Heidi Klum to launch TWO maternity lines!

That's right- TWO! On February 12th, Heidi launches Lavish for A Pea in the Pod and Loved for Motherhood Maternity. Both collections will be available in store and online.

"I chose to call my collection for A Pea in the Pod Lavish because there is no grander name to express everything you want to give yourself and the child growing within you.....For Motherhood Maternity, Love is a celebration of new life and the love around you and your baby" said the Supermodel Mom.

Lavish is said to include 15 pieces. The line focuses on iconic style and detailed construction. Loved is 14 pieces and present comfort, playfulness and supermodel style.

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Gucci Gives Back!

The givers at Gucci have commissioned author and illustrator Michael Roberts to write a holiday book for them entitled Snowman in Africa. The book is a sequel to 2004's Snowman in Paradise (also sold by Gucci). The book will be sold in Gucci stores and online for $50 and if the price tag seems a bit much, Gucci has announced that 100% of the precedes will be going to UNICEF.

The giving doesn't stop there! Keyrings and handbags will also feature the snowman and 25% of the precedes from those sales will be going to UNICEF.

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Nancy Talbot, co-founder of Talbot's retail clothing chain, has passed away at age 89

Sad news from Boulder, Colorado this week, where Nancy Talbot has passed away after a long fight with Alzheimer's disease.

Nancy and her husband, Rudolf Talbot inherited his father's small Hingham, Massachusetts clothing store in 1947. They renamed it "The Talbot's" and stocked it with brightly colored women's clothing that was influenced by Nancy's style. In their second year of business, they distributed 3,000 fliers to potential customers whose names they got from the mailing list of the New Yorker. It was the pre-cursor to the wildly successful catalogue that came to be.

By 1950, they had outgrown the little shop they had inherited and moved two blocks away to an old white house. They painted the front door red, which became a hallmark of Talbot's stores. In 1973, the chain was sold to General Mills for $6 million and Nancy stayed with the company as Vice President until 1983. Sadly, in 1987, her husband Rudolf passed away.

Nancy often attributed the success of Talbots to mere luck. Weather you loved or hated the fashion, she did have the right idea. In a 1980 internal memo she said "We look for clothes that are timeless because they are ladylike, simple but not contrived, gimmicky or extreme, smart but not faddy, fashionable but not funky -- chic and understated, the hallmarks of good taste."

Mrs. Talbot is survived by her two daughters, Polly Talbot-Donald of Colorado and Jane A. Winter of Missouri as well six grand children and six great-grandchildren.

Marc Jacobs to do Children's Swimwear line

The ever-growing, one man empire that is Marc Jacobs just got a little bigger. The world renowned designer has just announced that he'll be designing swimsuits and cover ups (a total of 50 pieces) which will debut in the Spring of 2010. The suits are said to be reasonably priced, starting at roughly $25

Rosemarie DiLorenzo, the owner of Swimwear Anywhere (the Licensee of the swimwear) has said "People are always looking for mommy-and-me-type things. ...Honestly, the cuter, the better"

The announcement comes just 4 years after the launch of Little Marc- the Marc Jacobs children's line. Jacobs is a favorite of celebrities such as Scarlett Johansson, Drew Barrymore, Sarah Jessica Parker, Uma Thurman and the Olsen twins.

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