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2009 April 22

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(NEW YORK) Gucci Coup [Vogue UK]
PPR's sales dip, but Gucci posts a sales increase of around 10% for the quarter

Affairs on Tap [Page Six]
Is Daphne Guinness over Andre Balazs already?

Past the Bouncers: What a Feeling [NY Times]
Topshop: "Everything looks so sarcastic and right-this-second trendy as to be planning for a near-immediate obsolescence. Despite my willingness to wait in the endless fitting-room line, I was unable to find one thing I really wanted to try on; I happen to know from experience that 1983 is unlikely to last forever."

Coco Chanel: A life on camera [Guardian UK]
From Audrey Tatou to Gabrielle herself, all of Coco's iconic looks

Matthew Williamson: designing for H&M, Cat Deeley and Kate Moss [Times UK]
"It was always quite clear to me that there are two career trajectories for a British designer. Hyped and bought out, or bankrupt and forgotten. I didn't see any middle ground. London is a great place to start - none better - you get huge support from the press and retailers at the start. But then they're like, ‘next!'"