway return yesterday walking for Aquascutum.

“Hand-embroidery is an art. But we see so much of it done in a conventional way. I wanted to make it a little more perverse, by adding the leather and the black lace.”—Christopher Kane on his fall 2010 collection shown in London today.

Mark Fast continues to use non sample-size models on his London Fashion Week runway, this season casting Crystal Renn.

The British Fashion Council and Vogue Designer Fashion Fund announced the shortlist of finalists eligible to win cash prizes and industry mentorship as part of an initiative to help U.K.-based designers take their businesses to the next level. The nominated brands for 2010 include Christopher Kane, Richard Nicoll, Erdem, Marios Schwab, Clements Ribeiro, E.Tautz, Nicholas Kirkwood, and Angel Jackson. As with the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund in the U.S., finalists will be evaluated throughout a season, with judges conducting studio visits and attending fashion presentations.

"I think we'll all come with our own criteria of what we think is important for success," Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman said of the judging process. "It's a design talent married with an ability to grow a business and to be able to take part in the international industry as opposed to being on the fringe of it."

Harrods, Burberry, HSBC, Marks and Spencer, and Paul Smith are among the companies that have contributed to the British Fashion Fund this year. Winners will be announced in April, and the judging process will be documented in the May issue of British Vogue.

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>> Designers are really starting to sound off on bloggers — Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have been plastered all over the place after seating four bloggers in their Spring 2010 front row; Gabbana told the Wall Street Journal: "It's the future. How many young customers don't read newspapers — they read blogs!"  Alber Elbaz recently admitted that he's "really scared of bloggers," and it sounds like Christopher Kane tends to agree. He told Vogue UK:

“It’s a bit mad, isn’t it? It feels like it’s happened all of a sudden and at some shows this season the front row was just all bloggers. I think it will die down though, and people know what they are doing. No one who wants to read a serious review of a show is going to look at what a 14-year-old thinks. But it has become more critical; people can say what they want about anyone on a blog without consequences and that’s quite scary. There are real repercussions for a designer if a photo of something is leaked by a blog; it can be copied in a fortnight and that can really harm a business. You have to be much more careful now.”

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