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Local
· Cute vintage shop The Sweet Ones opens on the LES [Six Six Sick]
· Getting into Harvard: Easier than getting hired by Apple UWS [Business Insider]
National
· Look at this dress made of 24,000 LEDs [Gizmodo]
· Damien Hirst designs skateboards for Supreme [High Snobiety]
International
· Daphne Guinness gets her hands on the crazy McQueen "alien" shoes [Fashin]
· Useful new Japanese invention: A bustier that's also a putting green [The Frisky]
· Alexander Wang wins a Swiss textile award [FWD]