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Oh Chicago . . . we came, we saw, we partied.

And you: you came, you shopped, you partied!

We loved shaking it up in the Windy City!

We adore Dior! And we've fallen in a major way for the 3D Flap Bag. Check out our latest guest post for In Style on the 3D Flap Bag. Guess it's hip to be square!

As you know, we recently brought the best of LA style to the Windy City. If you had to miss our midwest pop-up, don't be sad. Our East Coast Buyer, Marcus Stewart was on hand and penned a Decadestwo.1 Diary entry so you can get the pop-up play by play. It's just like you were there. Without the 40 degree weather . . .

Sigh. Ok, we can't say that we didn't see this coming. After all, when Christophe Decarnin was a no-show at his Fall 2011 show due to, um, health reasons, we had the feeling that the ax was about to fall. And fall it did. In a brief--like we mean NY minute short--statement, Balmain announced that the designer had decided to leave the house.

Here's the thing: change is a necessity in fashion. Fashion relies upon the next-new-thing. While it's important to have an identity and to develop a concept properly, you need to breathe new life into design on a regular basis to spark innovation and foster creativity, even and especially into storied brands.

image courtesy of Refinery 29 . . .

Turns out, YSL and Christian Louboutin are lawyering up as we speak. Seems like Louboutin and Co. have taken issue with 4 YSL styles which feature a Louboutin trademark: red soles.

Didi you read all about us in In Style yesterday?

Without wanting to appear as if we worship madly at the Alt-er, we can't help but admire Emmanuelle Alt's incredible style. Wanna get la look? We're here to help.

Calling all prom stylistas! You're definitely going to want to get in on this!