Tanning at The Situation's Salon; The Story Behind Alice + Olivia

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Local
What it's like inside The Situation's New Jersey tanning salon [Gawker]
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Street vendor stabbed with scissors outside Ricky's in Soho [Gothamist]
Fine jewelry brand celebrates 75 years on Fifth Avenue [WWD]

National
'Pants are complicated': the story behind the birth of Alice + Olivia [Racked]
It might be time to retire the bodycon dress [Daily Beast]
Kanye West to speak at fashion schools for community service [Harper's Bazaar UK]
Fourteen crazy looks from the Electric Daisy Carnival [Racked Vegas]