A Rant About Reality Shows; Steve Madden Teams With Diana Ross

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Local
· Furniture and design stores on what sells during a recession [NYT]
· More photos from inside the Temperley sale [The Thread]

National
· Fashion reality shows are "a sad exercise of the banal" [Emperor's Old Clothes]
· Why the iPad will sell [Gizmodo]
· Steve Madden to partner with Diana Ross on shoes [WWD]

International
· How to tell Donatella Versace from her oft-topless lookalike [Gawker]
· Balmain: Not planning a diffusion line after all [Vogue UK]