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(Bauer Griffin) Sofia Vergara shops at Scoop in SoHo in New York CityLove the shopping in your city? Love shopping when you travel? You might be interested to know what the travel experts at Hotels.com call the top six shopping districts in the United States. Did your city make the cut?First up: New York City, which Hotels.com calls "one of the top fashion capitals in the world." Hey, no argument there. It's the headquarters of the biggest fashion week in the United States and, according to...Read Full Story

(Getty Images) Eva MendesFans of Eva Mendes (and anyone who wants to know the style secrets that captured Ryan Gosling's heart), here's your chance to get a little piece of Mendes' signature flair. The actress has signed a multi-year collaboration deal with fashion chain New York & Company to design a series of capsule clothing and accessories collections which will hit stores beginning this fall."I am excited to partner with New York & Company on my first-ever ready-to-wear collection...Read Full Story

(Courtesy of Keds)  A few weeks ago, the folks at Keds released some images of their upcoming collaboration with Kate Spade, teasing us with snapshots of adorable striped and polka-dotted sneakers.  (Courtesy of Keds)  They were so cute, we knew we had to see the rest of the collection—so we popped over to the Keds showroom in New York for look-see. Look at this checked sneaker with this straw Kate Spade bag! It's like a picnic in accessory form. Does Taylor Swift know these dotted Keds...Read Full Story

(Courtesy of Twitter.com/dzd_lisa)   This weekend, a very well-dressed monkey named Darwin let himself out of his owner's car in a Toronto parking lot, wandered into Ikea, and became an internet sensation, thanks in part to his stylish shearling coat.   Just look at his fan art! (Via Reddit)    (Via IkeaCatalogMonkey.Tumblr.com)    Darwin's Russian-inspired topper ("his favorite," according to his owners) is actually from baby clothing line MicroMotion, The National Post reports. And, while...Read Full Story

(Photos via Crocs.com)If you're planning to give the gift of plastic ventilated shoes to your loved ones this season, you better make sure they're the real deal—apparently, there's big business in hawking counterfeit Crocs. Who knew?According to a report in WWD, the feds just sentenced 18 counterfeiters to 46+ years in prison for selling 128,752 knockoff pairs of Crocs, which equals about $9.6 million worth of fake footwear. And to anyone who's ever had the idea of concocting their own faux...Read Full Story

(Photos via Gap.com; Intermix.com) A brief merchandise comparison of Gap vs. IntermixSo, Gap Inc. went ahead and bought itself a really, really pricey post-holiday present. According to a report in WWD, the retail mega-company just aquired Intermix, and paid $130-million in cash for the luxury chain! We can't even fathom how many super-soft tees that is...The push to take over Intermix—which, if you're not familiar, stocks ready-to-wear high-end labels such as Proenza Schouler, 3.1 Phillip...Read Full Story

(Dover Street Market London)Hold onto your credit cards New York City shoppers, because Comme des Garcons' Rei Kawakubo is bringing her Dover Street Market retail concept—which currently boasts destination-shopping outposts in London and Tokyo—to New York in 2013. According to a report in this morning's WWD, DSM has signed a lease at 160 Lexington Avenue, in the middle of Murray Hill at 30th Street, for "a new 20,000-square-foot, seven-story emporium." The new location is slated to open next...Read Full Story

(Getty Images) Selfridges in LondonMaybe it's a symptom of my old age, but do you ever walk into a store, intent on browsing and buying, only to be driven away by some overenthusiastic cacaphony broadcasting over the PA?For any shopper who's ever wanted walk out of a bookstore blaring dance music (I'm talking to you, fiction & literature section of the Union Square Barnes & Noble) or flee from a chain store that can't get its decibel levels in check (hello Abercrombie & Fitch), UK department...Read Full Story

As far as international shopping voyeurism goes, this site takes the cake. WindowsWear is a recently-launched website that chronicles,  the window dressing and displays of more than 350 stores in New York, Paris, Milan, and London. It's like a giant never-ending-scroll of life-size fantastical diorama inspiration—or, as they call it, "the ultimate window-shopping experience."The site, which currently features designs from more than 1,500 windows, includes stores such as Chanel, Galeries...Read Full Story

(Getty Images) Ashley Dupre at New York Fashion Week post-scandal in 2009If, in the last four years, you ever stopped to wonder what ever happened to Ashley Dupre, the prostitute at the center of the 2008 scandal that brought down New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer, well, turns out she's back in her home state of New Jersey—and she's opened a lingerie and swimwear store!"I grew up in the area and there really wasn't anywhere you could get a good bathing suit around here without driving to...Read Full Story