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Isabel and Ruben Toledo Will Be on TV; Stella McCartney’s Spring Ads Feature Malgosia Bela Wearing Nothing But a Fruit-Print Bag

• Isabel and Ruben Toledo will star in a segment of PBS’s The Artist Toolbox, airing on February 3. [WWD]

• Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott shot Joan Smalls and Malgosia Bela for Stella McCartney’s spring 2011 ads. [Fashionologie]

• JCPenney is closing a bunch of stores and shutting down its catalogue business. [AP]

• Intermix is opening its first international store in Toronto this fall, and the chain plans to expand into Canada and Western Europe. [WWD]

The Wall Street Journal notices that faux fur is having a moment. [WSJ]

Worth magazine senior editor Kate Winick smashed a Bentley that was loaned to her for a story on luxury goods. [WWD]

Isabel and Ruben Toledo Will Be on TV; Stella McCartney’s Spring Ads Feature Malgosia Bela Wearing Nothing But a Fruit-Print Bag