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Last night, fashion elite from across the globe came together for the second Annual WSGN Global Fashion Awards. Honoring everyone from established designers to marketing to teams to design students, the black tie affair was held at breathtaking Gotham Hall in New York City. Sponsored by Swarovski, the Global Fashion Awards have already picked up momentum since their inauguration last year. With over 2,000 submissions from all over the globe, new and established talents alike were reviewed by a panel of 35 influential fashion experts including June Haynes (Senior VP of retail Valentino USA), designer Lisa Ho, Simon Keen (Executive VP of Design, Banana Republic), Dolly Jones (Editor, Vogue.com), and Graeme Fidler & Michael Herz (Creative Directors of Bally).

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● Elin Nordegren, spurned wife of serial-cheater Tiger Woods, will get $750 million in a divorce agreement. The deal also bans Tiger from bringing women around his children. [Page Six] ● If The City star Whitney Port were fat no one would like her. True or exactly accurate? [Celebuzz] ● Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is not amused by Twilight and will not state her opinion in the "case" of Team Edward vs. Team Jacob. [TIME]

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Whenever the 10th of June rolls around I always think: I know this date so well, but how? Cue David Lynch-esque deja-vu music while I think about past lives until I realize, Oh, it's Tenjune. Right. Eugene Remm & Mark Birnbaum's Svedka Vodka Adult Playground 2033 was last night, at Abe & Arthurs—not at Tenjune, because my head would've exploded as that very date happens to be both of their birthdays. I'm not sure how I managed to get invited to the club impresarios' joint birthday jam, what with the likes of Kim Kardashian and DJ Cassidy on the personal guestlist, but it was enough to remind me that I have a lot more to accomplish in my life to deserve a birthday party the size of one called 'Adult Playground,' and a lot more to accomplish before my name makes it to the party recap list next to attendees like Whitney Port and Tyson Beckford, and even more to accomplish before Mark and Eugene actually invite me to their soiree. Themselves. Anyway, hopefully all of that happens before 2033, like the Svedka sponsors suggest, but for now, I am just happy I got to see (if not be seen) celebrations for such iconic industry as like Remm and Birnbaum.

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The most controversial news surrounding Victoria Beckham today is not in fact her selling of jeans at $485 a pop: it's the claim that Beckham copied the design of a fellow British designer for her namesake line. "Osman [Yousefzada] first showed his flowing wrapped column dress with internal corset in his autumn/winter 2009-10 collection and, ever since a dress with a similar structure and shape appeared on Victoria Beckham's New York catwalk in February," says Vogue UK. There's no doubt that the dresses are arguably identical, but, fortunately, Yousefzada sees the parallel as a positive. "It is very flattering to think she may have tried my dress and been inspired to create something similar, since it means she must have liked the way the dress was cut and the way it felt to wear," he told the magazine.

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● Is Lindsay Lohan picking over Sienna Miller’s sloppy seconds? Lindsay was evidently late to her court appearance last week because she was making out with Balthazar Getty at a club till the wee hours of the morning. [Dose] ● Blue Bloods, the vampire TV vehicle Mary-Kate Olsen was to star in for the CW, was not picked up because it was too similar to Gossip Girl. Er, OK. [Limelife] ● K2 Productions, which directs the Miss California USA pageant, is suing Carrie Prejean to get their breast implants back -- or at least the $5,200 they paid for them. [E!]

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The roster of celebrities that have launched side careers as fashion designers is seemingly endless, and that includes a long list of reality TV-starring pseudo-celebs. The Hills cast alone has now produced four separate clothing lines: Lauren Conrad launched LC to little success (she was dropped last year by Kitson, but has since signed a deal with discount retailer Kohls). Audrina Patridge inked a partnership with Divine Rights of Denim (for whom she also models) to co-design a line last fall. And, of course, there’s always Heidi Montag’s line, Heidiwood, which, according to New York Magazine, is downright “unwearable."

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● Hugh Jackman warns that the leaked and unfinished version of X-Men Origins: Wolverine is like a “Ferrari without a paint job." [Huffington Post] ● Amy Winehouse is still in St. Lucia experimenting with Damon Albarn and his band of Gorillaz on her new album. [Mirror] ● Kim Kardashian hinted that someone in her family will be having plastic surgery and will be unrecognizable to viewers; the identity of said person will (of course) be revealed on her reality show. Probably not Bruce Jenner, who could hardly get more unrecognizable. [People]

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● How does Jeremy Piven get dates? Through mass text messages, of course. [Gatecrasher] ● I know you’ve all been wondering what Whitney Port wore on The City!? Port has answers this and more on her blog. [WhitneyPort] ● Versace has tapped Gisele Bundchen and Kate Moss for their spring campaign shot by Mario Testino. [Just Jared]

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Brace yourselves. Whitney Port’s debut clothing line has arrived! The line, which may or may not be called “Whitney Eve” (earlier reports were that the line was called “Eve & A”, and the line's website seems to confirm it) is now available on Kitson’s website. As is visible from the price point, and as Port promised in earlier interviews, the collection is higher-end than her Hills’ co-star and fellow fledgling fashion designer, Lauren Conrad’s namesake line.

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The harsh winds on Friday night indicated a storm was brewing, and indeed, Hanna touched shore sometime after midnight. But by then, the crates of booze were gone, we were elegantly wasted, and 750 souls packed into the 400-capacity Hudson Terrace had made their way to other parties in this Fashion Week-crazed town. Nevertheless, the evening marked a smashing success for BlackBook's celebration of premiere NYC vintage resource (plus new stuff too) What Comes Around Goes Around's 15th anniversary, presented in partnership with the fine folks at Sebastian Professional and SKYY INFUSIONS. See the gallery, and read on for more.

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