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Michelle Obama's Official Portrait, Marchesa's Latest Line, and Calla's New Collab

Michelle Obama wore a dress designed by Reed Krakoff in her second official White House portrait.

  • Michelle Obama wore a dress designed by Reed Krakoff in her second official White House portrait. [WWD]

  • Eyewear brand Warby Parker is in talks with Google to design fashionable frames for the Internet giant's high-tech glasses. [The New York Times]

  • JCPenney will launch an exclusive line of dresses, Pearl by Georgina Chapman of Marchesa, next month. The pieces will range from $50 to $250. [Racked]

  • After allegedly committing murder last week, Oscar Pistorius is no longer the face of Thierry Mugler's A*Men fragrance. [WWD]

  • Ruth La Ferla is the latest writer to offer up her opinion on all the sartorial peacocking at Fashion Week: "Who can fault them if they embrace the occasion as a continuous photo op?" She wrote. "[In] an era with video streaming, Instagram, Tumblr, and Vine have only redoubled the impact of an exotically eye-catching look." [The New York Times]

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  • Halloween

    9 Glam Hairstyles Perfect For Halloween

    British stylist Umberto Giannini passed away nearly 10 years ago, but his namesake brand lives on.
    Wild Hairstyles For Halloween Inspired by Umberto Giannini's Runway Show

    British stylist Umberto Giannini passed away nearly 10 years ago, but his namesake brand lives on. This week, at the Glam Hair Show by Umberto Giannini, models walked the runway sporting some serious avant-garde hairstyles. With dark and bold makeup to match and the lighting set to low, it was all so very dark and twisted — so very Halloween. So gather up the heavy-duty hairspray, an obscene amount of bobby pins, and a curling (or crimping) iron, and see how you might be able to incorporate these wild styles into your Halloween costume look.

    Louis Vuitton

    After Veruschka at Giles, What Does Katie Grand Have in Store Casting-Wise at Louis Vuitton and Emanuel Ungaro?

    >> Katie Grand is known for cultivating unique model casts — last season at Giles and Louis Vuitton, both of which she styles, there was a proliferation of Victoria's Secret models on the runway.

    >> Katie Grand is known for cultivating unique model casts — last season at Giles and Louis Vuitton, both of which she styles, there was a proliferation of Victoria's Secret models on the runway. And while she brought back some of those "curvier" girls for Giles again this season — Alessandra Ambrosio, Ana Beatriz Barros, Anne Vyalitsyna, Noemie Lenoir, plus Sports Illustrated models Jessica Hart, Abbey Clancy (who is pregnant), and Julie Ordon — also peppered in were Agyness Deyn, who shaved her hair into a mohawk for the show, Amber Le Bon, British model and TV presenter Kelly Brook, and 71-year-old Veruschka, who closed the show.

    Grand is working with Giles Deacon on his debut collection for Emanuel Ungaro this season — so surely the cast will be special for that occasion — although the only hint that came is not model-related: Deacon is working with edgy London label Sibling on knits for the show. And as for Vuitton, all Grand would say was: “[Marc Jacobs] said, ‘I’ve got all these beautiful clothes for Vuitton — what on earth are we going to do with them?’”