• Another day, another well-deserved endorsement check for Paris Hilton. This time it's a footwear line. She's "designing." We want these almost as bad as Ashlee Simpson's Skechers. [WWD, 1st item]
  
• Liz Claiborne company is putting sixteen of its subsidiary brand holdings up for sale. It's like the financial structure equivalent of an enema with an Ex-Lax chaser! [WWD, sub req'd]
  
• The little pebbled driving shoe that could! Take money from the rich and give it to other rich people, that is... Tod's just reported a sales jump of 15.7%. [WWD, sub req'd]

• The chief operating officer of the Limited Brands resigned. Maybe the Gap will snap up the hot talent! [WWD, sub req'd]
• A new Bravo reality show knocks off America's Next Top Model. It's hard to improve upon perfection, but we're willing to watch them try. [FabSugar]
• Diane von Furstenberg sounding a little bit Putin-esque at yesterday's CFDA luncheon: "I feel really good about New York fashion. Together we are very powerful and strong and we can do a lot of things!" [Vogue UK]

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