First UrbanDaddy and DailyCandy, now Lucky. The mag-brand has teamed up with 40 different retailers and handpicked items for their stores to be sold directly on Lucky's site (in total it's more than 450 brands, or 86,000 products). Items are separated into different categories and subsequently into two sections. As Racked explains it, "the result is a two-tiered search system: You can either take the direct pipeline to Lucky's favorite ten or fifteen choices, or you can spend some quality time browsing through a wider -- but still curated -- list of items."

Traditionally, the only things you've been able to buy in-flight are food and cocktails. However, with airlines expanding into the sales of items like blankets, cigarettes, and now WiFi, the door has been cracked for other retailing opportunities on board. American Airlines has reportedly broken the seal and is selling Heathrow Express train tickets on a limited basis for some LON-bound flights. This is a smart idea -- a win-win for the passengers and the airline.

Fresh off news of Cheap Monday launching its first optics line, word has the Swedish company setting up its first freestanding shop in Copenhagen. Well, sort of. PSFK says that the "400 square meter store [which opens November 27] is designed by uglycute and will offer complete Cheap Monday collections as well as a screen printing studio producing limited edition prints." Some may consider Weekday -- the Stockholm brand and boutique that's the brainchild of Cheap Monday founder Orjan Andersson and the first place the label's skinny jeans were carried -- a sort of pseudo headquarters for Cheap Monday, until now.

Designers have been rolling out lower-priced lines left and right in recent seasons as a result of varying factors (competition and the recession for starters). Now comes news that the latest household name within the industry to launch a diffusion line is none other than native New Yorker Zac Posen. He joins a roster of high-fashion designers with shiny new diffusion lines that already includes the likes of Doo-Ri Chung, Thakoon Panichgul, Richard Chai, and even recent Swiss Textile Design Award winner Alexander Wang.

The anti-seasons movement in fashion has been garnering steam for some time. And I'm not just talking about designers putting spring- and summer-appropriate looks (think bare legs and cut-out frocks) on fall runways. A steadily expanding roster of designers are starting to bypass the traditional seasonal structure that the industry has been abiding by for decades: specifically, showing a spring collection up to six months before it actually arrives in stores. Norma Kamali did it this past fashion week, as did Temperly London and BCBG -- all of whom began selling a selection of SS10 looks simultaneously with their premiere on the catwalk. Now, Celine is hopping aboard the bandwagon.

● JAPAN BRAND: The Wish List (Midtown West) - Fill out your high-design wish list at this elegant Japanese popup.

As of last Friday, the bulk of the late DJ AM's massive sneaker collection began going up for grabs via eBay. The musician, born Adam Goldstein, was a well-known sneakerhead, having collected over 900 pairs in total including numerous limited-edition pairs and hard-to-find shoes. "More than 800 pairs of limited-edition shoes from that collection will go up for auction on EBay beginning today at 4:30 p.m. and running through Dec. 14 at www.ebay.com/djamshoes," All The Rage said Friday. But the sale isn't just about unloading the artist's beloved stock.

I just walked past Macy's in Herald Square, and it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas and the seasonal shopping mayhem that comes with it. Even as early as November 13, the sidewalks were clogged with obnoxious shoppers wielding strollers and heeled boots -- both of which assaulted my feet and ankles. I suggest you get a head start on the holidays and pick up a few cheap 'n chic items before all hell breaks loose. It's true that beauty gifts are hard to buy for even the most obsessed product collectors, but these little specialty gifts are under $20 and are unique enough to give you an edge in the thoughtfulness category.

● Zara (River North) - Popular Spanish retailer winning over Mag Mile shoppers with cheap, chic, stylish mens' and womens' threads.
● Belly Shack (Logan Square) - Chef Bill Kim opens the long-awaited sister restaurant to Urban Belly.

Ace Hotel, the chain born in Portland, Oregon, and which has since expanded to Palm Springs and New York, is synonymous with art and innovation. The hotel (and its founder Alex Calderwood) has made a point of partnering with a fantastic array of creatives on varying projects since the hotel's nascent stages. And, with two new projects -- porn and a pop-up shop -- slated for the hotel's Palm Springs and New York outposts, respectively, there's no shortage of stuff to pique the interest of prospective guests. First off, New York's Ace Hotel is gearing up to debut a pop-up shop come November 14.