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Sally Singer, who has been at Vogue since 1999, will be the new editor in chief of T: The New York Times Style Magazine effective July 5.

Mulberry will launch a collection for Target on October 10.

Jil Sander speaks out about her infamous clash with the house of Prada, having left the label in 2000 and again in 2004.

Anna Wintour reportedly asked for more resort runway shows this season and designers like Jason Wu and Stefano Pilati obeyed.

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Sarah Burton, who was left to oversee the completion of Lee Alexander McQueen's fall 2010 collection last March following the designer's suicide, has officially been named creative director at the label. Formerly the head of design for womenswear, Burton had worked alongside McQueen for sixteen years.

“The creation of modern, beautifully crafted clothes was at the heart of Lee’s vision. I intend to stay true to his legacy," she said in a statement. News of a successor will undoubtedly strengthen the McQueen brand, which has immediate plans to release a licensed men's underwear line this summer.

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While absorbing Paris Fashion Week from a computer screen comes at little cost, wearing the clothing is another story. Given the state of our economy, our wise bloggers are either covering straight runway or finding opportunities to talk about "look for less" options. That said, we picked three to note.

Kingdom of Style is possibly the biggest penny saver of all having made her own organza skirt for a night out on the town. The results are pretty fantastic, but we're also putting a few bucks on her styling abilities. 

Pretty Legit scoped out Old Navy's Fall deliveries, confirming our recent penchant for black sequins and more long blazers than is necessary for one person to own. 

Platinum Blonde Life gave up the info on Banana Republic's recent shoe offerings. We've been meaning to pick up a trench coat from them and we might just have to add a shoe or two to the basket. 

Looks like we're going on a mini-shopping spree, seeing as it's all in one place. 

The old writer aphorism of write what you know could just as well apply to designers as to wordsmiths. Diane Von Furstenberg is a design what you know sort of woman which is exactly why we love her so much. We hate to make a silly joke but she is FUBU for women. Diane IS one of us. She is for us and by us.

Now, normally we are loath to support the crazed contemporary market with its poor price to quality ration but Diane is in a class by herself. And we can say that without feeling a trace of hypocrisy because we have one of her dresses on right now. And we can safely say the textile quality is far superior to her price point peers. This woman has sourcing down after all this time.

DVF''s Spring 2009 collection felt a little girlier than her usual far with a host of soft finery. Ruffles, florals, easy proportions were out in full force. The collection had an almost bohemian feeling which needless to say is unusual in this current season in which we are seeing increasing feelings of concerning muting more lax attitudes.There were literally flowers in the hair of the models. Everything positively floated. With the scrum of insane celebrity culture at the show, the collection made us long to escape to a big field with a dress stolen off one of the models. We don't need to tell you that there were plenty of covetable prints (shudder, did we just use that word, so cliché?) but then DVF knows how to make you crave. We appreciated the use of sequins, sparkles, and otherwise blackbird lust objects. Sheen was in full force. Purple, orange, blue, teal, popular colors in many collections we have seen, was the palette.