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In the world of fashion, reinvention is a constant and today the Los Angeles Times announces fresh new looks for its most style-conscious publications: Image and LA, Los Angeles Times Magazine. Beginning in January, each will unveil design upgrades and increased online features reflecting enhanced fashion, beauty, shopping and style content. And LA will be more widely available across Southern California via opt-in and stand-alone subscriptions.

"The business of style and fashion in Southern California encompasses everything from the local scene where trends are born and the red carpet rules, to the runways of New York, Paris, London and Milan," said The Times Chief Revenue Officer and Executive Vice President of Advertising & Marketing, John Breitling Navitimer Quartz Chronograph BT-6. "The Times' expanded coverage and new circulation models will deliver the editorial environments and audiences that retail and luxury advertisers want."

Image, dedicated to Southern California's distinct perspective on fashion and style, will get a bright visual boost with a more photo-intensive layout and increased reporting on trends in the making, new products and sales. In addition, beginning January 2nd, Image content will be featured in the glossy pages of LA the first Sunday of each month, while remaining a Sunday Times stand-alone section for the month's subsequent weeks. Image's addictive "All The Rage" blog will have more frequent posts and include LA-related content,LA, which celebrates the gamut of Southern California's vibrant and influential culture, will increase its fashion, style and luxury quotient with the added Image content. The elegant new print layout will also be reflected online with a refreshed which will include timely news from "All The Rage." In addition, a new LA-centric e-newsletter highlighting the magazine's columns, feature stories and expanded digital content will debut in early 2011.

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Sunday Times subscribers not currently receiving LA may opt in, free of charge, and readers interested in a stand-alone magazine subscription can sign up now announces the location of a new store in Jacksonville, Fla. in the Colonial Promenade Lakewood Shopping Center at the corner of San Jose and University Boulevard.

"The Stein Mart family has shared in developing the Jacksonville community since 1984," said Jay Stein, Chairman of the Board. "We are excited about another opportunity to enhance our presence in a way that will help better serve our customer."

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"The new store will offer a location that is more convenient to our customers, as well as surround Stein Mart with other attractive co-tenants," said David Stovall, Jr., president and CEO of Stein Mart.

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The new 30,000 square foot store is planned to open in the spring of 2011.

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In the beginning, it seemed like innocent flirtation--a lark. In the spring of last year, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, a front-row regular at fashion shows and muse to Valentino, joined Mario Batali on an eating tour of Spain for a PBS series called "On the Road Again"; she was simultaneously building a following for her website Goop, devoted in large part to cooking.

Around the same time, the Council of Fashion Designers of America released the first-ever "American Fashion Cookbook" (yes, really), a 120-page hardcover with a foreword by Martha Stewart and recipes for Derek Lam's yellowtail crudo and Marc Ecko's "adults only" chocolate chip cookies.

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At that point, it was fair to argue that certain corners of the fashion world were infatuated with food culture. Then, this fall--wham! David Chang, the chef behind Momofuku, appeared in the September issue of Vogue for a feature on Fashion's Night Out, sandwiched between Naomi Watts and Finnish model Kirsi Pyrhonen; Barneys New York announced that its holiday windows would star Anthony Bourdain and Paula Deen; and word came over the U.K. wires that Kate Moss was mothering pots of simmering fruit for her own homemade jam. It was time to admit that a proper love affair was underway between fashion and food--and maybe not the kind that ends in December.

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Which is why as of this weekend, Barneys New York passersby will see a life-size Ina Garten with a knife between her teeth and Bobby Flay hurling food at Wolfgang Puck, courtesy of corporate sponsorship by the Food Network. These unlikely fashion icons look like their usual, unlikely-fashion-icon selves, which is no doubt part of their appeal.

For the store's holiday mailer, Mr. Doonan commissioned superstar Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki to shoot food-as-fashion-fetish snaps like quail eggs spilling out of an Alexander Wang bag and a model surrounded by pots and pans, a crab hugging her head.

