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A 50th anniversary is reason to celebrate, and that is just what Nicholas Kirkwood is doing. In honour of the UK-based store Liberty of London‘s Carnaby Street location, the brand is using two of their best-known floral prints-the Bounty and the Santa Maria-and covering a pair of their signature heels with the prints. Fingers crossed these styles make their way across the pond. [Fashionista]

Recent attempts made by the trendy label Modern Amusement, including the departure of it’s CEO and company-wide layoffs, weren’t enough to save the brand. The company known best for it’s crow logo has has shut down operations, leaving boutiques and department stores without their spring shipments. [WWD]

Do the shoes on the left look familiar? An intrepid commenter on Fashionista has uncovered the secret source of Alexander McQueen’s alien footwear—a video for ’70s rock band The Tubes’ “White Punks on Dope.” [Fashionista]

André Leon Talley smack talks Golden Globes style: “When you start watching red-carpet shows at 6:00 p.m. and don’t see a stunning dress until 9:00 p.m. — Julianna Margulies’s ruby paillette crepe robe de style with cutouts, by Narciso Rodriguez — it’s sad what passes for style in Hollywood.” [Vogue, via The Cut]

Missed our Paris Fashion Week street style snaps? Click the images below to see our favourite off-the-runway looks. Toronto’s up next–stay tuned! Check out our Lovelies from Milan Fashion Week.

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Show: Alexander McQueen—and I wasn’t even present. Too sick that night to crawl from bed, I—and thousands upon thousands of other obsessives—watched McQ’s first live-to-air catwalk on ShowStudio.com. Even from afar, I was spun in, so totally entranced by his entire underworld of alien warrior princesses. (And those shoes! The most wondrously physics-defying footwear since Theyskens’ heelless hooves for Nina Ricci. Which was just last season…but still.) Magnificent in scope, meticulous in execution, it was a show to write home about. Unless you were already there.

Loose-fitting trousers definitely fit into the category of “tricky trends”–it’s rare the soul who can make a true drop crotch work–but this Lovely’s slightly structured slouch looks breezy, not try-hard.

See the full look after the jump.

If you’ve ever tried to wear a floor length skirt, you know that the key to pulling it off is proportion. These two Lovelies work the look by mixing in a bit of masculine styling to very feminine pieces.

Check out their full looks after the jump.

Hanneli again! We’re breaking with our no-black-leather policy on the Paris street fashion shots because we love her silver waterfall necklace the silver waterfall on her Rad Hourani dress.

Also: Check out the studs on the bottom of her bag–do not mess with her.

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Here’s BryanBoy–that’s Monsieur Bryan Boy to you, as per his calligraphied LV invite. The thrilla from Manila has been wearing Rad Hourani around this town all week, and looking–his word–fabu. After the Vuitton show, we talked about how cool Canadians are right now: Rad, Mark Fast, Jeremy Laing.. “What’s in your water?” he demanded to know. Well, we have some of the cleanest tap water in the world, so not a lot. Maybe it’s in our beer?

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Yesterday’s Louis Vuitton show [Read the review] attracted a bevy of French actresses-chief among them, Catherine Deneuve–as well as Sophie Dahl, Freida Pinto, Camilla Belle and Gossip Girl‘s Leighton Meester and Amanda Setton.

Gallery after the jump.

I forgot Marc Jacobs was making timeliness happen: apparently, his last two NY shows have begun promptly, and today I nearly missed his Louis Vuitton spectacular because I decided to walk over from Colette Dinnigan. Funny thing: when you ask someone at Paris Fashion Week how long it takes to get somewhere, they give you two times: “weeth heels” and “without.”

I should’ve gone without. But I did skitter in right as the show began, and how lucky I did! Because this show was fun–girlish, giddy fun–which is something I’d no idea I was missing, til 2:30 p.m. (sharp) today. There’s lots of drama in Paris (did you watch McQueen live? I’m still amazed), and there’s beige restraint, and there’s beauty, of course–but not a lot of fun. And what else could you call this bonbon assortment of plaid and prints, pinafores and pockets, and–wholly amazing–poodle hair? The girls looked like Marie Antoinettes on acid. Tassels swung wildly from messenger bags and trussed up shoes–sometimes they were white fur, like funny moustaches.

We love this origami-inspired folded smock, which has the look of torn up tapestry.

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These matching Lovelies pull off perfect purple accents against black ensembles. A classic bowler and animal print scarf are the ideal accessories.

See the full look after the jump.