Headlines This Week 6/5

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• Louis Vuitton commemorates the 40th anniversary of man’s conquest of the Moon, elevating the theme of travel as a personal journey to a celebration of a voyage of unsurpassed significance for all mankind. Nitrolicous.com
• Melissa Magsaysay of the LA Times is convinced that harem pants can be sexy – I am not. In her article, Magsaysay states, “When harem pants came down the runways at Chloé and Alexander McQueen for spring 2009, they somehow glided past the cartoony pop culture associations (Barbara Eden’s Jeannie in the ’60s, MC Hammer’s ’80s gold) to help define summer’s effortlessly slouchy look. NOT. FashionIndie.com

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• In a genius move, British Marie Claire put Brüno on the July cover, along with new mom (who looks amazing, might we add) and Victoria’s Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio. For the issue, Brüno, played by Sacha Baron Cohen, penned an “A–Z List of Fashion,” in which he offends as many people as he can. NYMag.com
• The German clothing factory that eventually became the international menswear powerhouse Hugo Boss manufactured Nazi uniforms during World War II and most likely did so using slave labor. LosAngelesTimes.com
• After a court case with Chanel over the use of their logo, Naco Paris won his case and not only that he has Karl Lagerfeld wearing the new Naco-Paris “Karl Who?” bag…..Not bad Naco…. Popgloss.com

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Victoria Secret Fashion Show in Miami

This video produced by The telegraph has a great rundown of this year’s Victoria Secret Fashion Show in Miami. Each year the world’s best known lingerie brand attracts millions of viewers as a result of their extravagant shows and this year was no exception. Its star studded ‘angel’ super models included: Heidi Klum, Adriana Lima, Karolina Kurkova, Alessandra Ambrosio, Selita Ebanks, Doutzen Kroes, Marisa Miller and Miranda Kerr. Big name performers included Usher and Mariah Carey…..and “Wow” is correct!