Designers When They Were Kids; So Cal Streetwear Brand Sold for $600 Million; Like a Mood Ring, but It's Cat Ears

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Local
· Cha-CHING: Volcom sold to the French for $600 million [Apparel News]
· Crappy pawnshop stealthily opens in upscale-ish Wilshire building [Curbed LA]
· Metropark bankruptcy means stores closing all over So Cal [OC Register]
· Ooh la la, French General is like a slice of Parisian tea cake in Silverlake [Mondette]

National
· Top designers as super-cute children with their mothers [NYTimes]
· Worst perfume name ever: Sensuous Nude by Estee Lauder [WWD]
· Alexander Wang will do flash sales on his own site [Racked]

International
· Not a joke: hot new trend is cat ears that move to represent your feelings [Fashionista]
· The never-ending Galliano saga: now he's suing his ex-lawyer [The Cut]