First, let's get the obvious, late-night-talk-show-monologue jokes out of the way. Fashion and Breitling Navitimer Quartz Chronograph BT-29? But fashion people don't eat! The fact is, fashion and food have always had a relationship. As designer Isaac Mizrahi (also an enthusiastic home cook), points out: "It's no coincidence that Paris is the fashion capital of the world and the food capital of the world." Never mind that the first to warm the seats at molten hot restaurants are traditionally designers and models. But now that chefs have fan bases as big as rock stars and beef labels like Creekstone Farms can be cocktail party conversation, the relationship is changing.

Even the story of fashion houses opening cafés and restaurants has a different tenor. When Ralph Lauren braved opening an American restaurant called Ralph's on Paris's Left Bank this past spring, he called on bona fide restaurateur Danny Meyer, of Eleven Madison Park and the Shake Shack franchise, to consult. The food at the brand-new Café Kristall inside the Swarovski boutique in Manhattan is the work of Kurt Gutenbrunner, whose West Village restaurant Wallsé has a Michelin star. Designer Marc Jacobs, known for his Breitling Navitimer QUARTZ Chronograph BT-56 timing and trend clairvoyance, opened a café inside his Milan boutique last spring and is reportedly planning to tackle a stand-alone eatery in New York next.

The fashion world is a sponge--or if your imagination prefers, a really absorbent, Egyptian cotton towel. What quickens the pulse of the culture quickens the pulse of the fashion community. So perhaps we shouldn't be surprised that forces in America's food movement--from Bobby Flay to Brooklyn's culinary artisans--are exerting a pull on it.

"It's a very exciting moment in food," said Jefferson Hack, the London journalist and editor in chief of the luxury magazine Another. "There's so much innovation and risk-taking going on in that world." He sensed a new kind of chemistry between fashion and gastronomy at a dinner thrown by Miuccia Prada at Le Chateaubriand during Paris Fashion Week this fall at which each dish echoed an element from the designer's collection. For his part, Mr. Hack recently commissioned ten designers, including Frida Giannini of Gucci and Francisco Breitling Navitimer QUARTZ Chronograph BT-59 of Calvin Klein, to work with pâtisseries to create their fantasy cake to be shot for the spring 2011 anniversary issue of Another--and eaten at the accompanying party.

They walk among us, not yakking on a cellphone, not lost in a fog of haste--they're keeping a sharp eye out for the bits of humor or beauty or grotesquerie that lurk along our streets. Or that used to be the street-photographer mandate. "Street Photography Now" (Thames & Hudson, 240 pages, $45) shows, for better or worse, how the job has changed. For one thing, no street needs to be in evidence. Thus we see Andrew Glickman's photographs taken inside New York subway cars (mundane images for New Yorkers, perhaps, but Mr. Glickman lives in Maryland) and British photographer Martin Parr's snaps from Fashion Week in Moscow and the Melbourne Cup horse-races in Australia. Somehow the most compelling street photography remains the kind that allows us to imagine ourselves wandering into the frame. The shot above was taken by Slovak photographer Martin Kollar in Nadlac, Romania. Aside from the lovely composition, the photo answers the age-old Discount Vacheron Constantin: Why did the chicken cross the road?

To find out why that guy is sticking his head down a manhole. Among the book's attractions are the thumbnail profiles of the contributors (there are nearly 50), who talk about their working methods. Brooklyn-based Gus Powell notes an increasing challenge that he and his fellow snappers face these JPEGgy days: "It's harder and harder to take a picture without somebody in the picture who's also taking a picture."

So is the fashion crowd genuinely attracted to the sensory pleasures of food (you know, eating it), or just enamored with the heat coming from the kitchen these days? That depends. Vogue Japan fashion director at large (and industry icon) Anna Dello Russo has created an eponymous perfume exclusively for Yoox, to launch at the end of the month, that smells like Christmas cookies. An elixir for the food lover who can't abide the indulgence--or a practical companion for the hopeless sweet tooth? Other fashion folk Discount Welder to have warmed to a fastidiousness in the new food landscape that's also intrinsic to the fashion world.

