Mary Katrantzou's First Wedding Dress; Vogue.com Expanding

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· Did Kimye bump Kate Upton off the cover of Vogue? [E!]
· Mary Katrantzou on designing her first-ever bridal gown [W]
· American manufacturing on the verge of a dramatic change [Atlantic]
· Two retail factions battle over safer factories in Bangladesh [NYT]
· See Charlotte Olympia's Miami capsule collection [Racked Miami]
· How women are changing the Silicon Valley dress code [SF Gate via]
· Vogue expanding its website for a September Fashion Week relaunch [WWD]

Chicago News—
· Mariano's Edgewater opens today with a gelato shop and a smoothie bar [Wall Street Journal]
· Alice + Olivia's current in-store collection was inspired by "the American girl" [Chicago Magazine]
· Perchance Boutique, which recently closed, has filed a lawsuit against Acadia Realty Trust [Crain's Chicago Business]