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Preen’s Topshop Line Launches Thursday; Valentino Goes to 1Oak

Jonathan Saunders and Preen’s collections for Topshop will hit stores April 2, the same day the New York outpost opens. [British Vogue]

• The knee-length version of Carrie Bradshaw’s Vivienne Westwood wedding dress sold out on Net-A-Porter in a few hours yesterday. That version cost about $6,500, but you can get the real thing custom made in London for around $16,000. [British Vogue]

Chanel is sponsoring an exhibit of European court costumes from 1650 to 1800, opening in Versailles today. Karl Lagerfeld wrote the program notes. [WWD]

• After Naomi Campbell walked in that fashion show in Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai, Bollywood producers supposedly swarmed her and asked her to appear in their films. God, we hope one of those offers pans out. [British Vogue]

• What’s this? Valentino stopped by gay night at 1Oak on Sunday? Walked in, scanned the crowd, and left immediately? [NYP]

Preen’s Topshop Line Launches Thursday; Valentino Goes to 1Oak