All the week’s fashion news that’s fit to reprint.  Rihanna: Bad girl gone Puma  The singer seems particularly invested in her newly announced role as the women’s creative director (and global ambassador) for Puma, touring the company’s headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany, on Tuesday “dressed in a cream ensemble that included a bunch of pearls wrapped generously around her neck and descending softly on a vintage satin bustier, an Yves Saint Laurent hooded sweater, track pants and a brand-new pair of Puma sneakers customized for the occasion with a crepe sole,” reported WWD. She told the trade that Puma-brand suspenders are a possibility; a Puma-brand body stocking covered in 230,000 Swarovski crystals is the limit!  American Apparel drops Dov Charney (again)  Bye-bye, Dov, bye-bye smuttiness. Hello, longtime retail exec Paula Schneider, the retailer’s new C.E.O. following Charney’s dismissal after being sidelined six months ago.  Kate Middleton in the hood  Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, stepped out of her castle in a hoodie, J Brand jeans and boots to work with a group of Beaver Scouts. Forty-eight hours spent Stateside can break a person, sartorially speaking.  NYFW kicked to the curb  The city officially ousted IMG Fashion Week from Lincoln Center, settling a 2013 lawsuit filed by NYC Parks Advocates pointing to the mistreatment of Damrosch Park, located on the south side of the Metropolitan Opera House. The senior VP at IMG Fashion, Catherine Bennett, previously told Pret-a-Reporter, “For September 2015, we will be somewhere new,” adding, “we are working very diligently to figure out what this new neighborhood/venue will look like,” preferably something prewar with a private terrace and laundry in the building.  Hedi Slimane headed to Gucci?  New York Post’s Page Six claimed that Saint Laurent’s Hedi Slimane could be Kering’s top pick to replace Gucci creative director, Frida Giannini. Get ready for Ucci! (He’d likely be doing away with the letter G.)  The human-rights attorney and spouse of George was named Barbara Walters’s Most Fascinating Person of 2014. Walters called her wedding “one of the greatest achievements in human history.”  Per the search engine’s data, Kate Upton was 2014’s most-Googled model and normcore was the most-Googled fashion trend (beating out health goth and althleisure). “How to wear a scarf” took the title of most-searched fashion Q. It’s a toughie.  Buzz Bissinger bids adieu to his clothes  The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author and confessed shopaholic penned an essay for GQ explaining that the auction company LuxeSwap is selling about 150 of his garments on eBay. “They asked how much I had,” he wrote. “I told them to bring a U-Haul van. It was pretty much filled by the end.” Clear eyes, nearly full U-Haul, can’t lose.  My birthday present from @lenadunham is my new most cherished possession.
Plus, American Apparel ditches Dov Charney, NYFW needs a new home and more from the week in style.