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Steve Jobs is apparently being paid tribute by fans who are buying copies of his signature mock turtleneck sweater. A rep for the sweater company, St. Croix, told TMZ that sweater sales doubled in the hours after news of Jobs’ death on Wednesday was announced. [TMZ]

Remember Kate Bosworth and Cher Coulter’s JewelMint online jewelry-buying club? Rachel Bilson is the celebrity ‘influencer’ of a planned sister site, ShoeMint, where for $79.99 a month, subscribers will receive new footwear every month. You can tell Bilson is the right woman for the job just by looking at the serious shoes she’s wearing in the photo here. The site is scheduled to launch in late November. [WWD]

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Rihanna’s new ad campaign for Emporio Armani’s Armani Jeans includes a video in which the singer changes into her jeans in the backseat of a car. It looks like a struggle, but a sexy one. [People]

No matter that the women’s ready-to-wear collections that have been shown on runways in New York, London, Milan and Paris over the last four weeks were for spring-summer 2012. Any number of fashionistas -- like Anna Della Russo, Anna Wintour, Chanel Iman, Carine Roitfeld -- are already wearing them. [Fashionista]

Ad Age has named Vogue magazine of the year, citing its advertising growth rate (add pages for January-October increased 9%), the number of pages in the all-important September issue (584 advertising pages) and its efforts ‘off the page’ -- Fashion’s Night Out. ‘It’s easier to grow when you’re new and relatively small, but when you’re this established and you grow anyway, you’re doing more than a few things right,’ the advertising industry publication said. [Ad Age]

Sisters Jenny Best of Malibu and Katharina Tagliaferro of Sydney, Australia, are showcasing their love of traveling in a new shop, Zouk, they’ve opened in Santa Monica. [PopSugar LA]

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