Inside Dov's Firing at American Apparel; Smiley Faces in Fashion

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· The history of the smiley face in fashion [InStyle]
· The style transformation of Spain's new queen [HB]
· Men's striped sweaters a trend on London runways [T]
· Incredibly handsome man's mugshot goes viral [NYP]
· Suzy Menkes hangs with Kanye West in Florence [Vogue UK]
· H&M plans to open 375 new stores in US and China [The Local]
· Vanessa Friedman on fashion criticism and her job at the NYT [Refinery29]
· US-wide ban of microbeads in beauty products by 2018 proposed [CBC News]
· The struggle that led to Dov Charney's firing from American Apparel [WSJ]