The fashion industry has a new spring in its step.

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* HERE COMES THE BRIBE

From late starts to controversial style statements, drama surrounding the Marc Jacobs show is now par for the course during New York Fashion Week, This season, however, the buzz began a full two days before the presentation, when a bribery scandal involving the designer's longtime venue, the 69th Regiment Armory, made headlines. The armory's former superintendent, James Jackson, was charged with asking for more than $30,000 in bribes from Jacobs and others over the past eight years in exchange for use of the building, which is public property. Marc Jacobs International ...