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Paul & Joe Does Line With Pierre Cardin; London Design Students Make Bras From Wood

Underwear designs by students of Central Saint Martins fashion
college in London for the Triumph Inspiration Award 2008.Photo: telegraph.co.uk

• Sophie Albou, founder and creative director of Paul & Joe, will do a collaborative line with Pierre Cardin to show her appreciation for the label. [British Vogue]

• Design students showed bras made from wood, suede, and leather, as well as bras with hoods, in an underwear-design competition in London. [Telegraph]

• Brazil’s Fashion Weeks in Rio de Janeiro and São Paolo delivered, impressing buyers with lower-priced labels. [WWD]

• The people at Christie’s explain how to spot a fake Hermès bag. [Times]

• Victoria Beckham tells British Vogue she doesn’t go to the gym because she can’t bear to wear flats. [WWD]

Allure will launch Allure Spa, a magazine all about — get this — spas. [WWD]

• Danish supermodel May Andersen is designing a line of jeans. [British Vogue]

• Colin Farrell tried to hit on model Meghan Lowther when she was with her boyfriend at the Rose Bar. [NYP]

Paul & Joe Does Line With Pierre Cardin; London Design Students Make Bras From Wood