Fashion News Roundup: Watch Tavi Rap, Lindsey Wixson Demonstrates How To Shoot A Gun and that Awful “Anna Rexia” Costume

West Hollywood Bans The Sale of Fur: It’s the first U.S. city to do so. The law doesn’t include animal pelts or secondhand/vintage pieces though. {Daily Mail}

Ricky’s Was Going To Sell An “Anna Rexia” Costume: It featured a skeleton frame printed on a skintight black dress and had a “measuring tape” belt, presumably so the wearer could show off how tiny her waist is. Obvious outcry forced the store to pull the costume; how did this even get produced in the first place?? {Jezebel}

Watch Tavi Rap In A Cab: Refinery29 interviewed the 15-year-old blogger about her fashion week experience, high school and secret talents, which includes rapping Nicki Minaj. {Refinery29}

Emily Blunt Is The New Face Of YSL’s Opium Perfume: The hilarious Devil Wears Prada comedienne and wife of John Krasinski is the star of YSL Opium’s fall print and TV campaign. Apparently there’s a leopard involved and Patrick Demarchelier shot the print ads; here’s hoping for something deliciously sex-ified. {WWD}

Lindsay Wixson Talks About Fashion Week, Shows Us How To Shoot A Gun: Watch a little video diary of Wixson at NYFW Spring 2012 where she talks about keping grounded, being hated on in high school and the proper firearm technique. {Telegraph}

Insane Traffic Over Alexa Chung For Madewell Crashed The Retailer’s Site: The It Girl’s second line for Madewell was so popular that, like the Missoni for Target craze, it crashed the brand’s website and e-commerce within hours. It’s back up now. {Telegraph}

Fashion Forward’s New Campaign Stars 11 Mega-Models: The initiative to combat HIV/AIDS is filming PSAs starring big guns like Andrej Pejic, Crystal Renn and Lea T, which will run on ABC. They have a fundraiser, too, hosted by Brad Goreski. {WWD subscription required}

DryBar Offers $40 Blow Outs For Everyone: The West Coast hair salon gives $40 blow outs regardless of hair length, plays chick flicks and has spots for you to charge your iPhone. It’s going to be swamped. {NY Times}

Rachel Comey Launched A Website: No e-commerce, but there are behind-the-scenes peeks at her design technique and process. {Refinery29}

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Fashion News Roundup: Mark Ronson Weds Josephine de la Baume in Style, Scarlett Johansson Channels Bardot, and Anne Hathaway Stuns in New Tod’s Campaign

Kim Who?: Mark Ronson wed Josephine de la Baume this weekend and, unsurprisingly, the duo–clad in a red pinstripe suit and cleavage-baring white gown (respectively)–look unbelievably fashionable. {PopSugar}

Paying Tribute or Shilling Champagne? Scarlett Johansson channels Brigitte Bardot in a Lulu Gainsbourg video for dad Serge Gainsbourg’s song “Bonnie & Clyde,” which features a gorgeous Johansson writhing around in what looks like a bed sheet and drinking champagne–and even features the young starlet’s vocals instead of Bardot’s. While the video is ostensibly a tribute to Gainsbourg, we think it looks a whole lot like an ad for Moet Chandon champagne, for which Johansson is also a spokesperson. {Huffington Post}

Something Is Really Off About Stella Tennant in Vogue Italia: See all the images from Vogue Italia‘s Ethel Granger-inspired shoot. Frightening. {Fashion Gone Rogue}

Wanna Cyber? Luxury brands are going to new lengths–like 3D e-stores and Facebook retail apps–to engage the online world. {New York Times}

Mark Your Calendars! Zara’s e-commerce site opens tomorrow! {Elle}

Bag It: Anne Hathaway looks stunning in new ad campaign for Tod’s shot by Mert & Marcus. {People Style Watch}

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Fashion News Roundup: Azzaro’s New Creative Director, What to Talk About During NYFW and Taylor Lautner Consults Joe Zee

Azzaro has a new creative director: Azzaro chose a young unknown to replace Vanessa Seward as its new creative director. Sao Paulo-born Mathilde Castello Branco, 39, will present her first collection for the Paris-based house in January for pre-fall 2012. She was at Lanvin before. {WWD}

