Columbia U's New Fashion Mag; What Goes Into $500 Khakis?

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Local
· Columbia students launch their own fashion magazine [BlackBook]
· Sketchers is opening stores in Manhattan and the Bronx [NYP]
· Walgreens loans its Times Square billboard to an education charity [Crain's]

National
· Designers try to explain why khaki pants can cost so much [NYT]
· Naomi tells Oprah she's in the "No Phone Throwing Zone" [WWD]
· Fruit of the Loom's bras for those with different-sized breasts [FabSugar]