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To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the "Wizard of Oz", everyone from Jimmy Choo to Christian Louboutin was enlisted to recreate Judy Garland's glamorous ruby red slippers to be auctioned off to benefit The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. [NY Daily News]

Time to turn on the TV and break out the credit card: A lifestyle collection from Badgley Mischka's Mark Badgley and James Mischka could be coming to HSN as early as this fall. [WWD]

The Chanel Coco Cocoon collection debuts October 3, and Karl Lagerfeld selected and shot Lily Allen as the face of the campaign for the new reversible travel bag line. [Chic Report]

Justin Timbelake's wildly popular brand William Rast is opening its first freestanding retail store in the Westfield Century City Shopping Mall on November 1, and the company plans to open 40 to 50 additional stores over the next few years. [LA Times]

After an investigation started by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency in January 2008, American Apparel was forced to fire 1,500 immigrant production workers because they were unable to prove they had the legal rights to work in the U.S. [WWD]

Feel like you've got a knack for the ad biz? Armani Exchange Sunglasses is hosting an advertising competition and the entry that captures the brand's look and feel the best wins a trip for two to Miami and an A/X shopping spree. [Fashionista]

The latest design names such as Christopher Kane, Alexander Wang, and Helmut Lang have set up shop at the newly renovated 26,000-square-foot third floor space at the Selfridges' Oxford Street flagship in London. [WWD]

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