• Michelle Williams is the new face of Boy by Band of Outsiders. [Elle]
• Alexander Wang plans to open 14 stores in Asia by the end of the year. Also, Wang won’t hold an after-party this season. [WWD, NY Mag]
• Anna Wintour’s “Runway to Win” campaign has received criticism from the Republican National Committee. [Vogue UK]
• Singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne has teamed up with JustFab.com. Lavigne will next month launch accessories from her brand Abbey Dawn’s spring collection on JustFab.com. [WWD]
• Designer Carmen Marc Valvo rang the NASDAQ closing bell yesterday. Valvo is showing his fall collection at NASDAQ’s Times Square location. [WWD]
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• Actress Susan Sarandon and her daughter Eva Amurri Martino star in Neiman Marcus’s latest ad campaign. [People]
• Brands including Billy Reid, Prabal Gurung, and Ohne Titel will show their collections in a shared showroom space in Paris as part of the second round of the Americans in Paris program. [WWD]
• Anna Wintour has spoken out about Madonna’s use of the Vogue logo during her Super Bowl Halftime Show performance, saying “We’re thrilled and so very grateful to Madonna to have been part of such a spectacular performance.” [NY Mag]
• A new “mini-MBA” program called Design Entrepreneurs NYC has been announced as part of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Fashion NYC 2020 plan. [WWD]
• Beginning with its March issues, Elle China will publish twice a month. [DFR]
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• Rachel Zoe is expanding into two new categories for fall: cold weather accessories and costume jewelry. In addition, Zoe is planning to launch her own production company, Rachel Zoe Productions. In other news, Rachel has lent her voice to a new campaign for the Abzyme Research Foundation. [WWD, ABC News]
• Italian brand Brunello Cucinelli SpA has started the process to list on the Italian Stock Exchange. [WWD]
• Footwear designer Christian Louboutin has today unveiled a new capsule collection to celebrate his 20th anniversary. [Vogue UK]
• Circa has once again teamed up with the CFDA to showcase new collections from up-and-coming CFDA-affiliated jewelry designers during fashion week. [WWD]
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• Israeli model Bar Refaeli has given her Twitter followers a sneak peek of her new underwear line. [Telegraph.co.uk]
• Banana Republic is once again releasing a Mad Men-inspired collection. [Fashionista]
• Hungarian model Barbara Palvin is the latest ambassador for L’Oréal Paris. [WWD]
• Emily Schuman of the Cupcakes and Cashmere blog has signed on to be Estée Lauder’s social media and digital guest editor. [WWD]
• Cut25, the sister label of Yigal Azrouël’s signature collection, will add a full handbag line for spring 2012, with a view to launch sunglasses, swimwear, and shoes in the coming years. [WWD]
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• Private Practice actress Kate Walsh has a new fragrance called Billionaire Boyfriend. According to Walsh, the fragrance is “a throwback to times when things were just sexy and romantic, and that fantasy of James Bond movies, Monte Carlo, driving down the coast in a sports car… la dolce vita.”[People]
• Australian model Andrej Pejic is the subject of a new song by London-based musician Victoria Aitken. [Vogue UK]
• New York-based bakery Baked by Melissa has created a cupcake inspired by designer Betsey Johnson. [WWD]
• The Council of Fashion Designers of America has launched a curated online boutique at OpenSky. [WWD]
• British model Erin O’Connor has been forced to close her Model Sanctuary for the first time since its launch in 2008. [Vogue UK]
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• Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour was ranked in the top tier of fundraisers for President Obama’s re-election campaign. [WWD]
• Italian designer Alberta Ferretti is next up in Macy’s Impulse designer collaboration series. Ferretti has designed a 30-piece collection inspired by the Amalfi Coast that will be sold exclusively at Macy’s beginning April 17. [WWD]
• Sophomore designer Chrissie Miller has designed a t-shirt for Kmart’s fashion week concierge service. [Racked]
• Fashion insider Daphne Guinness has put her Fifth Avenue apartment up for sale. [Architectural Digest]
• Brands including Burberry, DKNY, and Oscar de la Renta will be honored at the third annual Fashion 2.0 Awards for their digital media efforts. [WWD]
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• Alexa Chung has designed a teddy-bear for charity. [Vogue UK]
• The White House has denied rumors that First Lady Michelle Obama spent $50,000 on lingerie at Agent Provocateur. [WWD]
• Makeup brand Bobbi Brown is launching a competition in which customers can vote for their favorite discontinued products to be brought back. [BellaSugar]
• The office of California Attorney General Kamala Harris said on Monday that Brazilian Blowout products must now feature hazard warnings on the packaging. [WWD]
• Former Hugo Boss art director Bruno Pieters is launching a new brand, Honest: by. [Vogue UK]
• The CFDA has caused controversy after announcing plans to relocate its offices from the Garment District to Bleecker Street, despite previously championing the preservation of the Garment District. [WWD]
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• Model Dree Hemingway has designed a capsule collection for French brand Sandro. The ten-piece collection will arrive in stores in February. [Style.com]
• Images of the upcoming Adidas for Opening Ceremony line have been revealed. [Racked]
• Two brands, Spring & Clifton and Reformation, have teamed up on a capsule collection of Baja jackets. [LA Times]
• Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry is designing a footwear collection for German chain Deichmann. [The Huffington Post]
• The debut issue of Interview Germany will arrive on newsstands on Friday. [WWD]
• Karl Lagerfeld says that his new line, Karl, is “a graphic idea of what I like, what could be translated from me to girls.” [Vogue UK]
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• Amy Winehouse’s father, Mitch, has called Jean Paul Gaultier couture show, which paid tribute to his daughter’s iconic style, “an insult” to the singer. [Vogue UK]
• Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone, the two main characters in Absolutely Fabulous, are the stars of Alexis Bittar’s new campaign. [Vogue UK]
• The CFDA has released its latest model health guidelines ahead of fashion week. [NY Mag]
• Misha Nonoo of Nonoo and Wes Gordon shared the women’s ready-to-wear award at the Fashion Group International Rising Star Awards on Thursday night. Other winners included Simon Spurr for men’s wear and Stella & Dot for accessories. [WWD]
• Vogue is leading the pack when it comes to ad pages in the March issues. [NY Post]
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• Pop star Rihanna will co-produce and appear in a new television show to find emerging British fashion talent. [Telegraph.co.uk]
• For the fifth year in a row, American Express is donating $250,000 to the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund. [WWD]
• MAC Cosmetics has tapped singer Beth Ditto to create a limited edition makeup collection, which is expected to launch in June. [WWD]
• PBS was forced to remove all references to Downton Abbey from a line of jewelry it was selling online due to copyright infringement. [Mail Online]
• French Vogue is redesigning its website. [NY Mag]
• British designer Jenny Packham is set to debut a capsule collection for high street retailer Debenhams. [Telegraph.co.uk]
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