Pay-for-Play Rumors at Style.com; Bronde Is the New Blonde

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Local
· Did fashion writer Derek Blasberg accept a $2500 "consulting" fee? [Jezebel]
· Bedford goes car-free this weekend for Williamsburg Walks [Brooklyn Paper]

National
· Meet "bronde," the hair color that's not quite brown or blonde [Stylelist]
· FBI plans to auction off jewelry from Anne Hathaway's con-man ex [NYP]

International
· Burberry model Tom Nicon committed suicide in Milan [Telegraph]
· Fendi has settled its counterfeiting lawsuit against Filene's [WWD, subscription req'd]