Betsey Johnson, Fun Grandma; Snooki's Makeunder

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Local
· Betsey Johnson does Fashion Week mad libs [Fashionista]
· Former home of Left Bank Books: Renovated but empty [VNY]
· That mega-mall planned for Red Hook might become dorms [Curbed]
· Manhattan nut roasting stores are a dying breed [NYT]

National
· Snooki gets a makeunder, looks like Carmela Soprano [StyleList]
· Floundering Marc Ecko partners with Playboy on t-shirts [TrendHunter]