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Five stories that have North Texas talking: Chanel invades Dallas; the top 10 dogs of the Icepocalypse; a lawsuit about an expensive piece of art, and more.

Kristen Stewart was in Dallas last night. So was Dakota Fanning. And Anna Wintour. They were among many celebrities in the crowd as Chanel鈥檚 exclusive Metiers d鈥橝rt fashion show took over Fair Park Tuesday. Karl Lagerfeld, the creative director of Chanel, presented the ritzy runway show for hundreds of celebrities, fashion journalists and other Chanel VIPs. One of the Fair Park halls was transformed into a barn. The runway was covered with hay. Women鈥檚 Wear Daily described it as a 鈥渉igh-end hoedown.鈥� 鈥淚 love Dallas. I love Texans. They are the nicest of people,鈥� 鈥淭exas is wild, but I made it more romantic.鈥� Many of Dallas鈥� bold-faced names were in the crowd, including Gene Jones and Howard and Cindy Rachofsky. Also spotted: Neiman Marcus CEO Karen Katz and fashion director Ken Downing. 鈥淟agerfeld said after the show that he was inspired by 鈥榯he idea of the old Texas, even before the Civil War.鈥� He noted that his cowboys were 鈥榥ot typical cowboys, they are transposed, very sophisticated.鈥� Many of the outfits included Native American-inspired prints, with most of the models wearing a single feather in their hair. Denim also made frequent appearances on the runway.鈥� Chanel also debuted a short film last night. Chanel has some from the show.

• North Texas is starting to recover from the icy blast of winter. (Although some school districts remain closed today, including Denton ISD.) The Dallas Observer compiled photos of dogs outside in various wintry scenes. 鈥淲hile it was no joke for a lot of people, for some it was an excuse to frolic in the ice with their confused pets, some of whom seemed deeply unsure about the sudden white coating everything had received,鈥� the Observer said. 鈥淲e asked Twitter to send us photos of befuddled mutts.鈥� The list, The Top 10 Dogs of the Icepocalypse, By the way: What is cobblestone ice? And find more ways we turned this

• that State Sen. , R-Dallas, is the subject of a sworn ethics complaint about businesses he allegedly failed to disclose as required, including a company tied to the warehouse where he has been keeping his vintage car collection. The Tribune said: 鈥淐arona called the complaint, filed last week by a third-year dental student in Dallas, a politically motivated 鈥榮tunt鈥� by his Republican primary opponent, businessman Don Huffines. Carona said the companies did not have enough activity to meet the threshold for disclosure.鈥� The student who filed it, Joshua Mark Morales, described himself as a Republican voter who lives in Carona鈥檚 district. He said he had no ties to the Huffines campaign but opposes Carona's re-election. When asked if the Huffines campaign was behind the complaint, a spokesman said: "We aren't the only people in Texas that know of his corruption."

• A trial was scheduled to start Tuesday in federal court involving a lengthy fight between Marguerite Hoffman, a prominent Dallas art collector, and David Martinez, a Mexican financier who bought a piece of art from her. by Mark Rothko that features two red rectangles. In 2007, Hoffman sold the painting. Later, the painting was sold at auction by Sotheby鈥檚 for $31 million. for failing to keep the sale secret. By selling the painting at auction, the confidential sale became public, Hoffman says. The defendants say they didn鈥檛 violate any agreement. A representative for the defendants sent 四虎影院 a statement on the matter.

• Architecture, before and after: Architect Joe Self and interior designer Tracy Self are speaking at 6:30 tonight at the , 3425 West 7th St. The topic: They鈥檒l show 鈥渂efore and after鈥� examples to illustrate 鈥渢he dramatic differences that can be achieved with design principles.鈥