1. MARC JACOBS stepping down from Louis Vuitton and Marc by Marc Jacobs. It's been a busy year for Jacobs, breakup with his pornstar boyfriend and everything. Nicolas Ghesquière will be taking over at LV.
2. VITTORI MISSONI mysteriously lost at sea a month before the Fall/Winter 2014 season. The plane was not found until June.
3. NYFW announcing a change to the Lincoln Center craziness following a return to exclusivity on the part of Oscar de la Renta. Change is coming in 2014, and designers like Michael Kors and Carolina Herrera are threatening to leave Lincoln Center all together.
4. KATE MOSS covering Playboy's 60th anniversary issue. Still flawless at 39 years old.
5. MULBERRY's Emma Hill steps down and leaves the brand scrambling for someone to take charge.
6. LULA's editor-in-chief departs the magazine to start on a new project, leaving the future unclear for the magazine.
7. ANN DEMEULEMEESTER steps down from her line, Ann Demeulemeester.
8. NAOMI CAMPBELL creates a UK version of The Face with fellow models Caroline Winberg and Erin O'Connor.
9. JEREMY SCOTT becomes the new creative director for Moschino.
10. COLLABORATIONS: Isabel Marant for H&M, and 3.1 Phillip Lim for Target, Meadham Kirchhoff for Topshop, M.I.A. for Versus Versace.
Honourable mentions: DEBORAH TURBEVILLE, underrated but highly talented photographer dies at age 81. GUCCI loses authority over the GG logo in the UK. JIL SANDER steps down from her label for the third time. MODELS UNDER 16 get laws to protect them from the industry. RICK OWENS's Spring 2014 collection performed by dancers.
