Each Friday, Dossier brings you knowledgeable style commentary, context and inspiration — a roundup of the week’s best style coverage — in no particular order.

1. In fashion, like any creative market that relies on consumption, commercial reality often diverges greatly from innovation — just ask John Galliano or Nicholas Ghesquiere. For all their acclaim and legions of fans, the designs found in stores are usually an unrecognizable dilution of the original runway concept. However, as detailed by the New York Times, relief, small as it may be, has arrived.

2. In another nod towards envelope-pushing commerce, Suzy Menkes’s report on the style evolution of Paris’ Right Bank details concept store Colette’s 10th Anniversary redesign, the opening of Yoji Yamamoto’s flagship and the rise of a sleepy neighborhood. Read the article, watch the video — or hop on a plane.

3. I was (okay, am) fascinated by extreme Japanese fashion, ranging from the Harajuku to the new Princess Girl look inspired by Marie Antoinette and Paris Hilton, and detailed in this WSJ video. Put into context by T Style’s homage to Osaka, I’ve decided that I really like the term Gothic & Lolita.

4. Last week I brought you an example of what audiovisual fashion journalism should be (ShowStudio’s “Let There be Light” photo shoot). This week, Cathy Horyn’s post in her New York Times “On the Runway” blog exemplifies what fashion blogging should be. It is thoughtful, informed, referential and, at the same time, personal. Oh, and did I mention well written?

5. I’m employing my right to style link ambiguity: Norman Mailer had particular flair when wearing a suit. Hence this profound if not prophetic letter from the New Yorker, that is worth a moment of your day.