Anna Wintour's Mediocre Debate Seat; Iris Apfel's Dazed Cover

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Local
· Anna Wintour had bleacher seats at Tuesday's presidential debate [P6]
· Inside Donna Karan's Urban Zen center in the West Village [WSJ]
· Flower shop hybrids are a Brooklyn trend [Brooklyn Paper]
· Here's the latest plan to save the Garment District [Curbed NY]

National
· Iris Apfel covers Dazed & Confused [Styleite]
· Ann Taylor taps Kate Hudson for holiday ads again [Racked Inbox]

International
· See Victoria Beckham and Karl Lagerfeld's Elle shoot [Fashionista]
· Ford sues its own models [Vogue UK]
· Balmain launches e-commerce as part of brand expansion [WWD]