New York Fashion Week

Next On Project Runway... Your Mom!

Liz Black | Posted 09.23.2008 | Style

Read More: Reality TV, Manhattan, Project Runway, Glam God, The HIlls, Fashion, America's Next Top Model, Real Housewives of New York City, imeem.com, Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week, Stefani Vara, Style News
Liz Black

Everywhere I turn these days I am accosted by another reality TV show veteran; whether from Project Runway, America's Next Top Model, or even The Hills.

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New York's is Over, But in London, Fashion Week is Just Beginning

Zandile Blay | Posted 09.16.2008 | Style

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Zandile Blay

New York City had just wrapped up its Spring 2009 shows, but London was just now gearing up for its turn.

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The Economics Of Skinny Models

Kira Craft | Posted 09.15.2008 | Style

Read More: Council of Fashion Designers of America, Luisel Ramos Anorexia, Renfrew Center Foundation for Eating Disorders, Council of Fashion Designers of America Eating Disorders, Luisel Ramos, Luisel Ramos Death, New York Fashion Week, Fashion Week, Emaciated Models, Style News
Kira Craft

This season in the lobby of the Fashion Week tents, there was a booth tucked amidst the flashy sponsor offerings that had a serious message to share. ...

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Donna Karan's Collection

Kira Craft | Posted 09.14.2008 | Style

Read More: Fashion, New York Fashion Week, Fashion Week, Donna Karan Spring Summer 2009, Donna Karan, Style News
Kira Craft

What was really refreshing about Donna Karan's show was that the event didn't have the feeling of everyone trying to be fabulous. There was none of that frenetic buzz of insecurity, of needing to be seen.

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Super Skinny Models: This Is What The Fashion Industry Calls "Curves"? (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.14.2008 | Style

Read More: Fashion Week, Fashion/Apparel, New York Fashion Week, Fashion, Tommy Hilfiger Skinny Models, Slideshow, Ralph Lauren Skinny Models, Max Azria Skinny Models, Chado Ralph Rucci Skinny Models, Chado Ralph Rucci, Oscar De La Renta Skinny Models, Kenley Collins, Calvin Klein Skinny Models, Herve Leger Skinny Models, Nian Fish, Thinspiration, Coco Rocha, James Aguiar, Style News

Some members of the fashion industry were patting themselves on the back last week with claims that there were more "curves and smiles" on the Fashion...

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Don't Cry For Me, Huffpostina!

Joey Jalleo | Posted 09.13.2008 | Style

Read More: Fashion, New York Fashion Week, Fashion Week, Style News
Joey Jalleo

The end of Fashion Week is always bittersweet. It's like when you go out to the country for the weekend with friends, and you have fun with them, but by the second day you want to kill them and when you finally say goodbye to them on the third day, you sort of miss them.

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Project Runway Fashion Show: The Women Rule! (SLIDESHOW)

AP | AMANDA KWAN | Posted 09.12.2008 | Style

Read More: Fashion, Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week, Project Runway, Project Runway Fashion Week, Project Runway Fashion Show, Leanne Marshall Fashion Week, Terri Stevens Fashion Week, Korto Momolu Fashion Week, Kenley Collins Fashion Week, Jerrell Scott Fashion Week, Joe Faris Fashion Week, Slideshow, Style News

***SPOILER ALERT!**** If you don't want to know which six Project Runway contestants become the finalists, turn back now. Scroll down for slideshow an...

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Models Who Do More

TheFrisky.com | Claudia Crousillat | Posted 09.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Fashion, New York Fashion Week, Fashion Week, Living News

The (oft over-used) term supermodel gets tossed around a lot. But whether or not these catwalk queens have been officially coined with that status, th...

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Project Runway Fashion Show: Live-Blogged From The Tents (PHOTOS)

Jezebel.com | Posted 09.12.2008 | Style

Read More: Project Runway, Jennifer Lops, Project Runway Season 5, Project Runway Guest Judge, Jennifer Lopez Project Runway, Project Runway Show, Project Runway Finale, Fashion News, Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week, Style News

With all the hullaballoo going on in and around the tents this week, one starts to get less and less excited and more and more overwhelmed, exhausted,...

