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Local:
· It's (K)not Wood bloggers love Venice's Tortoise [Design*Public]
· Manolo Blahnik to receive Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award September 25 [FWD]
· Gucci & Joe Zee have party for Rihanna at Thompson Beverly Hills hotel [FWD]
· The Sartorialist on Hollywood Boulevard [The Sartorialist]
National:
· Playing a doll, Abigail Breslin as Kit Kittredge: An American Girl [Vanity Fair]
· High gas prices fuel Segway sales [Material Interest]
· The problem with the Posh Spice Marc Jacobs ads, per Liz Jones [Daily Mail]
· Gym in an ottoman, serious space saving workout (pictured) [FWD]
International:
· Architect Shigeru Ban for Artek's prefab shed auctioned for $602,500 [Dwell]