Arizona Muse covers Australian Vogue: Kai Z. Feng. shot Arizon Muse for the cover of Australian Vogue‘s October issue–three of them in fact. We like. {Fashion Copious}

Fashion Week talking points: Here is a roundup of what will surely be New York fashion week’s hot topics, and there are some pretty interesting points, with fashion people like Scott Sternberg, Anna Sui and Vanessa Friedman weighing in on issues like the NYFW schedule, underground fashion, Lincoln Center’s effectiveness, young models and more. {Style.com}

New Fragrances from Jean Paul Gaultier and Versace: Versace’s new women’s fragrance, the company’s eighth, is called Yellow Diamond. It’s geared towards a younger, more fashion-y consumer and Versace hopes it will be their bestselling fragrance yet {WWD}. Meanwhile, Jean Paul Gaultier is launching a new men’s fragrance, Kokorico, in France. There will be a commercial and print ad and it is slated to be released in the U.S. in 2013. {WWD}

Heidi Klum sometimes doesn’t wear a bikini top, hehe: Heidi Klum was on Jay Leno last night and when he brought up a picture of her wearing a bikini, she said she was surprised he found one of her with a top on and goes on to explain how she often goes topless because she hates tanlines. Then, the same thing that always happens when supermodels go on late night talk shows, happens. {Huffington Post}

Taylor Lautner puts it all on the line with Joe Zee: Apparently, Joe Zee’s fashion advice is not relegated to the pages of Elle and his tv show All on the Line. Reportedly, Twilight star Taylor Lautner is “consulting” the Elle creative director regarding what to wear on the press tour for his upcoming film Abduction. {Hollywood Life}

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Fashion News Roundup: 3-D Runway Shows, Snooki Is A News Anchor, and a Bad Kardashian Photoshop

3-D: The Next Big Runway Thing: Several designers are working on 3-D shows for the fall. Norma Kamali will show her 3-D look book and fashion film online starting September 15, and Thierry Mugler’s Nicola Formichetti is working with a fantasy-gaming company on a projected video that users can watch via iPad at his BOFFO pop-up shop on Sept. 8. Break out those red-and-blue glasses. {NY Times}

Khloe Kardashian Shrunk In Her Kardashian Kollection Photos: The 5’10? Khloe appears to be the same height as her 5’2? and 5’3? sisters in the photos for the Kardashian Kollection for Sears shot by Annie Leibovitz. Talk about false advertising. {Jezebel}

Galliano Won’t Be Present For His Verdict: The court decides on Sept. 8 whether Galliano’s commentary was anti-Semetic, but according to his lawyer he won’t be there to hear it. {Fashionologie}

Catherine Malandrino Isn’t Showing At MBFW: Her Sept. 11 show has been cancelled due to company instability; a representative says they are “in a time of transition. We’re refocusing, and we’ll be back in February.” We hope so! {NY Post}

Cynthia Rowley Makes Band-Aids: They’ll be glittery and sequined and printed with runway models and I must have them. They’re only $4 a box (worth it), unless you catch the Johnson & Johnson Glambulance that will drive around on FNO doling them out to fix “fashion emergencies.” {Elle}

Maybelline Is Stepping Up Their MBFW Coverage: To celebrate their fifth year of MBFW sponsorship the beauty megabrand launched just started a Tumblr. They are the first beauty brand to make the leap onto Tumblr. {WWD}

Snooki Has A News Show? The Jersey Shore munchkin apparently always wanted to be a news anchor. Cambio indulged her fantasies and gave her a desk (decorated with pickles and hairspray and backed by a neon pink world map) from which she discussed Beyoncé’s pregnancy and ignored Surgeon General warnings. {MTV STyle}

Shipley & Halmos Relauch E-Commerce With A Sense Of Humor: They’ve expanded to include all men’s ready-to-wear and accessories collections. Also still there: the fun “things” category, which includes crayons, stickers, and a dog for $20,000 (we hope it’s a joke) {Shipley & Halmos}

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Fashion News Roundup: Irene Causes More NYFW Shuffling, A New Twenty8Twelve Look Book and Tennis Fans Heart Anna Wintour

