Nicola Formichetti to Launch High-Tech Line; Dior's Secret Garden; Who's Got a Date to The Met Ball

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Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin shot Dior's latest campaign at Versailles. Also awesome: Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence" soundtracks the video

INTERNATIONAL
· Dior's opulent Secret Garden video campaign [Elle]
· A peek at the V&A's highly anticipated "Ballgowns" exhibit [Vogue UK]

NATIONAL
· Who's bringing whom to tonight's Met Ball [The Cut]
· Nicola Formichetti to launch his own high-tech fashion label [Styleite]
· Seven for All Mankind taps James Franco for second campaign [WWD]

ONLINE
· Why you could pay $56K for a used Hermes Birkin online [BuzzFeed]
· What the Met Ball means for Amazon's fashion push [WWD, sub req'd]