Fashion news: Björk performs at McQueen memorial, Stephanie Seymour reconciles with Peter Brant, and don’t use Chanel as an adjective

Friends, family and the fashion elite, including Naomi Campbell, Stella McCartney, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kate Moss and Daphne Guiness, gathered at St. Paul’s Cathedral for a memorial for Alexander McQueen during London Fashion Week. Speakers included Anna Wintour, Suzy Menkes and milliner Philip Treacy spoke at the service and Björk performed “Gloomy Sunday.” [Vogue]

Chanel took out an entire back page ad in WWD to remind “fashion editors, advertisers, copywriters and other well-intentioned mis-users of [the] Chanel name” to stop using Chanel as an adjective to describe other designers clothes and collections.  [Fashionista]

Bed bugs strike again! Niketown in Manahttan is the latest in a long string of New York retailers to play host to these unwelcome guests. [The Cut]

Supermodel Stephanie Seymour and her husband Peter Brant have called it quits–on their divorce that is. “The parties have withdrawn their divorce action and are reconciling,” they said in a joint statement. [Racked]

Marc Jacobs launched their e-commerce site yesterday. The site, which mixes video, photography  and illustrations of hipster sales associates, will sell the Marc Jacobs and Marc by Marc Jacobs collections, as well as “special items,” such as MJ Sharpies. Sadly, it’s U.S. only. [WWD]

Giles Deacon sent pregnant model Abby Clancy down the runway at his Spring 2011 fashion show during New York Fashion Week. [The Cut]

Victoria Beckham isn’t the only Beckham flexing her design muscles. Her son Romeo is rumoured to be launching his own line of sunglasses for children called RB. [Styleist]

Charlie Le Mindu, the man behind many of Lady Gaga’s over-the-top wigs and hats, sent some nude models down the runway for his London runway show yesterday. [Styleite]

EBay launched a look book that they hope will be a “democratized celebration of personal style’’ and “a user-generated shopable style gallery.” [WWD]

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