• Gisele Bündchen is heading to Brazil for her twin sister’s wedding with her 3-month-old son, Benjamin, in tow. Look for them at the airport! [Just Jared]
• Donna Karan’s advice to an aspiring designer: “Work in retail first. It’s how I learned.” [WWD]
• Dree Hemingway appears in her first self-styled spread in the spring 2010 issue of i-D, set at her great-grandfather Ernest Hemingway’s home. [Fashionologie]
• Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte are designing costumes for the Swan Lake ballet scenes in Black Swan, an upcoming film starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis as competing ballerinas. [WWD]
• Esprit will open its largest U.S. flagship tomorrow, a three-level, 18,000-square-foot store at 21-25 West 34th Street. [WWD]
• The EU court ruled yesterday that Google did not violate trademark law by letting advertisers use Louis Vuitton’s brand name and other trademarks as search keywords. But it also mandated that, in the future, advertisers must have the consent of the owner before using such trademarks. [WWD; Vogue UK]
• Japan Fashion Week starts today, showcasing 40 runway shows in four days. [WWD]
• At a book signing for Pierre Cardin, 60 Years of Innovation, the designer elaborated on his vision: “My way was to draw something of the future — to be young, to see that a woman could be free. I wanted to give women in the 1960s a chance to work, to sit, to take the car and drive in my dresses.” [NYT]
• Ten thousand pieces of unworn vintage clothing from the seventies were discovered in a Glasgow warehouse. The garb is in near-perfect condition and is expected to be worth close to $300,000. [Independent UK]
• Mena Suvari asked Alice + Olivia designer Stacey Bendet to create the gown for her upcoming wedding. [StyleWatch/People]