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Trendy apartment hunters need not look further! The left bank apartment on rue de Babylone that housed the late Yves Saint Laurent from 1970 onward is now for sale. Asking price is a humble €23.5 million.[NY Times via Fashionologie]

Have you ever imagined Anna Wintour sitting on the toilet flipping through porn? Neither have we. Artist aleXsandro Palombo’s did, however, with his new collection of graphic drawings, Toilet Chic, featuring various members of the fashion elite sitting on the can. [Refinery 29]

Jason Wu is launching a sunglasses collection to be sold exclusively at Modo, a high-end eye wear store in New York. [Refinery29]

Versace‘s reorganization plan for the company has been approved, including giving the pink slip to 25% of its workforce starting in March and ending in June. The company hopes to be back on its feet and and profitable by 2011. [Vogue UK]

Haute fashion dolls are having a bit of a moment. Witness the Lady Gaga Barbies created by Beijing enthusiast Veik, or the designer finger puppets by Rubbish Magazine. Next up are some truly spectacular creations by New York artist Andrew Yang. Yang, who has designed for Dennis Basso and has a collection of couture dolls […]

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While we’ve all been busy shopping our closets, smaller designers have been hit hard by our new spendthrift habits. In New York, fashion news website Refinery29 decided to speak up for the little guys (and gals) by launching Save Fashion (savefashion.com), a pop-up boutique in the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan’s Garment District.

Forever 21 is heading to court once again for copy-catting. [The Cut] What was Lil’ Kim dreaming about while she was in prison? Why, Bratz dolls and Marc Jacobs of course. [The Cut] Rick Owens seems to really hate L.A. (Oh, and he calls naps ‘mini-suicides’ but we’re ignoring that part.) [Fashionologie] The gorgeous fashion […]

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