Virtual Tour of Studio Carta in Brookline; No Runway for McQueen

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Local
· Studio Carta has beautiful paper goods and craft knickknacks [Remodelista]
· What Erin Gates wore in her Ikea commercial [Elements of Style]

National
· Brit Jourdan Dunn is relocating to the US [Vogue UK]
· Katie Holmes now spokeswoman/co-owner of hair company Alterna [WWD]

International
· English National Ballet gets Vivienne Westwood makeover [Telegraph]
· Alexander McQueen will skip the runway re: Sarah Burton's pregnancy [WWD]
· Chinese tourist are choosing Prada over the Louvre [Bloomberg]