Theyskens’ Theory Takes Marc by Marc’s Old Spot: Irene really did a number on the NYFW schedule. Following Marc Jacobs’ announcement that his show would move from Monday to Thursday due to time lost, it has just been announced that Theyskens’ Theory won’t be showing Monday either. Instead, Olivier is sliding into the Tuesday 4pm slot, which Marc by Marc had until they moved that up to the former Marc Jacobs Collection slot on Monday. It’s like musical chairs! {WWD}

Taylor Lautner Covers V Man: Twilight dreamboat Taylor Lautner is V Man‘s Issue 23 cover star. He looks super intense in this Steven Klein-lensed close-up. {VMan}

Sienna Miller for Twenty8Twelve: Sienna Miller and another model star in Twenty8Twelve’s new look book. The clothes are cute and have major pajama vibes. {NYLON}

The Inevitable KKK-Related Kardashian Gaffe: The only time it isn’t funny to change C’s to K’s in Kardashian mentions is when it ends up sounding like a Klu Klux Klan reference. This is exactly what happened in a Kardashian Kollection press release, which apparently read, “Join the stylish Kardashian klan on September 6th at the private studio of the legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz for an exclusive preview of their fabulous new fashion Kollection for Sears.” 1) Not ok. 2) Can we go to this? {New York Observer}

JC Penney’s Anti-feminist Message: JC Penney is was selling a shirt for young girls that reads, in a cutesy, colorful font, “I’m too pretty to do homework so my brother has to do it for me.” The caption next to it reads, “”Who has time for homework when there’s a new Justin Bieber album out? She’ll love this tee that’s just as cute and sassy as she is.” Yes, we’re serious! The shirt has thankfully been taken off JC Penney’s site since we started writing this. {The Hairpin}

Karl for Macy’s Hits Stores: Karl Lagerfeld for Macy’s hit stores today! As usual, Racked was on the front lines a.k.a. Macy’s Herald Square a.k.a. Coco Rochaland, apparently. Shoppers were snatching it up fast, but sales people said they had plenty in stock. {Racked}

Tennis Fans Cheer for Anna: Tennis fan Anna Wintour attended the US Open Monday with her daughter Bee and Roger Federer’s wife. Apparently, the whole crowd cheered when her picture went up on the Jumbotron. {Page Six}

Go buy Purple! Purple‘s fall issue is now on newsstands in America! See a Terry Richardson-shot Lindsay Wixson among all the September glossies. {Purple Diary}

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Fashion News Roundup: Alex Wang Nail Polish, Florence Welch Covers Japanese Vogue and Old Navy’s Punctuation Problems

Genderbending Florence Welch On October Vogue Japan: We haven’t even seen all of the September issues yet and vogue Japan is already rolling out its October cover, which is awesome. Karl Lagerfeld shot musician Florence Welch, who looks like Jack White’s long-lost brother with slicked-back hair and red-white-and-black suiting. {Daily Mail}

Alexander Wang is Making Sally Hansen Polish! He’s working with the nail polish megabrand on a line of exclusive colors to debut at his Spring 2012 show. It’s his first foray into beauty and will probably be insanely popular; don’t expect them to sit on shelves for long (if at all). {Style.com}

Details on the Style.com Magazine: According to their website, the print magazine will launch “just days after the last look has left the runway” and will focus on every aspect of the Spring 2012 shows: clothing and trends, but also people, parties and backstage peeks. They’ll post daily updates on Twitter until the launch. {Style.com}

September Vogue Can Crush Small Items: The people over at Racked decided to see just how much weight the September issue of Vogue can throw around– turns out, it’s enough to smush your lunch. {Racked}

What Fifth Ave. Looked Like Before Shopping Took Over: In the good ‘ol days, Fifth Avenue was just a stretch of beautiful buildings, many home to the rich and powerful (think Vanderbilts). It’s… sort-of changed? The homes are gone, but see what still-rich businesses took their places. {Lucky}

Brioni Ending Women’s Line: Sad face: Brioni womenswear designer Alessandro Dell’Acqua’s contract has been terminated and their Italian factory will close in September. The decision is reportedly part of the acquisition talks between PPR and Brioni, though both declined to comment. Their Milan show is scheduled for September 25, but considering this, will the show still go on? {WWD}

