Fendi Mounts Designer Bicycle Trend

Emerging trend alert: designer bicycles. 

When Hermés debuted their $4,000 two-wheeler, it seemed something fancifully whimisical. But, with Fendi following suit with their own luxe velocipede, it might now be all about the label on your bike rather than your bag. Fendi even offers two price points. The more "affordable" of the two starts at $5,900 and is decked out with Fendi’s Selleria leather accessories — like a key and bike chain cover and leather gps navigation holder — and a detachable Fendi case that retails for $975. A fully loaded bicycle for $9,500 gives you the option of removable fur saddlebags. 

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Henry Holland Loves Beth Ditto; What's in Your Man Bag?; Jason Preston Sets the Record Straight; Hot Boys in Underwear; Bloggers Get Respect; Lagerfeld Orders a Beat Down;

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Jason Preston, Marc Jacobs' on-again-off-again-boyfriend, likes to set the record straight when gossip blogs screw up the facts. After a Gawker tipster described a sighting of Preston carrying "loads of heavy shit" and wearing "combat boots," Gawker reports that Preston left a voicemail describing his outfit in detail to clear up any notions that he carries his own luggage or wears common combat boots. Meanwhile, Marc Jacobs was spotted in L.A. with his new rebound boy toy. [Gawker]

Hot boys in their underwear make silly faces for a camera. The videos will debut at a video installation at the Tribeca Grand. God, I love art. [Fashionista]

Bloggers are finally getting some much-needed respect in the fashion industry as designers are granting more access to shows and launch events. What a relief! Sneaking in to these fabulous events Mission: Impossible-style is getting more difficult as the bouncers get bigger and meaner. [WWD]

Now listen up! Henry Holland wants to collaborate with Beth Ditto from The Gossip. Yes, please! [British Vogue]

What's in your manbag? Four Londoners empty their bags and reveal that everyone is more stylish in the U.K. [Guardian UK]

Don't mess with Karl Lagerfeld while he's working! While snapping photos of Jay-Z for a new Fendi campaign, a sneaky member of the paparazzi quietly began taking some pictures of his own until Lagerfeld's bodyguards served him an ass beating. I imagine that Karl just snaps his . [Page Six]

Fendi's Great Wall of Fashion; Cell Phone Stalkers; Ties On a Diet; Celebrity Pumpkins

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Fashion Week Daily has the play by by on Karl Lagerfeld's Great Wall presentation for Fendi that we were just not cool enough to see. [Fashion Week Daily]

When staying connected means giving up your privacy. Cell phones dive into stalker technology so last night's trick will always know where to find you. [NY Times]

The Wall Street Journal, always a few steps behind everyone else when it comes to fashion, proclaimed the return of the skinny tie...three or four years late. Thanks for joining the rest of the world! [WSJ]

Carve your pumpkin into a celebrity Jack O' Lantern! Radar shows you how—and provides downloadable stencils! [Radar]

Fendi's Great Wall; Marc Jacobs Strips Again; Kate Moss Pop Star!

Fendi's Runway Show on the Great Wall of China. Yes, that wall. Photo: Getty Images

Marc Jacobs takes it off...again. He doesn't get completely nude—that's a privilege he saved just for Out. Jezebel has the photos of MJ and his wacky tattoos. A red M&M? Really? [Jezebel]

Karl Lagerfeld staged a Fendi runway show on the Great Wall of China. Seriously! The fucking Great Wall of China. Is Karl Marx rolling over in his grave? [WWD]

Kate Moss was spotted chatting with American Idol-ass Simon Cowell. Gossip has it that she might be Top of the Pops, not just Top Model. [Fashionista]

Jil Sander Tell-All Book!; Dsquared Rehearsal; Gossip Girl Garb; Rihanna's Fashion Line; Chicken Poop Lip Balm; Great Wall of Fendi; Luxury Eyeballs

Jil Sander, the acclaimed designer who left her eponymous company after disagreements with the parent company Prada, might pen a book about her life. Unfortunately, the title 'The Devil Wears Prada" is already taken. [WWD]

The NY Times gives readers a not-so-glamorous sneak peek at Dsquared's early morning rehearsal for yesterday's show. [NY Times]

Are you watching Gossip Girl? Now you, too, can show your Brooklyn pride and wear a shirt inspired by the show. [Radar]

Rihanna wants to design a clothing line...Does four or five hit singles give one enough star power to support a fashion line? Maybe she should stick to umbrellas. Chances are Rihanna will burn out before the line even hits racks.  [WWD]

Chicken Poop lip balm? A mystery cure-all balm called Egyptian Magic?  I've got a Brooklyn Bridge I'd like to sell you. [NY Times]

Karl Lagerfeld plans to show stage Fendi's Spring/Summer 2008 fashion show on the Great Wall of China...literally...seriously. ""I have a lot of people working for me, like Mao," Lagerfeld told Fashion Week Daily in February. [WWD]

Fashion brands from Tiffany to 3.1 Philip Lim bring specs-y back (bad joke, I know) and hop on the luxury eyewear bandwagon, so even the little (read: less wealthy) people can get a piece of luxury brands...right between the eyes. [IHT]

The Rage of the Sweater-Folder

The quality of customer service isn't necessarily proportional to the price tag, or the thread count, as the Luxury Institute determined in a recent study. Bloomberg News identifies Fendi and Hugo Boss as the luxury retailers with the worst customer service, and shines a spotlight on a recent incident of bangle-snatching by a shop assistant at a Paris Louis Vuitton store (they are now "beefing up staff and training to prevent a loss of customers").

Among the luxury brands providing the best experience for consumers are Hermes, Giorgio Armani, and Ferragamo.

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