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With a thriving ready-to-wear brand, several collaboration projects on the go, four kids, a dashing hubby (publisher Alasdhair Willis) and an icon for a Dad (Sir Paul!) it’s little wonder we bow down to Stella McCartney. Who doesn’t want to be a Stella girl? She’s effortlessly chic but not perfectly turned out; she is a minimalist but has a playful side; she is confident and a great confidante. In the modeling world a Stella girl looks like Miranda Kerr, Natasha Poly, Natalia Vodianova, or Anja Rubik, fitting given that they all walked in McCartney’s Spring 2012 show. And what a show it was: crisp white jackets with mesh inserts, Baroque-inspired embellishment, a shockwave of royal blue, tunics with side slits (a big theme this week), casual pieces in a graphic wave motif reminiscent of silk pajamas, paisley (welcome back!), one-shouldered dresses, onyx-white clutches, sporty flatforms, and quilted shoulder bags tied in a bow.

We’ve got another beautiful selection of photos from Paris today, including snaps of some of the most major names in the biz, like Anna Wintour, Grace Coddington, Mario Testino, Patrick Demarchelier, Anna Dello Russo, and Rachel Zoe. Plus, a bunch of pretty girls carrying branded balloons, something we can’t say we’ve seen before!

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Ice cream, pink lemonade, and nearly 2,000 balloon animals aren’t typical ways to start a Sunday morning—but then we only get to start our day off with a Mulberry fashion show but twice a year. This show is always a big ticket of LFW, for its prime guest list (um, today’s show included Kristen Stewart AND Kate Moss, who wore a Canadian tuxedo and a brown hat!), super-luxe venue (the upscale Claridges Hotel in the tony Mayfair neighbourhood), dogs on the runway (this season: miniature schnauzers), and, obviously, the fact that the brand is one of the fastest-growing luxury brands out there. Another way to start the day: sequins, and yet another sorbet palette of yellow, green, and pink.

Style dynamo Rachel Zoe hit Holt Renfrew in Toronto yesterday for the launch of her eponymous new fashion line. As you’d expect, a swelling crowd of “bananas”-crazed fans flooded the store, waiting for the chance to meet and greet their maker (we overheard lots and lots of “die”s in the crowd… just saying). Pre-mayhem, we sat down with the Zoe Report for a little Q&A about what makes her tick. Baby Skyler included.

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Word: Celebutot

Meaning: Taken from the older English portmanteau “celebutante,” this refers to a child who is famous for having famous parents and, as a result, a lot of stupendously expensive stuff.

Rachel Bilson will be taking role as the style director of Sunglass Hut worldwide. [StyleCaster]

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]

By Gillian Pryor

Celebrity stylist and designer Rachel Zoe and husband Rodger Berman welcome their first son this morning, Skyler Morrison Berman. Congrats to the new family! [People]

Some of our favourites⎯including Proenza Schouler, Alexander Wang, The Row, Lady Gaga and Marc Jacobs⎯are up for CFDA Awards this year! [CFDA]

Heard it through the Tweetvine: Pilati potentially out at YSL? [Fashionista]

The Coveteur continued their internet reign by teaming up with Vogue.com to shoot fashion week essentials. [Vogue]

We. Die. Take a clicky through the look book for Rachel Zoe’s debut collection. [Fashionista]

Some lunchtime viewing: Karl Lagerfeld sat down with Imran Amed of the blog the Business of Fashion and talked luxury, exclusivity and technology. “I think they are very beautiful objects,” said Lagerfeld. “There is no touch of what is considered bad taste or bad design is bad taste today. They are flawless in a way. Facebook is a flawless object, it’s for me like a Brancusi.” [BoF]

In other Karl Lagerfeld news, the Kaiser said he would like to see Haider Ackermann replace him at Chanel. When Ackermann heard the news he said, “What can one possibly say to such a phrase?! Such a compliment! Honored I feel, how can one not be?! In all honesty tremendously, immensely touched especially coming from Monsieur Lagerfeld.”[WWD] Read our Q&A with Haider Ackermann»

Hermès has released a new video campaign that features a disembodied hand (à la cousin Thing from the Addams Family) skateboarding through the French luxury brand’s Fall 2010 collection. [Huffington Post via Styleite]