An insistence on just the right product, made by just the right person, with just the right combination of sensory appeal and visible value feels familiar to fashion world denizens. Consider Scott Sternberg, founder of the label Band of Outsiders, blogging about the virtues of one cookie over another and deifying Christina Tosi, pastry chef of Momofuku Milk Bar at .

Or House of Waris jewelry designer and Wes Anderson troupe member Waris Ahluwalia, who opened a pop-up tea house (which also sold duds from the fashion-forward label Rodarte alongside Daylesford Organic biscuits from England) in a tent underneath New York's High Line park last month, and is now producing and selling his own special-order blends in pretty hand-labeled tins.

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So is the fashion crowd genuinely attracted to the sensory pleasures of food (you know, eating it), or just enamored with the heat coming from the kitchen these days? That depends. Vogue Japan fashion director at large (and industry icon) Anna Dello Russo has created an eponymous perfume exclusively for Yoox, to launch at the end of the month, that smells like Christmas cookies. An elixir for the food lover who can't abide the indulgence--or a practical companion for the hopeless sweet tooth? Other fashion folk seem to have Breitling Navitimer Quartz Chronograph BT-22 to a fastidiousness in the new food landscape that's also intrinsic to the fashion world.

An insistence on just the right product, made by just the right person, with just the right combination of sensory appeal and visible value feels familiar to fashion world denizens. Consider Scott Sternberg, founder of the label Band of Outsiders, blogging about the virtues of one cookie over another and deifying Christina Tosi, pastry chef of Momofuku Milk Bar at .

Or House of Waris jewelry designer and Wes Anderson troupe member Waris Ahluwalia, who opened a pop-up tea house (which also sold duds from the fashion-forward label Rodarte alongside Daylesford Organic biscuits from England) in a tent underneath New York's High Line park last month, and is now Discount Zenith and selling his own special-order blends in pretty hand-labeled tins.

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One of America's most prominent hedge funds is being probed by federal authorities, who are investigating whether the firm gave illegally preferential treatment to its founder and to some clients.

The Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan are looking into whether Harbinger Capital Partners misled investors by failing to disclose in a timely fashion a $113 million personal loan it extended to founder Philip Falcone from the firm's funds, according to people familiar with the matter.

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In an interview, Mr. Falcone said Harbinger "did not give preferential treatment to any investor."

He said the personal loan was made in accordance with the terms of the fund and disclosed in the firm's audited financial statements for 2009. He said it "was reviewed by our accountants and outside legal counsel." Mr. Falcone said he has paid back more than $70 million of the loan, with the balance due in 2014. Also, he said the loan has been profitable for investors, and was backed by his holdings in the fund.

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The parallel criminal and civil probes come as regulators are conducting a broad examination of hedge funds. Authorities are looking at trading by the private funds, which cater to sophisticated investors such as wealthy individuals, public pension funds and endowments. Also under scrutiny is the clout the funds have in markets and the methods they use to value their asset prices, which influence the fees they earn from clients.

The investigation is a potential black eye for Harbinger, known in the industry for both its size and its role in pushing for corporate changes at companies where it holds a significant ownership stake, including New York Times Co.

In 2007, Harbinger scored gains betting against bonds backed by subprime mortgages. Discount Romain Jerome flocked to the firm, helping it rise to $26 billion in assets in 2008 before it shrank from losses and client withdrawals. The firm now manages about $9 billion.

Harbinger's main fund has declined about 15% this year, a person familiar with the matter says, as the average hedge fund has seen positive returns. Some clients, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Blackstone Group, have recently put in withdrawal requests, according to people familiar with the matter.

Mr. Falcone, a former Barclays trader, grew up in Minnesota and played hockey at Harvard University.

