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Pamela Anderson Designs ‘Couture’ Stockings; Hermès Sales Are Booming

Vanessa Paradis, shot by Karl Lagerfeld.
Vanessa Paradis, shot by Karl Lagerfeld.

Hermès sales rose by nearly 18 percent in the second quarter of this financial year. [WWD]

• Pamela Anderson designed a line of racy stockings that she’s labeled as “couture” — the Pamela Couture Collection, to be precise. She modeled them all for e-tailer Secrets in Lace. [SecretsinLace.com]

Karl Lagerfeld shot Vanessa Paradis for a cover of Russian Tatler. [Design Scene]

• In other Karl Lagerfeld news, he wore purple pants (!!) in St. Tropez this weekend. [CocoPerez]

• Hilary Alexander says she’s working on her autobiography. [Vogue UK]

Good Morning America ran a segment asking a group of fathers if they’d be okay with their sons choosing to wear pink. [Jezebel]

Pamela Anderson Designs ‘Couture’ Stockings; Hermès Sales Are Booming