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Local
· Kanye gives Kim K. a Birkin hand-painted by North West [US Weekly]
· City unveils pedestrian-friendly plan at retail-happy Broadway [Curbed]
· Luxe chocolatier Compartes sweetens up Alfred Coffee on Melrose [LAIY]
National
· 10 things to know about Diane von Furstenberg [Vogue]
· Sex, Death, Glamour: Victorian funeral style at the Met [Racked Nat'l]
· Breakfast at Tiffany's townhouse on the market for $8MM [Elle Decor]
International
· Hermès's first pen will cost you over $1,000 [T&C]
· French fashion house Courrèges is back [The Cut]
· Investigation finds women, children enslaved at textile mills [Styleite]