Cosmo Staffer Sues Over Crime of Fashion (Week)

Fashion Week proved dangerous this fall when a bank of lights fell at Diane von Furstenberg‘s Sept. 11 show and injured some womens’ mag attendees. Karen Hanes de Larrain, Cosmopolitan‘s fashion market directior, sued the designer on Sept. 16 for medical compensation as well as payment for pain and suffering. De Larrain had two contusions (we love that word) that required 30 stitches, accompanied by a concussion. She says she cannot work and is still “shaky and dizzy” weeks after the show.