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It sounds like a Project Runway challenge: create a look Princess Grace would have worn. However, the six gowns that are currently being displayed in the windows of Saks Fifth Avenue were created by some of the top designers -- each being paired with a specific look to be reinterpreted in a modern way.

Well, do a dance on Audrey Hepburn's grave - the Gap credits the black skinny pants with helping their sales last month, no small part due to the Audrey Hepburn and AC/DC commercial. One Gap manager in Staten Island tells the Daily News, "We can't keep them in. It brought in the mother, the grandmother, the granddaughter. Little kids come in and try on a size 0." And a mother who bought the pants for her daughter said, "I'm going to rent 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' for her so she can get a feel for Audrey's elegance.'" Huh, ever think of renting Funny Face, the movie that Audrey is actually dancing in?

New York based fashion designer Oleg Cassini died at age 92 last night. Best known for his work as Jackie Kennedy's "official wardrobe designer," he also dressed a number of Hollywood stars, including Gene Tierney (his second wife) and Joan Fontaine. He was also a playboy, dating Betty Grable, Lana Turner, Ursula Andress, and Grace Kelly. The AP reports that "fashion historians credit him with the sheath, the A-line, the little white collar and the military look for women," and the Times points out that Cassini took credit for introducing the Nehru jacket. Overall, Cassini was an American fashion institution, becoming the first designer to have licensed products; he was also a frequent clue in NY Times crossword puzzles ("American fashion designer Cassini").

"So long ma'am" and "this town ain't big enough for the both of us" are cowboy clichés most New Yorkers don't get to use very often. Enter the Essential Westerns series at the Film Forum continuing this weekend and running through the end of the month. There will be enough tumbleweed and lone gunmen blowing through the Houston Street film theater to sooth any chapped hide.

The popularity of the Birkin and Kelly bags has made French fashion house Hermes even more protective of its top tier brand, as Ginia Bellefante reports in the Times. Not only is the proliferation blatant knock-offs being tracked down and stopped, Hermes is taking action against anything that seems to remotely impede on - even rubber plastic versions that are clearly not Hermes. An interesting look at brand stewardship and maintenance, Gothamist was amused that when Hermes' lawyers give seminars to customs agents to look out for fakes, "the women agents have all definitely heard all about them."