Nolita Retail Fights a Little Italy Street Fair; Lada Gaga's Fragrance

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Local
· Boutiques vs San Gennaro: An ongoing Nolita battle [VNY]
· Park Slope's Fifth-Avenue-only raffle [The Brooklyn Paper]

National
· Lady Gaga's fragrance will smell like blood and semen [Fashionista]
· Brooks Brothers will wholesale to Nordstrom [WWD, subscription req'd]
· A goodbye letter to Forever 21 [The Hairpin]