What Apple Grand Central Might Look Like; Hotness Week on Racked

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MIDTOWN EAST—WSJ reports that Apple plans to begin work on its Grand Central store immediately. Construction should take four months, meaning that we might be looking at a November opening date. The paper also provides a dreamy rendering of the future store, above. [WSJ; Previously]

EVERYWHERE—It's Sexytime all across the Racked universe! While our sibling sites Racked LA and Racked Chicago are running Hottest Shopkeep contests of their own, Racked National has launched the search for fashion's hottest editor. [RackedWire]