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We’ve been holed up in Daily HQ putting together our NYFW issues, so Samantha Lim, best known as the former EIC of FashionIndie.com, covered all the action in Sundance for us this year. Celebs? Check! Swag? Duh! Films? Even that! Enjoy Lim’s jam packed Sundance diary…

(NEW YORK) Kate Hudson is the latest celebrity to turn designer [Telegraph UK]
The starlet is creating a capsule collection for Ann Taylor

Cheap Chic: H&M To Hold First Runway Show In Years [Refinery29]
H&M is coming back to the runway on February 27 at the Musée Rodin

InStyle, Marie Claire, Bazaar Post Record-Breaking Ad Pages for March 2013 [Fashionista]
Ad Week is reporting that March ad pages are up from 2012

First Look At Oscar De La Renta’s First – And Largest! – London Store [Grazia Daily]
Step inside Oscar’s first UK flagship store

Coach Is Coming For Your Closet With Ready-to-Wear Launch [Racked]
The brand is undergoing an evolution from accessories maker to lifestyle brand

Seasoned industry vet (and all around good guy) Tommy Fazio has had leadership roles at companies such as Nordstrom, Simon Spurr, and Bergdorf Goodman. Now he’s taken on a new challenge as the president of Project, which winds down their biannual men’s trade show today at Pier 92. Is this the man who will revolutionize trade shows? We’d place our bet on it…
BY EDDIE ROCHE

With the FGI Rising Star Awards just one day away, it was the perfect time for The Daily to catch up with nominee Tia Cibani, who chatted with us about life après Ports 1961, brand building, and juggling motherhood and the designer grind.
BY PAIGE REDDINGER

(NEW YORK) Raf Simons Returns To Costume Design [Vogue UK]
The Dior creative director will design the outfits worn by the actresses in Body Art

Gamines And A Godson Star In Karl Lagerfeld’s New Chanel Film [Telegraph UK]
Karl Lagerfeld’s godson makes a cameo in a new Chanel mini-film

American Apparel Invites You To Aerobicise With Ron Harris [Racked]
American Apparel has teamed up with 80’s “exercise” photographer Ron Harris to create a Tumblr

Enjoy The Silence: Experience Selfridges’ No Noise Exhibit [ELLE]
This winter, the department store will launch “No Noise” to tune out post-holiday distractions and transform into a sanctuary

Anna Lynett Moss Teaches Fashion School—At Prison [Of A Kind]
Rikers Island prisoners brush up on their fashion history

Yesterday marked the first couture collection for Alexis Mabille as an inducted member to the elite Chambre Syndicale.

(NEW YORK) Stephanie LaCava Accessorises Her Literary Debut with Marc Jacobs [Telegraph UK]
LaCava launches her memoirs

And The First Lady Wore…Jason Wu (Again)! [Refinery29]
After days of speculation, the first lady’s inaugural ball gown is revealed

Hedi Slimane Casts Unknown Indie Musicians for a Very Rock n’ Roll Menswear Debut at Saint Laurent [Fashionista]
Slimane revolutionizes menswear

Allana Maiden Starts Change.org Petition For Victoria’s Secret To Start Line For Women Who Have Undergone Mastectomy [Huffington Post]
Victoria’s Secret is petitioned to make women feel beautiful

Loewe Collaborates With Junya Watanabe [Vogue UK]
The Spanish brand and the Tokyo-based label are launching men’s and women’s capsule collections

(NEW YORK) Miuccia Prada Releases Sketches Of Her Great Gatsby Costume Designs [Marie Claire UK]
The designer unveils more than 40 bespoke looks for the upcoming film

Nina Garcia Now Giving Make-Overs in Online Webisodes [Racked]
Garcia will host a web series called Decoding Style With Nina Garcia

Michelle Obama Wears Reed Krakoff To Official Swearing-In Ceremony [Fashionista]
The MoBama fashion inauguration watch begins

Georgia Hardinge Joins River Island’s Design Forum [Telegraph UK]
Hardinge is the latest designer creating a capsule collection for River Island

Interior Designer Andrée Putman Dies [Vogue UK]
The fashion industry’s go-to interior designer has died at aged 87

Gillian Gorman Round, formerly senior vice president, brand development at Conde Nast, has been named publisher at Lucky…Marcy Bloom, formerly publisher at Lucky, has left the publication…Jennifer Alfano, formerly co-founder and editor at KeepItChic.com and founder of an eponymous handbag line, has been named fashion features director at Harper’s Bazaar…

Galliano is getting his groove back. In a surprise announcement made today, Oscar de la Renta will be lending his studio to the designer for the next three weeks.