Week In Review: Staerk, Commes des Garcons, Fred Flare & More!

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The week in Racked: Staerk Opening Shop on Mulberry, Commes Des Garçons Doesn't Compromise for H&M, Fred Flare's Cutesy Greenpoint Digs, Nike Sportswear Swooshes Into Soho, Tennis Comes to SoHo in Time for the U.S. Open, Name this Store: Ditmas Park's New Flower Shop/Bar, LA Fashion Week on the Rocks?, Zara Coming to 42nd and Fifth After All, Apple Acknowledges (Sort of) That iPhones Have Some Bugs, Project Runway User's Guide: Everything Goes Better with Drag Queens, Discontinued: Lisa Levine Jewelry in Williamsburg, Almost Open: Comptoir des Cotonniers, Eryn Brinié Gets Ethereal on Broadway, Ads of Desperation: Lush Goes Red-light, Nike's Supersized Mercer Street Bash, Inside Steven Alan Brooklyn and Bird Alights on Fifth Ave in Park Slope.