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Princess Beatrice’s Hat Sells for Over $130,000; A Look Back at the Meme It Produced” y 2 mas

Princess Beatrice’s Hat Sells for Over $130,000; A Look Back at the Meme It Produced
Balmain Set to Launch a More Affordable Collection
Labelux Buys Jimmy Choo for an Estimated $850 Million

Princess Beatrice’s Hat Sells for Over $130,000; A Look Back at the Meme It Produced

Posted: 23 May 2011 06:55 AM PDT

The infamous Philip Treacy hat that Princess Beatrice wore to the royal wedding has been sold at auction on eBay for £81,100.01–that’s $130765.66. Proceeds will go to benefit Bea’s chosen charities: UNICEF and Children in Crisis. The bidder’s identity has not yet been revealed.

The hat’s auction page was viewed around 724,000 times and 94 bids were placed on it, according to the UK’s Telegraph. The sale also sets a new record for the sale of a designer hat on eBay.

It’s a lot of money for hat that a lot of people thought was ridiculous. Bea’s hat caused nearly as much of a fuss as Kate Middleton’s wedding dress or Pippa Middleton’s bum. It prompted the creation of countless Facebook pages from “Princess Beatrice’s ridiculous Royal Wedding hat” which has 143,609 likes to “Princess Beatrice’s hat looks like a uterus” with 930 likes.

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Balmain Set to Launch a More Affordable Collection

Posted: 23 May 2011 05:23 AM PDT

Now that Balmain has installed a new head designer (Olivier Rousteing replaced Christophe Decarnin last month), the French fashion house, known for its absurdly expensive clothing, is launching a secondary ready-to-wear collection called Pierre Balmain, says WWD.

The line, funded by Italy's Ittierre SpA, will be designed by a different team than the runway collection, but will have to be OKed by Rousteing and his cohorts. The best news for Balmain fans is that it’s unlikely you’ll see a $1,625 t-shirt in this collection, since Ittierre probably wants to actually sell more than a few outfits. What’s more, there are rumblings that the launch will take place this September in New York. Woohoo! We’ll keep you updated.

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Labelux Buys Jimmy Choo for an Estimated $850 Million

Posted: 22 May 2011 10:53 AM PDT

On the selling block for the past year or so, Jimmy Choo has been bought from London-based private equity firm TowerBrook Capital by Labelux, a burgeoning luxury group which owns brands like Bally, Derek Lam and Solange Azagury-Partridge. Labelux reportedly paid between ₤500-550 million–around $850 million–for the high-end shoe label.

According to a statement released by the Vienna-based firm, Jimmy Choo founder and chief creative officer Tamara Mellon and CEO Josh Schulman will stay on board, and Mellon will take a stake in the new company being formed by Labelux.

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