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• Daphne Guinness's clothing auction at Christie's raised over $740,000 for the Isabella Blow Foundation, a healthy portion of which came from Lady Gaga. The singer spent an estimated record-breaking $132,000 on an Alexander McQueen dress from Guinness's collection. Guinness later tweeted "THANK YOU my friend Lady Gaga. You are a real person. and a great one!" [The Cut]
  

• The invitation to Chanel's Fall 2012 Couture show features a Karl Lagerfeld drawing of Coco Chanel and the text "New Vintage." Do we smell a theme? [Fashionologie Inbox]
  

• Yohji Yamamoto took a bow at his menswear show in Milan on Thursday wearing a blazer embroidered with the words "For Sale." Whether that referred to the garment or Yamamoto's company could not be determined — a spokeswoman said the designer wasn't available for interviews after the show. [WWD]
  

• Peter Copping will introduce a new handbag inspired by the streets of Paris for Nina Ricci in September. The bag, called La Rue, will be advertised with black-and-white photos decorated with artist Jo Ratcliffe's illustrated flowers. [Vogue UK]
  

• Apron pockets, ombre pastel suits, and prints inspired by beer cans are among the eclectic new trends from Men's Fashion Week in Milan. [BuzzFeed Shift]
  

• Charlotte Ronson says fashion is in her genes, largely because of her mother, Annabelle Dexter-Jones. " She would show up at parent-teacher meetings late, wearing a leather skirt, and getting dirty looks from the other parents, or for sure the other mothers. We were proud of having a stylish, hot mother." [The Aesthete]
  

• Remember the pink shoes Lena Dunham paired with the forest green Wes Gordon dress she wore to the Met Gala? Hamish Bowles picked them out for her. [Racked]
  

• Chris Burch defended himself against accusations that his brand C Wonder plagiarizes the work of his ex-wife Tory Burch. "It certainly doesn’t look like Tory’s brand," he said. "It's the association of the name that gives some people that indication. . . We’re more about happy, fun, whimsical . . . Tory is serious, serious fashion." [Styleite]

Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana will dip their toes into couture when they present a small, custom collection in Taormina, Sicily on July 9. Most of the show's attendees will be clients, and reportedly only three unspecified media outlets — none of them American — are on the invitation list.

If rumors are to be believed, this presentation is a test that will allow Dolce & Gabbana to determine whether adding a Couture collection to its repertoire is a good business decision. A source inside the house said the designers had been interested in the "artistic challenge" of couture for some time.

Dolce & Gabbana's rival Italian fashion houses Versace and Armani will present their own couture collections in Paris on July 1 and July 3, respectively.

Photo: The finale of Dolce & Gabbana's Fall 2012 show.