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• Mickey Drexler's work at J.Crew will be the focus of a CNBC documentary called J.Crew and the Man Who Dressed America. Set to air this Thursday, May 24 at 10 p.m., the program will explore what's made the retailer such a success. Watch a preview of the program below. [CNBC]
  

• JC Penney has leased office space in a building at Lafayette and Broome streets in New York City's trendy NoLIta neighborhood. The move is reportedly part of an attempt to "attract a hip workforce." [New York Post]
  

• Julia Restoin Roitfeld took to Twitter for a little mothering advice. "Mother 911, any suggestions on hot wrap dresses for easy breastfeeding?" she asked. Wrap dresses from Diane von Furstenberg were a popular response among Restoin Roitfeld's followers. [The Cut]
  

• The custom Prada dress Carey Mulligan wore to the Met Gala sold on eBay for $2,950. Proceeds from the sale will be donated to Oxfam America. [Fashion Etc.]

Photo: J.Crew's Fall 2012 women's presentation during New York Fashion Week.

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• Kate Moss wears a bevy of designers in the June issue of Harper's Bazaar, including Salvatore Ferragamo, Calvin Klein, and Alexander McQueen. Moss was photographed by Terry Richardson and styled by Andrew Richardson (no relation). [Fashion Etc.]
  

• Miranda Kerr says her favorite runway job was for Balenciaga because she "was pregnant at the time, so my son Flynn and I walked the catwalk together," Kerr said. "He was in my belly, so it made it really special." [Vogue UK]
  

• Jenna Lyons says Iris Apfel should be tasked with reviving the Schiaparelli brand now that it's coming back to the market. "She's so full of life and she's got an incredible attitude. I don’t think she'd want to, but I think she would be amazing," Lyons said. [Page Six]
  

• Erin Heatherton, face of Victoria's Secret's fitness line, VSX, has plenty of wellness tips but says she doesn't fret about what she eats. "You can't stress too much about it. I work out and I eat right and I can't be too hard on myself about making mistakes." [FitSugar]
  

• Glamour will devote its entire September issue to fashion, using every editorial page for some kind of style coverage. Readers can follow the progress of the issue on Glamour's Pinterest page. [Glamour]
  

>> Jenna Lyons says she's going through a "confusing" time in her life — but her colleagues at J.Crew are making her transition a little easier.

In a recent interview with The Guardian, Lyons says she's been able to get through leaving her husband, artist Vincent Mazeau, and selling their home in Brooklyn largely because of the support of her friends and co-workers. Her boss Mickey Drexler's in-office announcement system — which she calls "hilarious" — is probably pretty divertive, too. Read on for more from the interview.

On Drexler's announcements: "When he was installing the system, I was like: are you kidding me with this?" she says. "He even checks in from holiday — he's like: 'Hey, I'm in St.-Tropez; it's gorgeous here! Anyway, I'm having lunch at Club 55 and you should see all these people wearing white! We should do more white; it's Summer, do we have enough white?' It's hilarious — I love it."

On her divorce: "I'm adjusting," she says. "It has been hard, you know?" she continues gingerly, "but I will say, through everything, I realize how incredibly fortunate I am. Everyone has been so supportive and understanding; my friends and colleagues have all been amazing. It's certainly been one of the more confusing times of my life, but I'm getting through it."

On curating J.Crew's stores: "I don't want to put a load of pictures of J.Crew models up; people can look at the catalogue for that," she reasons. "You know where you are, hopefully: there's a label on everything. We don't need to tell you about ourselves over and over again; we'd rather share how we feel about art, a movie poster or an installation. It's about trying to make customers feel like they're getting more."

Photo: Jenna Lyons at J.Crew's Fall 2012 presentation.

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• Karl Lagerfeld will provide live fashion commentary of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee for French state TV channel France 2. He's reprising his role from last year's royal wedding ceremonies, which he called a procession of "bad proportions, ugly hats, [and] short skirts on fat legs." Lagerfeld will go on air June 3. [The Daily Telegraph]
  

• Tucker designer Gaby Basora worked with director Zoe Cassavetes on a silent film showcasing her Spring 2012 collection. It stars Liberty Ross as a movie star fighting against a "bicycle-riding ingenue" for a role. "Look at the women in the film, the ages — their spontaneity, bravado and love of life," Basora says. "It's the notion that Tucker has a timeless universal and utterly gorgeous appeal." [Grazia]
  

• Wondering where the Jenna's Picks emails from J.Crew's Jenna Lyons have gone? They're currently on hiatus, according to Lyons. "It was totally not my idea, just for the record," she says. "It was actually the person who ran marketing at the time, who's no longer here, and wanted to do something that felt a little bit more personal." [The Cut]
  

• Topshop will introduce a bridal collection designed by Richard Nicoll this June. Details are scant, but the brand recently tweeted, "Want to get married just so we can wear our @studio_nicoll bridal collection set to land in June. Can't give you a sneak peek but wow!" [The Huffington Post]
  

• The US International Trade Commission ruled in favor of Louis Vuitton after a 15-month investigation into an elaborate ring of counterfeiters that made and sold fake Vuitton bags around the world. "As the first luxury goods company to seek redress at the ITC, we are pleased with the significant remedy that has been recommended," said a lawyer for Louis Vuitton. [Styleite]
  

>> It's standard operating procedure for CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund winners to collaborate with a mass market brand, so it comes as no surprise that this year's winner, Joseph Altuzarra, will soon turn out a capsule collection for J.Crew.

Altuzarra confirmed the suspicions — and likely the hopes and dreams — of many when he told Fashionista that the pieces he created with Jenna Lyons and the rest of the J.Crew design team "will be coming out in a few weeks." While he didn't give away what the collection looks like — or even what it includes — it sounds like he struck the perfect balance between his high-fashion aesthetic and J.Crew's commercial appeal.

"Well, it was a really interesting project because it was like a conflation of their language — or of their world — [and] of our world and putting it together," he said. "And I think that was really interesting for me to work on."

The two runners-up for this year's award, Pamela Love and Creatures of the Wind, will also likely partner with J.Crew. Last year's Fashion Fund winner, Prabal Gurung, and runners-up, Eddie Borgo and Billy Reid, all created products for J.Crew. The Fund's winners started partnering with mass market brands in 2007, when Thakoon Panichgul partnered with The Gap to re-create the white shirt.