Old Navy Forgot the Apostrophe: Someone at Old Navy needs to go back to grammar school. Their line of newly-printed collegiate shirts all noticeably lack an apostrophe, reading “Lets Go [University],” rather than the correct “Let’s Go.” Embarassing! {NY Daily News}

Manolo Blahnik Dishes on Bridezilla Kate Moss and The End of “Furniture Shoes”: In an interview with WWD, the footwear designer talks about technology, Kate and Will, and designing Kate Moss’ wedding shoes, of which he says, “We did them five times to get them the way she wanted… The shoes arrived the day before and there were too many jewels on the heel… So we had women working up until midnight to change it.” {WWD}

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Fashion News Round-Up: Sex and the City 3 is a possibility, Alexander Wang’s FNO Plans, Tom Brady and Gisele Richest Celebrity Couple

Third time’s the charm? SJP told Parade that “There is [a chance there will be a third Sex and the City]. I know what the story is. It’s a small story, but I think it should be told.” {Parade}

It’s official: American Apparel is cursed. A factory employee for the retailer was crushed by an industrial knitting machine and subsequently died. {Gawker}

Some people really do have all the luck: Forbes has just named Tom Brady and Gisele as the wealthiest celebrity couple in the world, making the couple not only gorgeous, happily married, but filthy rich. {Forbes}

Start practicing your juggling skills: Alexander Wang will host a talent show in his SOHO store on Fashion’s Night Out. {Elle}

Proving she has more than just a knack for designing: Isabel Marant’s home-away-from home in the country is stunning. {T Magazine}

Modesty is so 2010. WWD shows you how to wear the underwear-as-outerwear trend. {WWD, subscription required}

To get your pulse going: Watch a sneak peek video of Beyonce’s promo for her new fragrance, Pulse. {Huffington Post}

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Fashion News Roundup: Lady Gaga’s Sister Has Design Aspirations, Gucci Designed a Car, and Chanel Says Coco Did Not Have Nazi Ties

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Lady Gaga’s Sister is a Candidate for an Off-Broadway Design Gig: Though Lady Gaga has all of the fashion connections in the world, her little sister Natali Germanotta, a budding designer, is starting small. The 19-year-old is being considered to design costumes for a new off-Broadway production called “Simon Says.” It will be interesting to see how Natali’s aesthetic compares to Gaga’s. {WWD, Subscription Required}

Buy a Thakoon Scarf for a Good Cause: Thakoon Panichgul is donating 100% of proceeds from the sale of this limited edition Masai-print scarf to help famine victims in Somalia. You can purchase the scarf beginning today on Thakoon.com. {Vogue}

Sperry is Bringing East Coast Nautical Style to NYC: The preppy boat shoe brand Sperry Top-Sider has just signed a lease on a storefront in the Flat Iron district of NYC. No news on when the store is slated to open, but hopefully it’s in time for Fleet Week. {Racked}

Brooks Brothers Chills Out for Young 20-Somethings: Also coming to the Flat Iron district is Brooks Brothers like you haven’t seen the stuffy, tailored brand before. A new concept store is meant to appeal to young professionals and college students and will offer sportswear. {WWD, Subscription Required}

Drive In Style–Gucci Teams Up With Fiat: Gucci is celebrating their 90th birthday with a limited edition Fiat 500, an adorable Italian car that has recently been introduced to the US markets.The body of the car will sport the brand’s signature green and red stripe, and you’ll find interlocking G’s on the hubcaps. The car’s debut appearance will be during Fashions Night Out. {ELLE}

Behind The Scenes Of W‘s September Issue: The September issue is always a big deal for the glossies, but this year even more so for W. It marks the first issue for Stefano Tonchi’s new hires, Edward Enninful (fashion and style director) and Lori Goldstein (style editor-at-large). {Stylelist}

Chanel Defends Coco: In the upcoming book Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel’s Secret War, the legendary designer is said to have had Nazi ties during World War II. A spokesperson from the house of Chanel insists that the claims hold no truth. {Vogue UK}

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The Worst Mother-In-Law Horror Stories Round-Up: Our Readers Speak Back! - Babble (blog)

It seems our readers know all to well about having a "monster-in-law"!

