Loose Threads

• Online shopping for the first 56 days of November and December set a new spending record of $30.81 billion.

• Tutus, feathers, and cobwebby knits are gaining momentum, thanks to Black Swan.

• Textile magnate Roger Milliken died yesterday at age 95.

• Memphis middle-school principal Bobby White found a creative punishment for students who wear saggy pants: He hikes them up, Urkel-style, and then photographs the kids for the school’s wall of shame.
• Queen Elizabeth is dishing out OBE's and MBE's to several fashion folks this year, including British designer Alice Temperley.

• Owen Wilson wants Lady Gaga to appear in Zoolander 2.

• Breaking News: Vinny from Jersey Shore is launching a T-shirt line.