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With today’s temps at a record high, it seems like Mother Nature is sending a pretty clear message that summer is finally here! In turn, we’ve scouted over 40 of the season’s best products. From bright glosses to shimmering bronzers, we’ve got you covered!

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With the band: Abbey Lee Kershaw, and her group, Our Mountain, have released their first single. [AnOther Magazine]

We’re barely halfway into 2011 and the fashion world has already seen our fair share of industry shake-ups: the Galliano scandal, Carine Roitfeld’s exit at Vogue Paris, Christophe Decarnin’s mysterious mental illness/ousting at Balmain, and now Patrick Robinson has been booted from the Gap.

While most of the recent switch ups seem to make sense⎯Galliano’s anti-Semitic outburst couldn’t very well go un-reprehended and Decarnin’s health issues were clearly in need of medical attention⎯we found ourselves puzzled upon hearing the news that Robinson had been presented with a pink slip due to lackluster sales in the first quarter of this year. We’ve seen many a powerhouse figure reinstate retail dinosaurs (Bonnie Brooks at The Bay , Jenna Lyons at J.Crew), so why not Robinson at the Gap?

The Met Gala, the annual celebration of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art‘s summer Costume Institute exhibit, is loosely known as the Oscars of fashion. This year, models of the moment, editrixes, big-deal designers, as well as fashion-crowd approved pop stars and actresses flocked to the famed red steps in the name of Alexander McQueen, the subject of this years exhibit entitled Savage Beauty. While the designer’s famed creations didn’t dominate the carpet quite as we had hoped (but more on that later), there were lots of juicy bright hues (Zoe Saldana and Ginnifer Goodwin), ladylike lace (Rihanna, Taylor Swift), anything-but-basic black (Christina Ricci, Ashley Olsen, Stella McCartney), and plenty of glitzy gowns (Gwyneth Paltrow, Diane Kruger) to feast our eyes on.

As for our faves? We loved Diane in her up-to-there Jason Wu gown, and Liv Tyler in her breathtaking feathered Givenchy couture. And you?

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For those in fashion, Antwerp is immediately associated with the Antwerp Six⎯a group of avant garde designers who graduated from the super-prestigious Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts during the early ’80s (Dries van Noten, Ann Demeulemeester and Walter Van Beirendonck to name a few). Since then, Antwerp has become a breeding ground for innovative design⎯and jewellery designer Heaven Tanudiredja is no exception.

Designers Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi are both out at Gianfranco Ferre. [Fashionologie]

Of course, we’re all dying to know the designer of Kate’s dress, but Kate’s look on her wedding day is about so much more than the dress she chooses⎯beauty is a big part of the equation. Make like Kate and nail it with these royally and wedding day themed polishes, perfect for a little DIY mani-pedi while watching the ceremony.

Check out our picks! »

The Olsens are adding another facet to their fashion empire⎯with an e-commerce styling service. [Vogue UK]

Jane Birkin is auctioning one of her namesake Hermès bags for Red Cross relief in Japan. [Telegraph]

Post intern Twitter-rant, Marc Jacobs‘ business partner Robert Duffy is now being faced with a whole slew of very naughty allegations from the company’s ex-COO. [NY Daily News]

Everyone’s favourite former stylist’s assistant, (and Canadian!) Brad Goreski is coming back to TV with his own show: It’s a Brad, Brad World. [Twitter]

By Corinne Perez-Abergel, Gillian Pryor and Renee Reardin

In two recent interviews, with Menswear and the Guardian, Hedi Slimane alludes to the idea of him designing again. Though he has been rumoured to take the helm at Dior and Yves Saint Laurent, he remains vague on the idea. Instead, he takes the opportunity to bash celebrity red carpets and what L.A has done to fashion. [Fashionista]