FASHION

• Don’t worry if you’re not in Paris for the Louis Vuitton runway show... just watch it on facebook {via WWD}
• Nau, Portland's eco-friendly outdoors brand, has quietly unveiled Changing Room, an online-only payment option in which customers pay half of the full price upfront, then have 30 days to pay off the rest.

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FOOD

• Sweet tooth: Worldwide confectionery sales this year are forecast at $160 billion, up 4% from $156.2 billion last year, according to Euromonitor International.
• Now in beta, Milkman Seattle is delivering a “nearly unlimited” selection of beer & wine to homes in selected neighborhoods.
• Happy 75th Anniversary to the Bloody Mary. Check out USA Today's best places to toast.

FOOD

• Historically solid brands hold stead in consumers minds with chocolate brands rating No. 1 & No. 2 in equity.
• Minnesota Department of Health reporting 6 cases of E. coli O157:H7 linked to eating raw Nestle’s Toll House brand cookie dough.
• Blackberry is poised to be the recession flavor trend of the moment (local, seasonal, healthful).
• Our favorite ballerina's taken two cooking internships this summer and is blogging about it.
• These lovely delicate porcelain treats never melt and are totally non fattening!

• UK Vogue Editor Launches War on Size Zero Fashion Trend (clash of food/fashion).
• NPR's "Open mic" with Jonathan Adler & Simon Doonan (Lovely. Creative. Sentimental.)
• H&M to collaborate with Jimmy Choo for November collection (pre-holiday sparkle?)

• Louis Vuitton "Soundwalks" experiential audio guide explores the needs of today’s international traveler.
• The Refinery29's pop-up at Port Authority is completing it's first week of rotating merchandise with 30% off sale
• Domino staffers & contributors hold tag sale to get rid of loot they accumulated on the job including: 'fancy party frocks from a nice former life I happily don’t have anymore.'
• Little Doodles mini exhibition of little birds displayed on wallpapered tables with Laduree macrons and Louboutin shoes to match the drawings at Merci.
• Audrey Tautou for Chanel No.5 New Commercial "Train de Nuit” (old world glam= chic & timeless).

• Ruth Reichl, editor of Gourmet and a former restaurant critic for the New York Times, talks to The New Yorker about books, James Beard tawards and twitter.
• Lufthansa Enlists the Ritz-Carlton to make Gourmet Airplane Food.
• Farm to table dining is mainstream.
• Check out the illustrated guide to street vending in NYC.
• Life post Top Chef- NYTimes checks in with past  and winners.
• The switch is on to generic brands for consumer products according to Ipsos.

• Pizza vending machine makes a debut in Italy (this might be as lame of an idea as the pizza cone).
• Oh no they didn't: When trends collide. Cupcake, meet bacon.
• Love doughnuts? Create a doughnut, name it and put it up for Dunkin' competition.
• Mega-concessionaire ARAMARK is sourcing local ingredients at 15 MLB park locations as part of a Going Green program (baby steps).

• - NYTimes profiles India's impact on global fashion.
• - Easter Island inspired new Vuitton art exhibit in Paris: “Ecritures Silencieuses".
• - Christian Lacroix has started construction on his third hotel in Paris at No. 1 Quai St. Michel, right in front of the Notre Dame church (source: WWD).
• - Glow Rivera has opened American Boutiques LA, a 5,500 sq. foot design incubator co-op store that houses 25+ retailers/designers under one roof in a showroom/retail.
• - Edun X Clary Sage Organics popup store launches in SF this weekend.