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Prada has released a preview of their new film celebrating the launch of their latest fragrance, Prada Candy L’Eau. In what’s essentially the most obvious collaboration of all time, they’ve teamed up with Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola.

Never one to let an opportunity to get a little attention pass her by, Madonna presented her pal Anderson Cooper with the Vito Russo award at the GLAAD Awards over the weekend and got into the groove wearing a head-to-toe Boy Scout Uniform. Of course!

Kellwood Co. is one step closer to transforming Vince into a global lifestyle brand with the appointment of Karin Gregersen today as brand president, effective May 13. Gregersen was most recently the managing director of Chloé/Richemont North America, overseeing both Chloé and See By Chloé in the U.S., Canada, and South America. Previously, she served as vice president of sales and marketing at Chloé and European sales manager at Givenchy Paris. She forayed into fashion at hosiery, lingerie, and ready-to-wear brand, Wolford Australia. At her new post, Gregersen will manage design, product development, marketing and sales, and merchandising for Vince. She will report to Kellwood and Vince CEO Jill Granoff.

Kate Spade New York CEO Craig Leavitt has big plans for the New York-based company. On Friday, Leavitt attended an investment meeting where he told analysts he expects brand sales to hit the $2 billion mark in the next four years and eventually reach $4 billion. Sales from last year put the company at revenues of $461.9 million and the brand continues to expand with international pushes, plus a foray into home goods. And the home goods are just topping off what the brand already has on offer, which includes legwear, stationary, and watches.

What’s Anna Corinna of Foley + Corinna been up to since launching with former business partner Dana Foley over a decade ago with a spate of chic carryables and vintage finds galore? From its roots as an LES boutique (back when the ‘hood wasn’t littered with retail options) Foley + Corinna has grown into a full-fledged brand with a recently-retooled business M.O. that’s less focused on the brick and mortar. How so? An expanded web presence, for starters, plus e-comm accounts like Shopbop, and prime retail real estate in the likes of Bloomingdales and Saks. Corinna dished on her brand’s evolution, vintage Meccas worth stalking (or trekking west for), and savvy and B.S.-free tidbits of industry wisdom she’s accrued along the way.
BY RACHEL BERNSTEIN

(NEW YORK) Raf Simons: Shining Example [Telegraph UK]
Raf Simons’ first ready-to-wear collection for Dior receives mixed reviews

WATCH: Live Streaming From Tokyo Fashion Week [FashionTV]
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo kicks off

Digital Accessory Showcase To Launch [Vogue UK]
The Digital Accessory Showcase will launch on KCD-created website

Aéropostale Seen as Private Equity Buyout Target [BoF]
The clothing chain is offering the biggest sales discount in America for private-equity firms

Scope Gwen Stefani’s Touring-Inspired Spring 2013 Lookbook [Racked]
Coinciding with her tour, the singer unveils her collection

Unless it’s pre-fashion week season, it’s rare to catch the fashion set sweating it out. That’s all changed thanks to People’s Bootcamp founder, Adam Rosante who is turning fashion to fitness and getting our abs and glutes as tight as the mods.

As any swell anniversary party strives to be, The New York Observer sort of came to life for a night as it rang in 25 years of its pink-paged presence in, and gossiping about, the city’s power circles. How to translate that slightly plucky, swooning-over-clout attitude into a tasteful, packed bash at the Four Seasons Restaurant off Park Avenue?

WHAT: Joe Fresh for jcpenney Slim-Fit Sateen Pants. WHY: Slip into these printed pants that pop and brighten up your wardrobe for Spring. Made with a touch of stretch for comfort, these graphic crop pants are perfect for everything from a day at the office to a beachy vacay or summer picnic in the park. Pair them with any solid color button down or tank from the collection and you’ll be cruising through summer in style. We plan to snatch these up in prints and solids. After all the price is hard to beat, non?

Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief at Vogue and editorial director at Teen Vogue, has been named artistic director at Conde Nast as well…Aya Kanai, formerly head stylist at Shopbop, has been named fashion director at Cosmopolitan…Danielle Mattoon, formerly travel editor at The New York Times, has been named culture editor at the publication…