WEEKLY FASHION NEWS RECAP:8/2-8/9

As soon as you step into beauty giant retailer Sephora, (if they even have a brick and mortar store in your town) you know you're going to pay top dollar for any and all of those goodies! Well now the brand is offering up a solution that's win-win for everybody- a new monthly "beauty box" subscription service called Play! by Sephora. The boxes will contain five makeup, skincare or hair products and bonus sample size items with a new theme every month.  The service will launch in September in select cities including Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio. Read more about the service here!

Everyone's fave emo rapper to love/hate has finally set a release date for the "OVO" edition of the Air Jordan 10's.  Sneaker heads have been salivating over the $225 shoes that feature white and metallic gold with stingray leather, Drake's signature "OVO" owl emblem and Jordan's Jumpman logo on them every since they went on sale this past April at the OVO pop up store in Los Angeles. The shoes have been selling for astronomical prices on Ebay (around $2000.00!) but will be available at select Jordan brand retailers around the world on Saturday, September the 12th. Read more about the shoes here...

Big branding changes have been going on in preparation for this season's IMG New York Fashion Week! The event has a new name: New York Fashion Week: The Shows, a new logo, it was split in two to accommodate menswear (first time ever!), it lost a few sponsors and switched locations. They have also added American designers back to the roster that had fled due to the chaos of seasons past including Ralph Lauren, DKNY, and Tommy Hilfiger. Aaand it will be harder to get an invite. Insert sad face. Find out what to expect here..

The fashion world lost another one when Montreal born couturier Arnald Scaasi, the legendary designer to the first ladies and stars passed away this Tuesday at the age 85.  Scaasi studied under the house of Paquin and Charles James, opening his own couture shop in 1964. Made famous in pop culture after designing Barbra Streisand's risque (she had no idea that it was see through) Oscar ensemble in 1969, Scaasi dressed stars and first ladies including Diahann Carroll, Elizabeth Taylor, Jackie Kennedy and Hilary Clinton. Oh, and the clever fox changed his last name from Isaacs to Scaasi- how gangsta is that? Find out more about the iconic designer's life here...

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