Kate Spade is branching out into furniture, an interesting collaboration from the American Museum of Natural History, a major Oscar de la Renta retrospective in San Francisco, and more style news that made the rounds this week.

Fun Fashion Fact

Did you know that during the Second World War people attached “blackout buttons” to clothing lapels. These shiny buttons made the wearer visible on the streets after a blackout. The Guardian also mentions that: “The fashionably inclined would have worn more design-aware ones such as luminous flowers available from stores like Selfridges.”