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Vera, Diane, and Donna Vote Obama; Men Propose in Saks

Diane von Furstenberg, Vera Wang, Donna Karan, and Simon Doonan are voting for Obama. Doonan says, “Apart from being the right candidate, Mr. Obama looks better in a suit, which can only be a good thing.” [WWD]

• In rough financial times, shoppers are getting creative with how they embrace high-end apparel: Three men have proposed on Saks’ eighth-floor footwear mecca, 10022-SHOE. “It’s a little sick, but it happened,” said Saks president, Ron Frasch. [WWD]

• Zara is opening a new 15,000-square-foot outpost on the Upper West Side this spring. [WWD]

Kate Moss is on the cover of British Vogue. This is her 26th cover; she last appeared on the cover of the October issue. [British Vogue]

• A pair of skull-and-star-decked Kitson moccasins has been sold out for months, after Shiloh Jolie-Pitt was photographed in them; Suri Cruise’s velvet Baba dress from Bonpoint is nearly sold out. [NYDN]

Vera, Diane, and Donna Vote Obama; Men Propose in Saks