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After the runaway success of its tribal accessories for spring, Jil Sander has partnered with Damiani for a bona fide jewelry line—think diamond-encrusted Giacometti sculptures speared through earlobes. The limited collection will hit stores for fall, and expand to other accessories in spring 2010. No word yet on specific styles, but expect more modernist savagery… Wimbledon may be over, but that’s no reason to retire those tennis whites. Jeffrey has teamed up with Lacoste to produce the tennis-inspired Red Collection, preppy basics for the ladies in an array of happy sorbet colors that will likely clear out faster than a Williams sister in spandex… London wunderkind Sophia Kokosalaki may have struck it rich, taking the reins at Diesel’s high-end Black Gold line. After a brief stint at Vionnet, the mistress of Grecian draping has big plans to revamp the denim brand, which suffers from rampant distressing and acute Euro-ness. As part of the deal, she'll also regain control of her namesake label, and that’s definitely something to smile about… A wee recession isn’t likely to cramp Prada’s style. In fact, the pinnacle of luxury has expanded its retail empire, opening a whopping 34 stores in 2008. So while its Paris flagship on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré is being given the deluxe overhaul, Prada has graciously provided a new two-level unit at Place Beauvau 92, a stone’s throw from the home of President Sarkozy, who may go down in history as the only head of state to rock Prada for an inauguration.
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