PARIS — Mona Lisa, meet Louis Vuitton.
Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, which is plastered on tote bags, T-shirts and mugs in Paris souvenir stores, is the star of a new collaboration between the French luxury brand and American artist Jeff Koons, which was unveiled at a celebrity-studded dinner at the Louvre museum on Tuesday.
Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Connelly, Miranda Kerr, Léa Seydoux and Michelle Williams were among the 200 guests who enjoyed a three-course meal in the presence of the enigmatic muse, marking the first time the Louvre has hosted a dinner in the room housing the world’s most famous painting.
“This evening seems to be almost a dream,” marveled Jennifer Aniston, flanked by her husband, Justin Theroux. “It’s unbelievable.”
Williams watched from a distance as guests including Catherine Deneuve vied for cell phone shots of the “Mona Lisa.”
“I feel like I’m going to remember this night for the rest of my life. I once came to the Louvre and tried to see the ‘Mona Lisa,’ but there were so many people around it that you couldn’t get close,” the soft-spoken actress said. “I haven’t had my moment with her yet.”
On the ground floor, displayed alongside the museum’s permanent sculpture collections, were Louis Vuitton

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NYDJ ON TOUR: NYDJ will take its Fit Is Everything campaign on the road. For the first time, the brand will travel to three different malls across the country and will conduct open casting calls to fit consumers in their jeans and photograph them on the spot for a chance to appear in the brand’s fall national ad campaign.
The tour begins this Saturday at Fashion Valley in San Diego. It then goes to Mall of America in Minneapolis on April 22, and Roosevelt Field in Garden City, N.Y., on April 29. The event takes place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at all three stops on the malls’ first floor.
Everyone who attends can go through the activation, and following the National Fit Tour, NYDJ will select images from each location that will make the final 2017 campaign.
Fashion photographer Dewey Nicks will shoot the campaign at each mall location, and stylist Inge Fonteyne will style each participant. NYDJ will provide hair and makeup from local salons.
Known for its Original Slimming Fit jeans, which slim in the front and lift in the back, NYDJ has been the number-one denim brand at department stores since 2011. Made to fit every body, the brand is sold

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US sporting giant Nike remains the preferred brand for teens in the US, a new survey has found, even though total spending across the age group is down on last year.

Online fast fashion retailer Missguided is understood to be exploring its options, which include a possible sale or IPO.

Import volume at major US retail container ports should continue to see strong increases throughout the spring and summer months as the nation’s economy improves, new figures show.

UK retailer JD Sports Fashion has booked another period of “very significant” progress as continued demand for athletic leisure products contributed to an 81% jump in pre-tax profits.

Marks & Spencer’s director of clothing, home and multichannel logistics, Adrian Harris, has stepped down from his role, the UK retailer has confirmed.

A candlelight vigil has been planned for victims in the North Park Elementary School shooting.

The vigil is scheduled at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the North Park playground, 5378 North H St. in San Bernardino, according to community members.

An 8-year-old child and a teacher are dead, and another child was wounded, in an apparent murder-suicide Monday at North Park.

A second vigil is set at 7 p.m. at Kingdom Culture Worship Centre, at 2050 Pacific St. in San Bernardino. The event is open to the public.

Lead pastors Sherman and Jaquet Dumas, of Kingdom Culture Worship Centre, will host a prayer vigil to grieve for all the victims of the shooting. The event will include a prayer service, meditation and music.

“We decided to do this prayer vigil because we want to unite our city as tragedy has struck once again,” Sherman Dumas said, in a statement. “We’ve rose from the ashes before and we know our community can and will do it once more. We’re believing that as our community draws together we’re going to feed on the energy and love of one another and build another moment of hope.”

• A memorial at the school has been growing. Two vigils were held Monday night.

The school is closed through the week, according to school district officials.

On Monday, Cedric Anderson, 53, of Riverside, arrived at the San Bernardino school shortly before 10:30 a.m. He checked-in and then went to his wife’s classroom. Karen Elaine Smith, 53, where he opened fire. The pair had been married since Jan. 28, but had already been separated for several weeks.

Police do not believe Anderson intentionally targeted the children. And, San Bernardino City Unified School District Superintendent Dale Marsden said, all district policies were complied with when Anderson was let onto campus.

By MARTIN MEISSNER

DORTMUND, Germany — Three explosions went off near the team bus of one of Germany’s top soccer clubs as it set off for a Champions League quarterfinal match on Tuesday evening, injuring a player, authorities said.

It was unclear what caused the explosions ahead of the first leg match between Borussia Dortmund and Monaco, which was later called off and rescheduled for Wednesday.

Police spokesman Gunnar Wortmann said there were “three explosions near the (Borussia Dortmund) team bus as they left the hotel to go to the stadium,” and that there was “one player injured inside and damage to a window.”

The incident happened near Borussia’s team hotel on the outskirts of Dortmund, around 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the stadium, at around 7 p.m. local time. Dortmund is in western Germany, in the densely populated Ruhr industrial region.

Dortmund said the injured player was Spanish defender Marc Bartra and that he is currently in the hospital. Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke said Bartra was injured in the arm and hand “but nothing life-threatening.”

Watzke said police told him that devices were hidden near the exit of the hotel and detonated as the bus passed.

However, another police spokeswoman, Nina Vogt, said there was no further information yet on what caused the explosions.

Inside the packed stadium, supporters of Monaco, which plays in the French league, chanted “Dortmund, Dortmund” in sympathy for the German side. Dortmund residents, for their part, used social media to offer accommodation to stranded Monaco supporters ahead of their rescheduled match in Europe’s premier soccer club competition.

“The team is totally shocked, that’s clear. It’s our task now to digest this somehow because it’s only 24 hours before we have to play. That’s our job,” Watzke said.

He added that there was “no alternative” to rescheduling the match for Wednesday, as Monaco also has to play at the weekend and the return Champions League match is scheduled for next week.

“It’s a very unfortunate situation but there was no other way,” he said.

Stadium spokesman Norbert Dickel informed fans of the cancellation, saying that “there is no reason for panic here at the stadium.”

Dortmund recommended that fans stay in the stadium and remain calm to facilitate an “orderly departure.”

This is the second time in recent times that a soccer match in Germany has been postponed over security concerns.

In Hannover, in November 2015, Germany’s international soccer friendly against the Netherlands was canceled just before kickoff after police feared an explosive device might be detonated at the stadium.

It came days after devices were detonated outside the Stade de France in Paris as France was playing Germany as part of a coordinated attack on the French capital.

Geir Moulson and Ciaran Fahey contributed from Berlin.