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Global News—
· The top five fashion kids [I-D]
· How (and why) to take a bath [ITG]
· Benjamin Millepied designs for Van Cleef & Arpels [W]
· Britney Spears owns up to love of lip injections [Telegraph]
· Dollar General found success by selling cigarettes [Forbes]
· Michelle Obama wears dramatic green gown, wavy hair [HuffPo]
· Rise of beards, stubble hurting America's shaving industry [Quartz]
· YSL Beauty gives Touche Éclat new packaging for the holidays [Vogue UK]
· Saint Laurent's snazzy Chicago flagship has mirrored dressing rooms [Racked Chicago]
Chicago News—
· Niala Conte is the first Chicago store to carry scarves from the Maisha Collective [CLTV]
· Chicago Fur Outlet has closed, leaving locals searching for coats they had in storage [DNA Info]
· Illinois Institute of Art Chicago student Tammy Montella is a finalist in the Humane Society's "Cool vs. Cruel" design competition [Red Eye]