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KKR Acquires Stake In Sandro, Maje and Claudie Pierlot [Business Of Fashion]
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has acquired a 65 percent stake and plans to expand the brands globally

Beyonce’s Busty Corset Took 600 Hours And 3,000 Crystals To Make [The Telegraph]
The corset was a collab between design duo The Blonds, her mother, and stylist Ty Hunter

Prada Launches Literary Contest [Vogue UK]
The fashion house has partnered with Italian publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore on the competition

Costume Designer Esosa Talks Style For Motown The Musical [Fashionista]
Project Runway season 7 runner-up desginer, Esosa talks about creating looks for Berry Gordy’s hot new musical

How Prada Created a ‘Gatsby’ Moment [WSJ]
To create a modern feel, designer Miuccia Prada based 41 costumes off of looks from her own lines

Are you in or are you out? Fatigued students with rattled nerves wandered the floor of the Great Hall at FIT today as their final designs were carefully looked over and critiqued to decide whether or not they had made it into the school’s annual Future of Fashion runway show, taking place on May 1st. The judges who will be deciding their fate include: Elle creative director Joe Zee; Kate Betts, contributing editor to Time and The Daily Beast; Saks Fifth Avenue senior fashion director Colleen Sherin; stylist Alana Kelen; fashion blogger Bryanboy, and style expert Lilliana Vazquez.

Monsieur Christian Lacroix will be creating a couture collection for Schiaparelli, in honor of the late Italian designer Elsa “Schiap” Schiaparelli’s iconic designs. The 15-piece, one-off collection will be displayed chez Schiaparelli in her original studio in Paris at 21 Place Vendôme.

Talk about neighbors we wouldn’t mind having…Today, MoMA and UNIQLO announced a partnership that has the Japanese retailer becoming the exclusive, multi-year corporate sponsor of the Museum’s Friday night free admission program. The gratis dose of culture involves free access to the museum and all exhibitions from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. every Friday, all year long. The new program will launch May 3rd. Swag alert! The first 1,000 visitors will go home with a special UNIQLO tote bag.

The latest name to know on the sustainable fashion scene has been in the eco game for a briefer period than many green-washed outfits, but is off to a chicly promising start: Houston-based CrOp by David Peck has implemented sustainable practices for the production of frocks and bridal wear. Plus, it’s all manufactured locally in designer David Peck’s own factory. How’s that for homegrown?
BY RACHEL BERNSTEIN

Carey Mulligan Likens Daisy Buchanan To A Kardashian [Jezebel]
Carey Mulligan tellsVogue Daisy Buchanan is like a Kardashian

H&M To Dress Swedish Olympic 2016 Team [The Telegraph]
H&M will dress the Swedish Olympic and Paralympic teams

Dove’s Latest Real Beauty Campaign [Styleite]
Dove hires a forensic artist to test self perceptions of beauty

Chanel’s Haunting New Film By Trevor Undi [Elle]
The house’s latest short film at Scotland’s Linlithgow Palace

Christian Lacroix Designs For Schiaparelli [Vogue UK]
The designer is said to be designing a one-off couture collection

An angel’s lost its wings! After ongoing rumors of her impending departure, model Miranda Kerr finally confirmed to The Sydney Morning Herald today that she would be ending her contract with Victoria’s Secret. While some anonymous sources have cited her as “difficult” and “not a big seller” to Us Weekly, the 29-year-old mother of a toddler (Flynn, age 2), Kerr claimed she’s no longer the right place for the demanding schedule and lengthy contract that working for the lingerie brand requires. She also denied the reputation jabs to the Aussie paper: “I’m sure anyone that’s worked with me would agree that’s not true.”

Thomas Pink is showing the ladies some love. The women’s line, first created in 1992, has always been an afterthought at the button-down business shirt purveyor, but now that women’s has grown to account for one third of the business, the brand’s head honchos are taking notice by launching a new women’s full ready-to-wear line.

The Jones Group isn’t exactly losing Stefanie Greenfield as chief creative officer, but she’s relinquished the tony title and will instead be consulting for the company. Greenfield scored the gig in November 2011. In the 17-month stint at The Jones Group, the Scoop founder worked in a slew of capacities, from design to marketing to creative services. As she segues into her new, more nebulous title as global creative consultant for The Jones Group, Greenfield sheds the managerial aspects of her CCO title, which had involved execs and creative teams reporting to her.

Marco Zanini for Schiaparelli? [Vogue UK]
The Rochas designer is rumoured to be joining the fashion house.

Rag & Bone Joins The London Men’s Collections [The Telegraph]
The brand will show its men’s collection in London this June

Business Of Fashion Launches The China Edit [BOF]
The website debuts a weekly post about luxury news in China

Aldo Sponsors The Return Of Shellys London [Refinery29]
Aldo is bringing back the British shoe purveyors

Beyonce Opens Tour In Belgrade In Racy Gold Bodysuit
The singer opened her tour in a sequin bodysuit with faux breasts