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FASHION

• Peep more of the wondrously retro family campaign from Balenciaga.
• Can someone buy us this jacket for the holidays? Thanks. #KateSkatesInLPA.
• Nordstrom is named the luxury retailer of the year.
• Art Basel may be about artists and their art, but attendees showed off their affinities for art in fashion too. See it here.

ARTS & CULTURE

• Check out the most popular gifs of 2017.
• This 77 year old artist can do more with MS Excel than any of your graphic designer friends.
• Find your new visual inspo in Durimel’s beautiful Tumblr.
• NY Time Mag’s new cover gives women the last word on power and sex in the workplace.
• See some of our favorite animated collages with artist Karen Lynch’s Instagram.
• We cannot wait to go to Roman and William’s new NY location.
• We’d love to ball out on Nike’s sweet new basketball courts.

NEWS

• We finally got something this year. Reflect on the joyous win of Doug Jones for the Alabama Senate.
• Astronomers are studying the mysterious Oumuamua, the alien comet.
• We are hugely disappointed that the FCC has voted to repeal Net Neutrality.
• Read yet another horrifying accusation against Harvey Weinstein, this time by Salma Hayek, here.
• Disney obtains Fox- get all the dirty details on what they’ll be getting from the buyout here.

TECHNOLOGY

• Jay-Z may have won 8 Grammy nominations, but it seems his music streaming service, Tidal, might be losing this year.
• PepsiCo has reserved 100 of Tesla’s new electric Semi trucks, making it the largest order yet.
• Snapchat has opened the floodgates to AR insanity- check it out here.
• Apple acquires Shazam for an undisclosed amount of money.