From crackers used to create portraits of supermodels to Saks Fifth Avenue getting a makeover and a Marc Jacobs casting call, these style stories all made the news this week.

• Diane von Furstenberg launches a yearlong digital campaign to celebrate the 40th anniversary of her iconic wrap dress.
• Here’s a very special sale: Iris Apfel is selling 800 pieces from her personal collection of jewellery and antiques.
• Tory Burch announces big expansion plans, including an activewear line for women and an accessories collections for men.
• Now here’s an unusual exhibit: Food artist Nathan Wyburn uses crackers to create portraits of Kate Moss, Twiggy and Cara Delevingne. 
• New designer names and new graphic branding. Saks is getting a makeover under its new president Marigay McKee.
• Yesterday Marc Jacobs launched the “#CastMeMarc” casting call on Twitter and Instagram to find a fresh face for his Fall campaign.
• In honour of the Jean-Paul Gaultier retrospective opening in London next week, Matches Fashion is putting a selection of the designer’s archival pieces up for sale.
• H&M will open the doors to its first Australian store in Melbourne’s GPO building on Saturday morning.

Fun Fashion Fact

In an attempt to raise extra revenue, the British government levied a hat tax on men’s hats from 1748 to 1811. Hat sellers needed to buy a retail licence, and affix revenue stamps inside each hat to make them “legal”. Both milliners and hat wearers who didn’t pay the hat tax received heavy fines. Forgers of hat revenue stamps got the death penalty!