Michael Jackson's Costume Designer at Book Passage; Chinese Buy More Luxury Than Americans

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Local
· Michael Jackson's costume designer at Book Passage, Tuesday [Examiner]
· Google Zeitgeist '12: Gangnum Stye, Kate Middleton, no surprises [Racked]

National
· FIT gets a shoe porn exhibition [WWD, sub req'd]
· Donald Trump campaigns for Anna Wintour on Fox [Fashionista]

International
· The Chinese officially buy more luxury than Americans [Bloomberg]
· Selfridge's asks brands to cut it out with the logos [Telegraph UK]
· Smell like absinthe with L'Wren Scott's first fragrance [InStyle]