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Isabeli Fontana Covers French Vogue’s June Issue; Madame Figaro’s Former Editor Has Died

• Marie-Claire Pauwels, the editor of French fashion magazine Madame Figaro until 2006, has died of cancer at age 66. [WWD]

Isabeli Fontana is on the cover of July’s French Vogue, looking very tan. [Fashion Gone Rogue]

Giorgio Armani’s 2010 profits were up 80 percent in 2010, buoyed by big revenue increases in China. [WWD]

• The Huffington Post’s Royal Correspondent Yvonne Yorke on criticism she received after incorrectly scooping the designer of Kate Middleton’s wedding dress: “It’s easy for someone who’s not a royal correspondent to nitpick but I’d like to see anyone do better at royal coverage and exclusives.” [Jezebel]

Christopher Kane has reinterpreted a print from his 2011 resort line as a “taxi-wrap” in London. [Vogue UK]

• While attending the Chelsea Flower Show in London, the Queen wore a hairnet trimmed with black bows. [Daily Mail UK]

Isabeli Fontana Covers French Vogue’s June Issue; Madame Figaro’s Former Editor Has Died