Creatures of the Wind's Musical Muses; J. Lo to Attend HRC Gala

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Local
· Jennifer Lopez will be honored at HRC National Gala dinner [WaPo]
· Bloggers talk beauty at Neiman Marcus Beauty Breakfast [Politics of Pretty]
· National Harbor's Tanger Outlet job fair draws 7,000 applicants [WaPo]
· Fancy Converse at Congressional Black Caucus Gala [WaPo]
· Bethesda marketing firm Vocus's campus looks like Disneyland [R29 DC]
· Models wear carpet for Cosmo Couture [K Street Kate]
· Wilsons Leather store coming to Montgomery Mall [Robert Dyer]
· Washingtonian's 2013 Style Setters party had a Saks shoe bar [Washingtonian]

National
· More than 75 Emmy red carpet looks [Racked]
· Creatures of the Wind boys share their music inspiration [The Cut]
· Victoria's Secret casting sounds a lot like other model castings [Vogue UK]
· Check out these printable origami flats [Fashion Beast]
· Backpacks: Trend or the bag with staying power? [BoF]

International
· BBC to air a documentary that goes inside Bangladeshi factories [Vogue UK]
· Versace confirms that it's in talks for a sale [WWD]