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Because of the fast pace of fashion -- and the even faster pace of fast fashion companies at reproducing and replicating designer runway collections -- designers and brands have started making their collections available for purchase as soon as they hit the runway. Burberry...

Nicola Formichetti is on an Asian tour. A couple of weeks ago, I met him in Hong Kong for his pop-up Nicopanda store. During my one-on-one interview with him, he revealed to me that he was going to Bali for a quick break right after the store event....

By suspending himself from the ceiling to create his stunning artworks, the artist James Nares puts new meaning to the term action painting. In a position that could rival the stunts in a Mission Impossible movie, Nares executes those fluid, continuous brushstrokes with...

Indian-born designer Bibhu Mohapatra has been gaining a solid traction and following in the fashion industry these past few seasons. Last February, he staged his first fashion show after years of doing presentations since he started his eponymous label in 2008. Before...

For Rupert Sanderson, designing a shoe is not about making a pair of ridiculously over-designed and stratospheric high heels that no woman can comfortably walk in. What he does is create shoes with the aim of flattering a woman's leg. "Shoes are meant to...

On the reality television show Million Dollar Decorators, Mary McDonald won viewers with her lush and stunning design projects as well as with her biting sense of humor. Since then, she's pretty much become a household name.

But long before the show went...

There is sweetness and modernity in the clothes designed by Michael Herz for Bally's spring 2012 collection. You can see this combination in the designer's brilliant use of lace and leather together -- say, in the form of a pink lace blouse paired with...

The much sought after designer Steven Gambrel has just added another feather to his cap with the recent release of his book Steven Gambrel: Time & Place. Gambrel and his interior spaces command multiple editorial pages in shelter and decorating magazines because he deftly...

In her latest book, Be Your Own Decorator: Taking Inspiration and Cues From Today's Top Designers, Susanna Salk assembles a stunning collection of beautifully decorated and well-curated interiors with the aim to make the daunting task of decorating a home less intimidating. Instead of...

This March, Barbie, the world's most fabulous doll, will be 53-years old. But unlike many of her contemporaries, she truly is ageless. None of that plastic surgery and Botox stuff. In fact, she even ignored my question about Botox.

Below, in a conversation littered with exclamation points (a giddy cheerleader...

Before her fall 2012 presentation on Monday, Feb. 13, fashion designer -- and muse and style icon to many -- Rachel Roy talks about Deepak Chopra and spirituality, taking charge of her future, and sleeping naked:

When I wake up... I...

Norma Kamali is very busy this fashion week. Apart from her high-end label OMO, she is also debuting Kamali Kulture, a new line with clothing under the $100 price range.

Just before the New York fashion week becomes hectic, Norma Kamali talks about great...

The fashion designer Yigal Azrouel has an advantage over many other designers. His designs are the clothes that models like to wear when they are off the runway. Stylish, modern and above all, the very definition of cool. The kinds of clothes...

Any woman who dreams of owning a fur coat covets a Dennis Basso original, or at least one of the faux fur pieces he designs for QVC. But while Basso is the go-to designer of socialites in need of luxury fur coats, he also...

There's always plenty to love in the BCBG Max Azria and Herve Leger collections of Max and Lubov Azria. For spring 2012, there are the color-blocked and easy frocks that sway with the wind from BCBG Max Azria and the glamazon bandage dresses...

French-born designer Sophie Theallet has made New York her home and in the process she has become an integral part of the American fashion landscape ever since she launched her label in 2007. She won the grand prize of the CFDA/Vogue...

Michael Bastian is to be blamed for my current obsession with cargo pants. I never cared much for them until he showed them in his very first collection, spring 2007. Make no mistake, these were not the baggy, khaki versions that the...