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The ladies have spoken, and it’s leather they’re after to fill their closets this fall. Not just for biker babes anymore, the season has us swimming in feminine options that are equal parts naughty and nice. From body-con dresses to pencil skirts, the new way to wear leather is all about ladylike silhouettes, mixing fabrics, and layering luxe textures like cashmere and fur.

Let’s get leather-d! »

Look perfectly polished with a mix of tan and gold mirror detailing. ($35, shop.mango.com)

‘Tis the season for accessories to go bold, gold and a touch bohemian. ($45, mango.com)

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This coming Sunday brings the first day of spring, and in honour of it’s glorious arrival, this week’s steals will be dedicated to dishing out a daily dose of stylish brights. First up, sunshine-yellow! ($65, mango.com)

We know it’s a little early for Valentine’s Day suggestions, but it’s hard not to fall in love with this slick, pop-print bangle from Mango ($25, mango.com)

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I’m pining after these suede wedges from Mango ($120, mango.com). Problem: They’ve already made two appearances at our office–one editor has them in black, another picked them up in grey. Solution: They also come in a delicious chocolate brown.

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Starting Monday, the fashion masses are headed to Toronto’s Exhibition Place for LG Fashion Week Spring 2011. This paillette-embellished sweater dress from Mango ($100, mango.com) will easily take you from the office, straight to the shows. Catch our full coverage of LG Fashion Week, including daily runway reports, video and street style, at fashionmagazine.com/attheshows.

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Victoria’s Secret is being sued by shoe company Valley Lane Industries for US$48 million. The company claims that VS forced a Chinese supplier, who had worked with the smaller company for 25 years, to end their partnership so that the lingerie brand could work with the supplier exclusively. Says a lawyer for Valley Lane: “Victoria’s Secret has done everything they could to put them out of business.” Trouble in diamond-studded paradise? [NYDN]

But things aren’t all bad for VS. They’ve recently launched a new bra, the Incredible, and to celebrate, Chanel Iman, Candice Swanepoel and Erin Heatherton appeared on Fox & Friends, where they had the arduous task of explaining the new brassiere to two male anchors. See the exchange above. [Huffington Post]

Knowing not a word of Spanish, I assumed the gilded words “El Hangar” on the Mango gala invite meant the whole glittering shindig would go down in a Barcelona airport hangar.

Not quite: the location of the Oscar party (that would be the jury chairman and too-charming host of this year’s El Botón-Mango Fashion Awards, Oscar de la Renta, not the little gold man) was in Mango’s BCN headquarters. To fete the second incarnation of the awards, the warehouse was transformed into an amber-lit hive of fast-fashion festivity, all champers and ciggies and swift kisses on both cheeks. The international jet set was in full force, so in that respect it was a sort of hangar, after all (and never mind all the overbronzed hangers-on).

{FASHION WEEK SPRING 2009 TORONTO}

By Sarah Casselman

Alfred Sung‘s bridal collection officially kicked off L’Oréal Fashion Week at the Nathan Phillips Square tents. Models walked down the aisle, er, runway, swathed in countless variations of white gowns. Tons of tulle, delicate lace, light-as-air chiffon, strings of pearls and rhinestones that shimmered like fireflies in an evening sky.

Last Tuesday, I attended the Mango fall collection at Barcelona’s Raluy Circus, which came complete with a big-top tent, a stunning acrobatic display and waiters with sad-clown faces.