Online Shoppers Break More Spending Records; Black Swan Is Making Tutus Happen

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• Online shopping for the first 56 days of November and December set a new spending record of $30.81 billion. {WWD}

• Tutus, feathers, and cobwebby knits are gaining momentum, thanks toBlack Swan. {On the Runway/NYT}

• Textile magnate Roger Milliken died yesterday at age 95. {WWD}

• Memphis middle-school principal Bobby White found a creative punishment for students who wear saggy pants: He hikes them up, Urkel-style, and then photographs the kids for the school’s wall of shame. {Refinery 29}

• Queen Elizabeth is dishing out OBE's and MBE's to several fashion folks this year, including British designerAlice Temperley. {WWD}

• Owen Wilson wants Lady Gaga to appear inZoolander 2. {Monsters and Critics}

• Breaking: Vinny fromJersey Shoreis launching a T-shirt line. {Too Fab}

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