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Jan 02 2008 12:00am EDT

Fashion Breakfast

Want to know where all that extra money you're spending on gas is going? Into the coffers of luxury brands operating in the Middle East. Business there is "gushing" and Majed al Sabah plans to open another 40 stores in the region this year. (WWD)

Natalie Portman is designing a vegan-friendly shoe line for New York boutique Te Casan. (Catwalk Queen)

Clothing brand Frank Fuller takes out ads calling Tommy Hilfiger racist. Gets cease and desist letter and publicity. (NYO)

What's cooler than art and fashion collaborations? Art and architecture. Skin + Bones, an exhibit at Somerset House in London, will open in April and feature work by Alexander McQueen, Comme des Garcons, Martin Margiela, Viktor & Rolf, Yohji Yamamoto for the designers and Zaha Hadid, David Adjaye, Frank Gehry and Thomas Heatherwick for the architects. (frillr)

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