Art on Tour; Smells Like Madonna; Zegna Pulls Out of Pitti Uomo

The Magical Mystery Tour...for art! Hermés and Chanel are hitting the road with mobile art exhibits. While Hermes' collection, called H Box, will travel in a movable metal, space-pod-looking structure designed by architect-artist Didier Fiuza Faustino, and Chanel's exhibit will float from location to location in a futuristic structure designed by Zaha Hadid. Stationary art galleries are so five years ago. [WWD]

Smell like her Madgesty! Madonna to debut her own fragrance...maybe. What does an aging pop star smell like? [Fashionista]

After 30 years, Zegna pulled out from Milan's Pitti Immagine Uomo fashion show. The company will present its Fall/Winter 2008-2009 collection at its new Milan headquarters and showroom while the Z Zegna line will continue presentations at New York Fashion Week. [Fashion Week Daily]

Karl Lagerfeld at Dior Homme; Topshop in NYC; Issey Miyake's Love of Vacuums; Coach Rips Off Hermes; Kanye West Loves Pastel

Kris Van Assche tapped Chanel's Karl Lagerfeld to photograph his first Dior Homme advertising campaign, further severing the ties between Dior Homme and Hedi Slimane—who used to photograph the collection in addition to his design duties. Divorce can be so cruel. [WWD]

Is Topshop moving to NYC? Rumor has it that England's cheap-chic answer to H&M (and purveyor's of Kate Moss' line) will sign a lease for a Manhattan store in December. Yay? [Fashionista]

Dai Fujiwara, creative director of Issey Miyake, loves his Dyson vacuum cleaner so much that he designed a stage set with the cyclone/wind tunnel idea in mind. Now that is a runway presentation that I would love to see. How many waifish models will withstand the winds and not topple over? It's like Survivor meets America's Next Top Model! [WWD]

Did Coach rip off Hermés' horse and carriage logo? Signs point to yes! [Fashionista]

Each week, it seems like another celebrity announces their plans to hop into the fashion world to produce a line of mediocre clothes. The latest to join the fun? Kanye West, who desribes his line, "Pastel," as "classic with a touch of Pop Art." Could Kanye please say something that doesn't sound like a purse flying out of his mouth? The man isn't helping his hetero street cred when he says things like that. [WWD]

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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