Vintage Tees Flood Nolita; Contraband Contacts Sweep the Nation

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Local
· Scout Vintage T-Shirts brings tons of tees to Mulberry Street [NYC the Blog]
· The Louis Licari salon is a hot spot for powerful women in media [WSJ]

National
· Girls are buying illegal Lady Gaga-inspired giant-eye contacts online [NYT]
· Retailers are expecting a slow summer, sales-wise [NYP]
· A list of natural beauty ingredients backed by science [Good]
· This diamond-encrusted iPhone 4 costs only $20,000 [Engadget]

International
· Lily Allen's new store will source from her closet [People StyleWatch]
· Why Daphne Guinness stopped the Isabella Blow auction [FT]
· Behold: Kate Moss for Isabel Marant [Denimology]