Who says New York gets to have all the chic? While a healthy share of this week's best looks were photographed in the city that never sleeps, there was plenty of competition from the stylish sets in Boston, London, and Rome.
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Mario Testino's exhibit of photography at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts lured the likes of Erin Wasson, Gisele Bündchen, and Anna Wintour to Massachusetts. Meanwhile, Tim Walker's exhibit of photography drew Cara Delevingne and Erdem Moralioglu into Somerset House. Lauren Remington Platt and Byrdie Bell helped celebrate the opening of a new Max Mara store in Rome.
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Stateside, some of the brightest stars in film and television — like Emma Watson and Sarah Jessica Parker, at left — dressed up for the Elle Women in Hollywood Awards in Los Angeles. Tinseltown also played host to a party that Rachel Zoe hosted for Jockey.
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In New York, Bergdorf Goodman celebrated 111 years of being one of the city's landmarks with a party attended by industry stars like Prabal Gurung, Jason Wu, Lynn Yaeger, Linda Fargo, and Joseph Altuzarra. Michael Kors also hosted a party benefiting God's Love We Deliver. All the high-profile parties and charitable events in New York inspired some truly great looks — but so did an intimate dinner hosted by Roberto Cavalli.
Posts for October 19th 2012
Karl Lagerfeld's Taxes, Miss Dior's New Film, and the World's Largest Shoe Store

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Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.
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- Karl Lagerfeld has called French President Francois Hollande an "idiot" for the new tax he's set on high-earning French citizens. "It's a disaster," he says. "He wants to punish (the rich) and of course they leave and no one invests." [Reuters]
br> - Jennifer Lawrence may have been named the new face of Miss Dior, but she's still sharing the title with Marion Cotillard. The French actress has just finished a new episode of the brand's online documentary, called "Metamorphose." [Fashion Etc.]
br> - The world's largest shoe store, a 96,000-square-foot Dubai retailer called the Level Shoe District, opened today. The store will stock up to 15,000 pairs of shoes from over 250 brands. [The Los Angeles Times]
br> - Iris Apfel is adding shoes to her portfolio of products, which already includes handbags, makeup, and costume jewelry. [The Cut]
br> - Just after Kristina O'Neill left Harper's Bazaar to join WSJ. Magazine, Harper's accessories director Kate Davidson Hudson and senior accessories editor Stefania Allen left, too. Whether their departure is related to O'Neill leaving remains to be seen. [Fashionista]
Grace Coddington on Her First Job As a Model

Grace Coddington will release her autobiography, Grace: A Memoir, in November, and in it she recounts her introduction to modeling: posing in the buff for photographer Norman Parkinson.
In an excerpt of the book on Vogue.com, Coddington writes that a boyfriend introduced her to Parkinson, known by his friends as Parks. The first time they met, Parkinson said, "I have this little job at the weekend on my farm in Pishill. It's a nude photograph, if you don't mind."
"Well, I only registered the word photograph," Coddington writes. "I don't recollect why, but I guess it didn't occur to me that he meant I should take off all my clothes. Later on I did wonder whether it was the proper way to behave . . . To Parks, however, all I said at the time was 'OK,' and off we went to take pictures of me running through the woods naked. He demonstrated what I should do. 'This is what I want!' he shouted, mustache twitching as he leaped through the air from behind a tree, a tall, gentlemanly figure wearing one of his lucky little woven Ethiopian skullcaps. And that was that. I had a lovely time. It was my first modeling job. And afterward we all went home for tea."
Grace: A Memoir will make its debut on Nov. 20.
Photo: Grace Coddington photographed by Norman Parkinson, courtesy of Norman Parkinson Archive.
Behind the Scenes With Chanel Iman at Amazon's Holiday Campaign Shoot
Chanel Iman has reprised her role as the face of Amazon Fashion for Holiday 2012, and from the looks of things, the ads will be just as polished and ladylike as her Fall campaign for the site.
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Photographer Matthew Rolston told us that's because of Iman's "elegant and beautiful" look. "I find an innocence and purity in her look, but also a sense of real womanly sophistication, which I think is unusual for such a young person," he said. "She looked stunning and really brought the clothes to life with her unique ability to move in front of the camera."
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A look at the 21-year-old model doing just that in the video below, with behind-the-scenes photos of the campaign in the gallery.
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Photos courtesy of Amazon
Sasha Pivovarova Stars in Prada's Resort 2013 Ad Campaign
Sasha Pivovarova is now officially a working mother. The model stars in Prada's Resort 2013 campaign, her first job since delivering her daughter, Mia, in May. Steven Meisel shot the ads in New York City last month, showcasing pieces of the sporty collection against a sleek white and metallic background. A look at the images from the campaign here in the gallery.
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Photos courtesy of Prada.

