Michael Kors retail locales have been popping up left and right. His newest store will be replacing the 7,000 sq. ft. Rockefeller Center shop at 49th Street and Channel Gardens currently housing Kenneth Cole (which is slated to close its doors this April, along with eight other full-price locations). The much-sought-after space will don marble floors, wood displays and a zebra hide motif.

Ready-to-wear from the Michael Michael Kors line alongside accessories from the Michael Kors, Michael Michael Kors, and Kors Michael Kors collections will be featured.

“The opening of my lifestyle flagship boutique at Rockefeller Center is an extremely humbling and exciting reality,” Kors said. “As both a designer and a native New Yorker, what could be more incredible than a store in the heart of the city at Rockefeller Center?”

Michael Kors is making big moves all over the world with lifestyle boutiques already in operation in Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the UK-just to name a few.

The brand is currently eyeing space on Robertson Boulevard in Los Angeles, Madison Avenue in New York as well as a three-year plan to open 50 stores in the greater China region. {Daily Front Row}

The most unexpected aspiration? Kors would follow Vera Wang in jumping on the burger bandwagon if asked by the right chain. “I want a deal with In-N-Out Burger — to do a special sauce or a wrapper. I’m horseradish-obsessed!” {LA Times} Not sure if an In-N-Out burger with purchase will draw in the fashionistas, but if anyone can make it work, it would probably be Kors.

Started in 2008, the global opportunity to goof off is part of an “urban playground movement” that aims to get people out from in front of the television, and out into the streets having fun. Let’s hope it catches on as a way to settle differences, because we’ve never seen more people look so happy to be in a fight.

Our thanks to Doug Tangren, Margaret Griffis, Dilip Bhoye, Bas van Duijn, Chris Beckett, Holger Eilhard, Paul Oberle, Angel James de Ocampo, Emmanuel Alvarado, William Hoiles, Jennifer Strauss and Steve Stearns for sharing their photos.

Amsterdam Pillow Fight photo set
Bas van Duijn

Chicago Pillow Fight photo set
Steve Stearns

Cologne (Koln) Pillow Fight photo set
Holger Eilhard

London Pillow Fight photo set
Chris Beckett

Los Angeles Pillow Fight photo set
Jennifer Strauss

Miami Beach Pillow Fight photo set
Margaret Griffis

New York Pillow Fight photo pool
With images from William Hoiles

New York Pillow Fight photo set
Doug Tangren

Paris Pillow Fight photo set
Angel James de Ocampo

San Diego Pillow Fight photo set
Emmanuel Alvarado

Taipei Pillow Fight photo set
Dilip Bhoye

Washington, DC Pillow Fight photo set
Paul Oberle

France’s Prime Minister François Fillon will meet with government advisers, luxury-goods executives, and artisans to address the financial issues of the country’s craftsmen.

These small businesses continue to be outsourced to cheaper, less-personal factories in countries where labor is cheap — a death knell for fashion in the long run.  What sets good clothing apart from bad is the time and effort spent on each piece, and with carefully-crafted clothing being replaced by mass-produced products, the artistry and fun in fashion are being lost in translation.

Read the full story {The Wall Street Journal}