Pregnant Duchess Kate wears edgy cutouts

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, surprised the fashion world when she wore a Temperley London dress with cutouts to an Action on Addiction fundraiser late last week. The silhouette of the dress was demure, the cutouts more unexpectedly edgy -- and kind of daring for the pregnant duchess, who only recently began appearing in public again after a bout of acute morning sickness. [Fashion & Style]

Meanwhile Kim Kardashian West continued her multi-day 34th birthday celebration (it started in Maui last week) with a party at the Tao nightclub at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Not so surprisingly, she showed so much cleavage one wondered at the physics of keeping the essentials covered. [The Cut]

Newlyweds George and Amal Clooney were feted at a party in Buckinghamshire, England, on Saturday. Amal’s parents hosted the gathering of about 200 people to toast the couple who married in Venice, Italy, last month. [People]

Beyonce and Top Shop are partnering on a new activewear company whose first collection is expected next fall. [Racked]

Italy’s supreme court has overturned the tax evasion convictions of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana of luxury fashion label Dolce and Gabbana. [WWD]

Amid all the global fashion weeks, L.A. Fashion Week just doesn’t make the cut compared with major venues like New York, Milan and Paris, WWD says. A handful of promising lines “were far outnumbered by ill-fitting clothes, poor quality and collections that were generally not up to runway standards.” Ouch. Sounds like a call to action, L.A. [WWD via Racked]