Links | Future fashion, Pink slips and Recession buster

A little lightness to end the week here on

. This 1930's clip from Youtube forecasts

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as the fashion must-haves for the Year 2000. The video has had almost 100,000 views. Could

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been some of them? Have a look at their collections for Spring/Summer 2008.

The Latest in Fashion: Pink Slips (New York Times)
Eric Wilson chronicles the revolving designer doors at fashion houses from New York to Milan to Paris in recent years. Of course, the latest door revolved this week in Milan, where Lars Nilsson was quickly replaced by Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi of 6267 as head designers for Gianfranco Ferre.

Luxe brands Follow the Money - to the Internet (WWD)
Several readers have written to alert us to today's WWD article about the role the Internet can play in helping luxe brands ride out the recession, which US Fed Chairman, Ben Bernanke, all but confirmed yesterday. In what some are touting as the greatest recession buster for luxury companies, the Internet may (finally) be the next battleground in their quest for the luxury consumer's dollars, euro and yen.