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Just when you thought Emmanuelle Alt couldn't possibly get any cooler, she goes ahead and does something spectacular like this. To promote the relaunch of Vogue.fr, the fashion rag released an awesomely '80s-inspired music video that features the French Vogue editor-in-chief, fashion vet Mademoiselle Agnès, and models Anja Rubik, Karmen Pedaru, Jasmine Tookes and Kendra Spears performing “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham! Naturally, Alt channels George Michael in the clip, and does a superior job doing so. 

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For Taylor Swift's first-ever cover story for Vogue, the fashion rag shadowed the country pop singer as she sat front row for top shows and visited designer studios during New York Fashion Week. While Conde Nast likely swinged their sartorial magic wands to provide Swift with access to Rodarte, Alexander Wang, and Prabal Gurung, there's no denying that these designers—along with the rest of the world—are bewitched by Swift's adorable catchy tunes and squeaky-clean image. Her look, though, could use an update.

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Eva Jeanbart-Lorenzotti is one of our favorite multi-hyphenate fashion forces. As CEO and co-founder of luxury e-shop Vivre.com, she discovers timeless apparel, jewelry, and houseware treasures for her site's loyal fans. On Lifetime's Project Accessory, she mentored the future of fashion by providing candidates with constructive criticism to help them bring their best at all times. And then there's her fantastic personal style, which has been applauded by the likes of Vogue.

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Remember back in the day when Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour hated the word "blog" so much that she literally banned it from the magazine's website? And you can imagine her disdain when she found out that there was a group of individuals actually called "bloggers" that were not only being invited to fashion shows, but also received front row seats, sometimes right next to her. But in the past few years, Wintour has somehow tip-toed her way into a blogosphere love fest, becoming buddy-buddy with top bloggers and featuring them in both the print and digital versions of her magazine. And now, fresh off a Webby Award win, she plans on making Vogue.com the top-ranking online fashion website.

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● Watch this adorable sneak-peek video of Mulberry's new 480-page tome, which includes campaign archives, show footage, and snaps of their most well-known fans to mark their 40th anniversary. [Mulberry] ● If you're looking to brush up on your fashion small talk, Vogue has just released an encyclopedia (or Voguepedia) that includes designers, brands, models, personalities, and beauty categories. [Vogue] ● Peep the Chanel 2011 cruise collection film, directed by Karl Lagerfeld and featuring Freja Beha Erichsen, Kristen McMenamy, and Bianca Balti. The full film reveal is set for May 10th. [Modelina]

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Few gentleman of the modern age can pull of lavender-hued Savile Row suiting; fewer still can do it without seeming wholly in the grip of persnickety nostalgia. But Hamish Bowles, Vogue’s European editor at large, makes a bespoke three-piece look downright modern. An éminence grise of fashion history and a formidable collector of European couture, this month, Bowles will release Balenciaga and Spain (Skira Rizzoli), a sumptuous tome on the couturier’s life and work set to accompany a traveling museum exhibition of the same name that Bowles curated (it opened at the de Young Museum in San Francisco on March 26).

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Perhaps heeding the advice of her publicists to be more careful about pissing off the non-super women of the world, Gisele Bundchen appears reasonably humble about her physique in Vogue's annual Shape issue, out this month. Looking toned as ever alongside Natalia Vodianova, Joan Smalls (who struggles scoliosis), and Daria Werbowy in the spread "Celestial Bodies," Gisele once again chats about her workout routine, this time being careful not to word-vomit her opinions all over her Y-3 High Tops.

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There's a lot to love about the April issue of Vogue. First, we have the long-awaited cover story of flame-haired Rihanna, shot by Annie Leibovitz. There's also a heartfelt and quite candid editor's letter penned by Anna Wintour, dedicated to Grace Coddington in honor of the creative director's 70th birthday. "Grace is always thinking about the human being at the core of the photograph," Wintour writes. Perhaps our favorite feature of this issue is the fresh profile on pint-sized moguls and 2011 CFDA Award nominees, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Here are some choice quotes from the piece.

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For most of us in our early 20s, being single means living in crappy apartments with roommates and feeling lucky if your bedroom has windows. For Rihanna, who is only 23, it means moving into an enormous 12-bedroom house "high above the hills of L.A." It's easy to get judgmental and think: Isn't that kind of out there, for a person living alone? Even 3 or 4 bedrooms would be a little much. But who knows what we would really do with Rihanna's money! Rich people tend to lose their minds. I would probably have a room just for my shoes, if I was Rihanna.

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Fresh off his 2011 Vogue Fashion Fund win, a dazzling London Fashion Week show, and major props from Anna Wintour, London-based designer Christopher Kane has announced that he's working with J Brand to produce jeanswear for his 2012 resort collection. In addition to the use of denim, the line will employ a range of other fabrics, which we hope will include a touch of Kane's signature acid-trip prints.

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