How Taylor Swift Celebrated the 4th; Apple Poaches LVMH Exec

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Local
· Richardson native Jessica Simpson weds in Carolina Herrera [WWD]
· TopGolf breaks ground on first-of-its-kind urban facility [DBJ]
· A mural beautifies blighted Park Plaza Shopping Center buildings [DMN]

National
· How Google plans to take on Amazon [Re/Code]
· Zooey Deschanel is not a fashion snob [StyleWatch]
· Sass & Bide's founders are leaving the label [Vogue UK]
· Caroline de Maigret signs as Lancôme's latest muse [Telegraph]
· See Urban Oufitters' new "Wild West" lookbook [Nitrolicious]
· The fading line between work out clothes and regular clothes [WSJ]
· Apple hires another luxury exec, this time from LVMH's Tag Heuer [NYT]
· Meet the man who does facelifts on luxury handbags [Telegraphs]
· Lena Dunham, Emma Stone party with Taylor Swift on the Fourth of July [EW]