In 2008, like many hedge funds, Harbinger stumbled as its investments in energy, finance and other companies lost value and some investors sought to withdraw money. In 2009, as Harbinger's biggest funds rebounded, Mr. Falcone opened new funds and delved more deeply into deals in the telecommunications industry.

One focus of the investigation is the loan Harbinger executives authorized in late 2009 to help Mr. Falcone pay personal taxes, people familiar with the matter say. Mr. Falcone borrowed the funds from a Harbinger fund that had $2.5 billion in assets, while clients were barred from withdrawing money from the fund at the same time, according to fund documents and people familiar with the matter.

The SEC received investor complaints after Harbinger disclosed the loan in fund documents in March, according to people familiar with the matter. The agency's enforcement unit began an inquiry into the loan this summer, said one person. A concern is that investors weren't informed at the time Mr. Falcone Discount TAG Heuer the funds, the people say. Another issue is that the loan might have increased the risk of losses without clients' knowledge. The loan was reported in September by Bloomberg News.

Also at issue is whether clients were equally well-informed, including about risks to the funds, during the restructuring of Harbinger funds, according to people familiar with the matter.

One issue is whether some clients got different withdrawal terms than others, they say. It is unclear which clients are the focus of concern.

Last year, Harbinger executives were working to convince clients to keep their money in the firm's biggest funds. The discussions came after Harbinger suspended redemptions in the funds in December 2008 and set aside hard-to-sell holdings, according to investors.

In 2009, the firm also tightened rules about investor withdrawals, adopting a 25% limit per quarterly period for each investor as opposed to a limit that applied to all clients combined, according to investors and fund documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. The move, which was put to a client vote, meant any investor wanting to redeem fully could opt to do so over a year, with the set-aside illiquid assets potentially taking longer to sell.

Hedge-fund managers have wide leeway to change terms and withhold client money, which in some cases can protect assets during crises. The issue of equal treatment of investors is a focus of the SEC's enforcement unit, which has investigated funds to determine whether some clients are favored with better information or financial terms to the detriment of others.

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In the process, Harbinger has come to look less like the hedge-fund firm it was when many investors came to it, and more like a private-equity firm making a concentrated, long-term bet. Investors say the strategy shift has contributed to anxiety over having assets locked up in the firm.

Mr. Falcone has some $2 billion of his own money invested in Harbinger, investors say, citing that as a strong reason to support his strategy.

In 2009, while some investors were asking for withdrawals, others were lining up to put money into Harbinger. They included Soros Fund Management, which during the past year became a significant new investor, say people familiar with the matter. A Soros spokesman declined to comment.

Richemont, the Swiss luxury goods group behind brands including Dunhill, Chloe and etailer Net-a-Porter, has reported double digit sales growth in its fashion and accessories division.

The group, which acquired Net-a-Porter in June, said that the fashion and accessories division returned to profit in the six months to September 30, notching up a [euro]7m (£5.9m) profit compared with a [euro]9m (£7.7m) loss in the same period a year ago.

Overall retail sales, which include the group's 855 company-owned stores around the Discount Patek Philippe and Net-a-Porter, increased by 47% to [euro]1.5bn (£1.3bn) at actual exchange rates. The figure is ahead of growth in the wholesale division which increased sales by 29% to [euro]1.7bn (£1.5bn) after the number of wholesale accounts was reduced particularly in America.

Sales in Europe jumped 27% to [euro]1.3bn (£1.1bn) and represented 38% of total sales. Excluding Net-a-Porter, retail sales increased by 24%.

Total group sales increased by 37% to [euro]3.3bn (£2.8bn) or by 27% at constant exchange rates. Excluding the impact of the acquisition of Net-a-Porter, sales increased by 22% at constant exchange rates.

Operating profit increased by 95% to [euro]760m (£648.9m).

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He added that he expected the high rate of growth to slow as a result of exchange rate movements and more challenging comparatives.the young fashion retailer to be launched by the founders of USC, is to debut online in January and open its first shop in March.

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