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Last night’s Fashion Blows, held in The Room at Hudson’s Bay Queen Street and named for the late fashion maverick Isabella Blow, was a fashion feast, between the guests (Stacey Jordan and Amoryn Engel in feathered headdresses! A turbaned Nicholas Mellamphy in embroidered Vika Gazinskaya robe!) and the trippy McQueens on display from Blow’s own […]

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In what might possibly be the splashiest territory marker yet, Hudson’s Bay has staked another claim in Canada’s ever-growing luxury market by announcing it will present the first international exhibit of Isabella Blow’s personal collection of fashion and art. The collection, which previously was on view at London’s Somerset House last year, features pieces from […]

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A piece of fashion history could be yours as The Daphne Guinness Collection hits the auction block tonight. Daphne Guinness, the heiress-turned-fashion-icon, has put 102 pieces of haute couture and runway fashion from her personal wardrobe up for auction with Christie’s auction house. The collection — which includes pieces from Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Christian Lacroix and Christopher Kane — reflects the quirky sense of style that has made Guinness a muse and friend to some of the biggest names in fashion, including the late Alexander McQueen.

Word: Glamourflage

Meaning: “To wear Brobdingnagian accessories in a stylized effort to shield or distract.” — from a Sunday Styles profile on celebrity stylist June Ambrose

Usage: “As a teenager in the ’80s, she dressed in elaborate get-ups to glamour-flage her severe acne.” — from the same article

A longstanding and decidedly British tradition is donning all kinds of extravagant headwear to nuptials⎯a tradition the royal family has long followed.

Catering to both the fashion crowd as well as royalty is designer and milliner Philip Treacy, a former protégé of Isabella Blow, and frequent collaborator of the late Alexander McQueen⎯besides virtually every female royal, his pieces have sat on the heads of Lady Gaga, SJP, Grace Jones and Daphne Guinness.

It’s always a treat to hear models speak. One who rarely seems to chat for the cameras is Kate Moss, so it’s a double treat to hear her talk about her collaboration with Longchamp, what keeps her grounded and her most poignant fashion moment. [Jezebel]

Yesterday at an event at Macy’s for Lourdes’ Material Girl line her mama Madonna revealed plans to launch a workout and lingerie collection for adults. [WWD]

Fashion’s Night Out-starved Canadians can watch a live webcast with Andre Leon Talley on CBS.com and Tavi is rumoured to be tweeting and live-blogging the whole shebang for Barneys. [The Cut]

Detmar Blow, husband of the late fashion legend Isabella Blow has written a memoir of her life, Blow by Blow, to be released September 2nd (November 9 in the U.S.). A sample from the book, on Blow and milliner Philip Treacey‘s relationship: “They quickly developed an intense and creative relationship that he later likened to ‘having an affair with no sex’.” [Vogue UK]

Today’s Karl Lagerfeld-edited edition of French newspaper Libération is pretty much all about Karl. And sexy drawings of soccer players. [Fashionista]

And about those illustrations: “I use Shu Uemura makeup for drawing, as they have the most beautiful color palette. Did you know that in the old days, children’s books were illustrated using makeup sticks?”  [WWD]

Attention, 90210 fans: If you always wanted the bow dress that Kelly–and Brenda!–wore in the “Spring Dance,” episode you’ll find it in Isaac Mizrahi‘s resort collection [Yahoo!]

Alexander Wang, who just presented his Resort 2011 line, is location scouting in New York for his first boutique. [WWD]

Coach will make its newest fragrance available at department stores. Previously fragrances were exclusive to Coach stores. [Style List]

Though Isabella Blow‘s wardrobe will be auctioned off this September, hat-designer Philip Treacy has revealed that a film about the fashion editor’s life is in the works. John Galliano will play himself and for the thus unconfirmed lead role, Andre Leon Talley promises “Treacy has a great trick up his hat, and it’s going to rock the world.” [Fashionologie]

British designer Giles Deacon is going to be a very busy bee. Aside from running his eponymous line and working with retailer New Look, he has just been declared creative director of Emanuel Ungaro. [Racked]

They say you can’t buy style, but with the right connections to Christie’s auction house you never know. The wardrobe of the late fashion icon Isabella Blow will be auctioned off this September. Up for grabs are over 90 Alexander McQueen pieces, hats by Philip Treacy and Manolo Blahnik shoes. [Racked]

Those who always secretly rooted for the Snow White‘s evil Queen, Cinderella‘s jealous stepmother or the Little Mermaid‘s squid lady will be enlightened to know that MAC Cosmetics is teaming up with Disney to launch a colour collection inspired by the bad guys. Venomous Villains launches this September. [WWD via Fashionista]