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Emma Watson was the first person to receive a custom Burberry trench. Christopher Bailey gave Watson a coat from the company’s new bespoke collection for the premiere of her latest film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. [Vogue UK]

Alabama-based designer menswear designer Billy Reid is the winner of the US$300,000 2010 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund award. Prabal Gurung and Eddie Borgo were runners up. [Vogue]

Jean Paul Gaultier was in Montreal last week to unveil plans for a career retrospective at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Called “The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk” the exhibit will include garments, sketches, photography and audiovisual elements from the designer’s 35-year career. [WWD]

Pint-sized super blogger Tavi Gevinson and and Sassy founder Jane Pratt are launching a print magazine together. [Fashionista]

Harry Potter actress Emma Watson and Alberta Ferretti have teamed up to design an organic line of clothing inspired by Jane Birkin. [The Cut]

It’s been an eventful day in Emma Watson news. The 20-year-old actress had reportedly been replaced by fellow Brit Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as the new face of Burberry, though Huntington-Whiteley’s agent tells Gossip Cop that reports of Watson’s exit are false. The Harry Potter star was featured in the brand’s Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 ads, […]

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American couturier and the “Master of the Bias,” Charles Kleibacker died Sunday at 88. [WWD]

Emma Watson takes her second turn as the face of Burberry. The Spring 2010 ads also star her brother Alex. [The Cut]

Now it looks like Marc Jacobs and Lorenzo Martone are planning on marrying in March. Maybe. Who knows. [The Cut]

In New York, celebrities and other pretty young things are given the ultimate VIP treatment (think private areas at nightclubs and concerts, and multiple security guard escorts before and after fashion shows). As I look around me at the Burberry Prorsum after party, held at Burberry headquarters on Horseferry Road, I realize that is not quite the case in London. To my left? Mary-Kate Olsen. To my right? Emma Watson, the face of Burberry’s fall/winter ad campaign. Yes, we are all bouncing around together to the music of The Kooks, who have arrived to do a live set (the lead singer makes sure to thank “Christopher.” Could that be Christopher Bailey, I wonder?!).

Phillip Lim showed a machine washable suit and other saleable wonders at his spring show. [YouTube]

Proenza Schouler did high-style OP (that’s Ocean Pacific, kids)–think tie-dyed minis and sporty shirt dresses–mixed with vibrant, shimmering embroidery and bold animal prints. [Style.com]