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Versace Shows in Beijing; Karl Lagerfeld Makes Holiday Windows With Puppets Named Coco

Versace replicated its spring 2009 Milan runway show in Beijing yesterday to benefit earthquake-relief efforts. Earlier this week Donatella Versace visited school children in the Sichuan Province. [WWD]

Donna Karan is launching an eighteen-piece capsule maternity collection for spring as part of DKNY’s twentieth anniversary. Items range from $75 to $525 and will be available at Bloomingdale’s and Macy’s. [WWD]

Rodarte became the first-ever American brand to win the Swiss Textiles Award last night, taking home a prize worth $125,000. [WWD]

• Mariah Carey spent more than $6,000 at a recent shopping spree in Harvey Nichols. Is that supposed to be surprising? [Grazia]

• The Karl Lagerfeld–designed Chanel holiday window in Parisian department store Printemps features a gaggle of puppets named Coco. [WWD]

Versace Shows in Beijing; Karl Lagerfeld Makes Holiday Windows With Puppets Named Coco