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American Revolution Colonies Pass Same Sex Marriage

New York Allows Same-Sex Marriage, Becoming Largest State to Pass Law NYTimes

Four members of the Republican majority joined all Democrats but one in the Senate to support the measure after an intense and emotional campaign aimed at the ‘handful of lawmakers wrestling with a decision that divided their friends, their constituents and sometimes their own homes.’

New York joins Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont, as well as the District of Columbia in permitting gay couples to marry without a residency requirement.

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Daily | America's Real 'Misery Index' At All-Time High | John Galliano in Court

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Galliano Faces Judge

Designer Galliano Says He Can’t Recall Speaking Slurs NYTimes

The NYTimes report on the courtroom proceedings of today’s trial is a very sad story for such a talented designer. 

At one point, the presiding judge, Anne-Marie Sauteraud, asked his current profession.

“I have none,” he said, almost inaudibly.

Then he issued a plea to the judge to take note of his work, inspired by his travel to diverse countries.

“I know what it feels to be discriminated against,” Mr. Galliano testified, noting that his real name is Juan and that his mother is Spanish. “We moved to south London when I was 6 years old and aware that I was gay. I was sent to a difficult English boys school and you can imagine that children can be cruel.”

The court’s decision will come on Sept. 8.

Designer Galliano Faces French Court for Racist Tirade France 24

About 100 French and foreign journalists are waiting for John Galliano’s Parisian court appearance today. The former head designer for Christian Dior will answer charges surrounding his alleged anti-Semetic tirade in a bar located in the Parisian bar.

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Daily | Louis Vuitton 'Mon Monagram' | Dominique Strauss-Kahn | Mikimoto Pearl girls

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Louis Vuitton Artful Petting Zoo | Nikolaj Hübbe | Sophia Loren Interview

Billie Achilleos is an enormosly talented UK puppet maker with an eye for manufacturing fantasy sets. She is a lucky artist now retained by Louis Vuitton to make accessory zoo magic of LV products designed to inspire our imaginations and elicit smiles from the most proper luxury customers.

Marc Jacobs has always brought a note of whimsy to the Louis vuitton brand. Their new ‘mon monagram’ personalized service wherein one can get their monogrammed goods personalized with initials and colored stripes is traveling the world, making new friends for the brand wherever it lands.

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Fashion Tweeters Make Fact Of Fiction | Costello Culo At Dior

DesignTracker| One minute of Googling would have answered the question that Costello Culo couldn’t possibly be the new designer at Christian Dior. But this is not how the Twitter universe works. Double checking sources represents a precious loss of time. Being first is everything.

Racked National reports that on Saturday, JPS News — who ‘reports the news before it happens’ — posted the above video on You Tube with the claim that Costello Culo (a total fabrication of a designer) is John Galliano’s successor at Dior. This scene was Twitter in action, broadcasting fashion truth across cyberspace. Amazing!

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