News Bites: Marc Jacobs doco, Aussie beauty to hit the US, NY FW line up announced

Something to watch on your couch at home, a beauty industry to watch out for, and a fashion week line up to look forward to…

  • From the people who created the documentary that take you behind the scenes of the creation of a Chanel Haute Couture show from start to finish in Signe Chanel, will come a Louis Vuitton documentary. It will look at the time Marc Jacobs has been with the French fashion house. It will be released in September at Colette.
  • According to the WWD, Australia is planning on boosting 10 Australian beauty brands in a push into the lucrative US market. What Australian beauty brand will be the next Helena Rubinstein and break America? Will it be Becca, Mor, Bloom, ModelCo, Jurlique, Napoleon Perdis, Aesop or a newcomer? [WWD]
  • The Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week line up has been announced. 65 designers will be showing their spring summer 2008 collections in the tents at Bryant Park. The week will kick off with a Nautica show and Donna Karan, Anne Klein, Tommy Hilfiger and Tadashi will close the week. [FashionWindows]

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