This just in, Wang at Uniqlo apparently doing well in British minds. In today's daily news on Vogue.com the Alexander Wang for Unqilo collection is said to be flying off the racks. They report, "the collection is instore now and selling out fast. Plan your purchase now."

Sooo, uh, yeah. We were there just yesterday and happened to take a photo of just how much Alexander Wang is sitting in the store. It blows our minds that Vogue editors think that A. This is worthy of heading up today's top news stories (Er, Yves Saint Laurent just passed away. That's all you could come up with!?) and B. That they don't bother to investigate whether this is actually true across the board.

So, the real news today is that news, apparently, can be inventive and untrue and that if you want that dress, pictured in the Vogue.com story, there are about a million at Uniqlo in Soho so it clearly isn't selling out globally. We really don't feel like British and American consumers are that wildly different.
To be fair, we did notice that other pieces from Wang's collection were sparse, however, the collection has been on sale for about a week now, which should be plenty of time to sell out the inventory. We're going to stand on the other side of the fence and say that this collaboration was somewhat of a flop. If Wang and Uniqlo (hipster vocab if ever) come together right before summer, in the middle of Soho, and there are still garments left after a week of them sitting in front of the door, something has gone terribly wrong.

Dooney and Bourke has won the infringement claim put against them by Louis Vuitton. Despite the fact that the lawsuit has taken four years to settle, Vuitton representatives intend to make an appeal. The colored monogram Vuitton bag was introduced in 2002 (by way of a collaboration with Marakami), the following year Dooney and Bourke introduced their 'it bag' which retailed for significantly less and featured a colored DB monogram in bright colors.

Among others, Stella McCartney showed her resort collection yesterday in Jefferson Market Garden. At the picnic were soft pieces with tailored details. WWD fancied a 'cool-girl' jumpsuit, which isn't exactly an unexpected silhouette from the designer.

H&M has announced plans to increase their usage of organic cotton across the board. The company also plans to investigate sustainable wool and polyester and implement these eco-friendly fabrics to their entire clothing range. This growth spurt in ethical fabrics is said to take place in time for the Fall 08 season, although, currently, organic cotton is used in all departments.

Retailers suffered record loses last year as a result of organized theft. Of the hundred-odd retailers under surveillance by the National Retail Federation, 85 percent were the victims of organized retail crime. Organized retail crime accounts for nearly 30 billion dollars in loses every year, and includes greater acts of theft than which is normally associated with shoplifting. Most stolen goods are sold on the internet thereafter.