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Local
· On back-to-school shopping at Bloomies Soho [NY Times]
· LES locals not happy about American Apparel billboard [The Shophound]

National
· Another Gap exec flees the company [NY Post]
· Some towns outlawing baggy pants [NY Times]
· An interview with designer John Bartlett [The Fashion Informer]
· Lord & Taylor's parent company may invest in designer Peter Som [Second City Style]
· Hollister-like Korean clothing chain Who.AU set to invade the US [WWD, subscription req]