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Leah Karp has been named accessories director at InStyle, replacing Meggan Crum, who left the magazine last Friday to pursue freelance projects. Karp most recently served as accessories director at Allure, a position she has held since joining the title in 2005. From 2003 to 2005, she was senior accessories editor at Marie Claire. Karp will report directly to InStyle fashion director Cindy Weber Cleary.

“It’s like we’re in a movie!” exclaimed Meredith Melling Burke at John DeLucie’s haute spot The Lion last night, as editors gathered to toast theOutnet.com and its director, Stephanie Phair. It wasn’t just the hidden room—”just walk straight through the Basquiat,” the doorman instructed—or the velvet curtain that further alienated this crowd from reality. It was the snow, falling almost embarrassingly cinematically while the looming (potential) weather crisis went relatively ignored.

Lisa Salzer of Lulu Frost’s Transformations

Très interessante. The Swiss fine art photographer Walter Pfeiffer was somehow convinced to shoot his first ever global campaign for a fashion brand. The lucky recipient? Pringle of Scotland, whose Spring campaign features the Scottish actress Freya Mavor. Discuss!

In search of the next Prabal Gurung, The Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation has just announced their newest award recipients for 2011. Each lucky designer will receive the coveted $25,000 grant to fund their collection at New York Fashion Week this February, following in the footsteps of past winners Derek Lam, Erin Fetherston, Zac Posen, and more. EDFF 2011 title-holders include: Bibhu Mohapatra, The Lake & Stars, M. Patmos, and Mandy Coon in the Women’s Design category, Native Son in the Men’s Design category, Pamela Love for Accessories, and Study NY for Sustainable Design.

Is Kate Moss pregnant?

Fresh for Spring Summer 2011, Louis Vuitton has created a playful and flirty fashion jewelry collection inspired by sixteen “It” girls from around the globe. A behind the scenes video was released yesterday featuring rock ‘n roll royalty Alexandra Richards, posing alongside fashion muse Annabelle Dexter Jones, and aristocratic stylist Mary Charteris.

Obsessions: Babi Ahluwalia

WHAT: On the Fly Baby Bottle Warmer. WHY: Feeding doesn’t have to involve a day at the zoo. Just ask mom-preneur Maureen Christy, the creative mind behind the most coveted bottle warmer on the playground. The double-layered stretch bottle sock keeps formula tepid for twelve full hours. No boiling. No batteries. No joke. Mom’s really do know best.

Despite warnings of a Gotham City blizzard, the Waldorf Astoria was buzzing last night for the 45th Annual YMA FSF Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship Awards Dinner hosted by Mary Alice Stephenson. The glitzy soiree honored over 100 scholarship-toting students along with Manny Chirico, Jeff Kantor, and Visionaire founders Cecilia Dean, Stephan Gan, and James Kariliardos.