Last month I wrote about “10 Things A Mother-In-Law Should Never Utter To A Daughter-In-Law”. It garnished not only heartfelt emotion, but often irate response. While a handful of readers did write in to say that they adored their mothers-in-law, the majority of readers said that their husband’s mothers cause them ongoing grief.

On one side of the argument, a couple of mothers-in-law commented that perhaps daughters-in-law are also responsible for the ensuing family conflicts. Certainly, each and every family is different, so it’s impossible to put any family under a one-size-fits-all solution.

Yet that being said, many readers have big problems with the woman who gave birth to their husband. After reading my list of what MILs should never say, a bunch of readers felt that my list was too tame compared to what their mothers-in-law actually say or do to them on a regular basis.

Wondering exactly what these stories of cranky mothers-in-laws are? Well, just scroll down because we’ve compiled a list of the top readers mother-in-law horror stories!

(Stay tuned this month for more on how to mend a relationship with your mother-in-law, and if you are a mother-in-law yourself, leave us a comment on your thoughts and experiences with your daughters-in-law!)

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Insensitivity Reaches A New Level Before my son was born I had two miscarriages.. and my MIL knew it. So why at a familiy reunion where everyone of my husband’s relatives (sister, cousins, etc..) were carrying their babies did she think of saying… “You two better hurry up and catch up with them in starting a family!” It is not like we didn’t want to! -Carolina

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Fashion News Roundup: Lauren Conrad’s Latest Collection For Kohl’s, Google’s Shopping App, and a New Diana Vreeland Doc

Preview Lauren Conrad’s Fall 2011 Line For Kohl’s: Filled with floaty blush-toned blouses and pleated skirts, the fall Lauren Conrad for Kohl’s line screams LC without the Paper Crown pricetag. {Examiner}

Video: Behind-The-Scenes of NYMag’s Andrej Pejic Cover: Go behind the photographer’s lens of NYMag’s fall fashion issue and watch Pejic and other cover stars Issebella Rossellinni and Elettra Wiedemann, China Machado and Shala Monroque do their thang. {The Cut}

First Look at Mark Fast For Aldo: Going off the sketch of a fringed wedge sandal, it looks like the collection might not be out until next resort (though there’s no official word). We’ll wait, since it sounds awesome: Fast described it as “sexy, strong, fierce African fabulousness.” {Catwalk Queen}

Google Launches iPad Shopping App: Google Catalogs, which launched today, compiles all your favorite stores’ printed pages–like Sephora, Nordstrom, Williams Sonoma and more–into an easy-to-browse app where you can view or even purchase individual pieces, create wishlists and watch videos. {GoogleBlog}

Balenciaga’s Lariat Bag Almost Didn’t Make It To Production: In an interview with WWD, Nicholas Ghesquiere discusses making accessories a vital part of the Balenciaga brand and reveals that the now-iconic Lariat bag was originally made to give his runway models something to hold and was never intended for production. Then, Kate Moss said she liked it. {Racked}

Lucky‘s Second FABB Conference Stars Kardashians, DVF and Coco Rocha: At the second annual Fashion And Beauty Blogger Conference, a slew of fashion folk–including the sisters K, Coco Rocha, Diane von Furstenberg, Essie Weingarten and Rebecca Minkoff– will discuss the business of blogging and dole out eight awards recognizing those at the blogosphere forefront. It kicks off NYFW on September 7, but you can stream it online at luckymag.com/blogconference. {WWD subscription required}

Supermodels of Online Shopping: Just because they don’t cover the glossies doesn’t mean they aren’t recognizable–online apparel models get just as much face time as the editorial supermodels, and might be more powerful; while Gisele is hot, she doesn’t inspire me to spend money the way the Shopbop girl does. {SheFinds}

Diana Vreeland’s Granddaughter-in-law Made a Documentary and Coffee Table Book About Her: Immordino Vreeland, the legendary editor and Costume Institute curator’s granddaughter-in-law, gathered interviews and anecdotes from Vreeland’s friends and associates to make a documentary (debuting at the Venice FIlm Festival on September 3) and coffee-table book (in stores October 1) that are sure to be fascinating. {WWD subscription required}

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