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1) Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died. Feminist rock star Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the US Supreme Court has died at age 87 at her Washington, DC home. Justice Ginsburg survived colon cancer in 1999 and early-stage pancreatic cancer a decade later. In 2014 she received a coronary stent to clear a blocked artery. In December 2018, two small tumors were found in one of her lungs, a discovery that came in Justice Ginsburg’s treatment for broken ribs associated with a fall.
The death of the legendary feminist, known as the Notorious RBG, sent grief-stricken supporters to the steps of the US Supreme Court. To the sounds of ‘Amazing Grace’, tears flowed from young and old alike in the streets of Washington, DC.
2) ‘Good Morning Vogue’ completes its first week in a 12-part series airing every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of the Spring 2021 collections. In this third part of Good Morning Vogue, host Paloma Elsesser recaps the first two episodes before taking a look at fashion activism with Céline Semaan, the founder of Slow Factory, a nonprofit working at the intersection of climate and social justice.
3. Bloomberg says the the submission reflects a good-faith effort while LVMH continues to try and back out of the deal. Eight of 10 antitrust clearances have been obtained thus far. The French company also said it expects to get approval ahead of the Nov. 24 deadline to close the deal. Whether the acquisition will actually go through based on the changing retail landscape remains up in the air — lawsuits aside.
The Fashion Law shares a running timeline of each episode of the largest deal in the luxury space from November 24, 2019 to the present.
