>> Paris Fashion Week starts tomorrow, but fashion folk couldn't leave Milan without hitting up the Palazzo della Ragione last night for one last Milanese shindig, courtesy of Anna Wintour, Domenico Dolce, and Stefano Gabbana. The launch for the "Extreme Beauty in Vogue" exhibition — which Anna selected 89 images for — the party was likened to the Milanese equivalent of the Costume Institute Gala; in other words, the week's hottest ticket. Karl Lagerfeld made a beeline for the photos after mugging for a few cameras, while Anna was trailed by 60 Minutes's Morley Safer and Carine Roitfeld by CNN: “I am being followed round all the shows, and they are doing lots of interviews. But you won’t be seeing me naked.” Miuccia Prada sported one of her new Fall 2009 gladiatorial dresses, and rounding out the fashion wattage a troika of supermodels: two we see quite a bit of (Claudia Schiffer, Eva Herzigova) and one we do not (Nadja Auermann).
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Having once fallen in love with Mexico City by way of its young, thriving design scene we're always on the lookout for boutiques that stock these hard to find brands. Today someone clued us into FashionMX which stocks a few of our favorites, namely, 
There is no shortage of West Coast self-documentarians, posing under the constant blue sky in studded platforms and posting the pictures on their blog for all the world to see--and it seems the contemporary brands are catching on. Quiksilver, whom you might remember from your mall loitering days, has launched into their Spring season with a fashion blogger photo shoot as the official send off. Six of Los Angeles' top bloggers styled their own looks from the Spring range for the shoot. Click on the link above for more. 
