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Questions Surround Willow Smith’s AMA Look; Marc Jacobs Is on the Cover of Numéro

• Willow Smith’s bizarre AMA look with the one puffy leather sleeve looks strikingly similar to a design by Mother of London. [Fashionista]

• Thanks to strong sales in Europe and Asia, Guess’s profits are up 7.7 percent. [WWD]

Marc Jacobs posed for the cover of Japanese Numéro — with other people! [Design Scene]

• As if this weren’t coming, we are informed that new smartphone apps can tell you all kinds of things about Black Friday promotions. [WSJ]

• By the way, there will be lots of Black Friday promotions this year. [WWD]

Valentino hosted a private reception for Joan Collins in honor of her one-woman show. [Page Six/NYP]

Salvatore Ferragamo relaunched its website, so look for forthcoming contributions by Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann, Barbara Bush, and Selita Ebanks if you are so inclined. [WWD]

• Costume company Cinderella Bespoke makes $1,600 to $1,900 “museum quality” princess gowns for little girls. At those prices, they may as well just shop Issa. [Jezebel]

Calvin Klein hired multimedia artist Anthony Goicolea to create short films that will be shown in the brand’s stores. [WWD]

Questions Surround Willow Smith’s AMA Look; Marc Jacobs Is on the Cover of Numéro