Vera Wang launches an activewear line, Harrods plans to open its own Salon de Parfums, Canada gets its first Nordstrom store and other style news from the fashion trenches this week.

• Karl Lagerfeld is publishing his own satirical broadsheet newspaper later this month: “The Karl Daily”.
• Canadian Nordstrom fans can now get their shop on at Nordstrom’s first Canadian store at Calgary’s Chinook Centre. 
• Lena Dunham is producing a documentary for HBO about Bindle & Keep, a bespoke tailoring company in Brooklyn.
• On September 30, Harrods will open its Salon de Parfums, a 5,090 square feet beauty hall entirely dedicated to “fine fragrances”.
• There’s a new activewear player in town: Vera Wang’s “Simply Breathe” collection for Kohl’s.
• Uniqlo has released the full lookbook for the Best of +J Collection, and it is looking very stylish.

Fun Fashion Fact

Did you know that Italian-born French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, known for his avant-garde style and Space Age designs, developed his own fabric. Cardine, named after the designer, was a bonded fibre that could “rigidly hold its geometric shapes”.