Kudos This Week to Manolo Blahnik, Kate Middleton, and Coco-T

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We're peacing out early for the long weekend (Yay!), so happy Memorial Day everybody. In case you missed 'em, here are some of our favorite stories of the week: We brought you the People of Walmart music video; Tucker Carlson explained away his green suede chukkas; We suspect Andre Leon Talley of getting his own reality TV show; Ice-T's wife Coco launches a clothing line for people who don't necessarily like wearing clothes; Queen Latifah launched her HSN collection and she'll sell hair extensions; Justin Bieber debuted his fragrance commercial; Kate Middleton wore a $340 Reiss dress to meet the Obamas and crashed the company's website; Anthropologie knocked off Worishofer; Here's a chart to help you determine if you're wearing a dress; The Hublot CEO keeps cows, moo; Here's a photo of Kim Kardashian's 20.5 carat diamond engagement ring; Our favorite photo of the week is Manolo Blahnik standing in front of a wall of his shoeboxes; Here's a bag for people who love James Franco; This girl is about to get sued by Christian Louboutin; Here's a Chanel bag made out of beef jerky; and We take a look at the Savannah College of Art and Design 2011 BFA show.