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Harem Pants Become An Overnight Sensation At Fashion Week

AP | SAMANTHA CRITCHELL | Posted 09.11.2008 | Style

Read More: Fashion/Apparel, Fashion Week, Harem Pants, New York Fashion Week, Fashion, Style News

NEW YORK — How does a seemingly unusual trend _ to wit, harem pants _ end up on almost every runway at New York Fashion Week? The spring previe...

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5 Reasons No One Cares About Fashion Week This Year

Gawker | Posted 09.11.2008 | Style

Read More: Fashion, New York Fashion Week, Fashion Week, Style News

No really, I checked with Jezebel editor Anna Holmes, seriously no one cares this year. I even checked with the anonymous comments left on New York Ti...

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Beauty and the Eco-Beast: Why Disposable Fashion Isn't On the Enviro Radar

Vanessa Richmond | Posted 09.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Sustainable Clothes, Jennifer Lopez Twins, Sustainable Fashion, Jennifer Lopez, Prada, New York Fashion Week 2008, Princess Anne Dress, Sustainability, Anna Wintour, Fashion, The Devil Wears Prada, Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week, Green Living, Green News
Vanessa Richmond

Never in my wildest dreams could I ever imagine Anna Wintour wearing anything twice. Not even the same lipstick. Yet it happened. How could this be?

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My Close Celebrity Encounter with Heidi Klum At New York Fashion Week

Zandile Blay | Posted 09.11.2008 | Style

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Zandile Blay

I had confused the icy stares and warnings she doles out to Project Runway contestants on television with the reception she would give in person.

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"Prune," "On Trend" And Other Buzzwords Of Fashion Week

Reuters | Christine Kearney | Posted 09.11.2008 | Style

Read More: Fashion, Fashion/Apparel, New York Fashion Week, Fashion Week, Style News

It's not trendy, it's "on trend," and if clothes are really good, they're "fierce" or "dope." Don't like the lingo of fashion? Whatever. Industry obs...

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Backstage At Fashion Week

Amanda Christine Miller | Posted 09.10.2008 | Style

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Amanda Christine Miller

Getting into a fashion show at the tents at Bryant Park is not for the faint of heart. But the real VIPs flit right past the hoi polloi to a large door at the back of the tents. This is where the real action happens.

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Inside Fashion Week: Calgon!!! Take Me Away!

Joey Jalleo | Posted 09.10.2008 | Style

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Joey Jalleo

The Marc Jacobs show is always my "Wednesday" so to speak. It's the hump in the week where everything thereafter is a downhill trek.

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Lauren Bush, George W. Bush's Niece, Debuts Fashion Line Under Different Name

WWD | Jessica Iredale | Posted 09.10.2008 | Style

Read More: George Bush, Fashion, Lauren Bush, George W. Bush, Environment, Lauren Pierce, Bryant Park, New York, Lauren Bush George W. Bush, Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week, Lauren Bush George Bush, Style News

Tuesday is tradition­ally an important day of the week in politics. Maybe that's why Lauren Bush, niece to George W. and granddaughter to George, cho...

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The Five Faces of Fashion Week

Kira Craft | Posted 09.10.2008 | Style

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Kira Craft

Fashion Week is a social anthropologist's wet dream: as I wander through its offerings, I'm more fascinated by the people than the clothing. And upon ...

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Report From The Fashion Week Photographers' Pen

Scott Gries | Posted 09.10.2008 | Style

Read More: Gastineau Sisters Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week 2008, Lindsay Lohan Fashion Week, Anna Wintour Fashion Week, Fashion Week Spring 2009, Fashion, Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week, Fashion Week Photographers, Style News
Scott Gries

There are many pressing issues to discuss during the Spring 2009 Fashion Week -- who of the presidential candidates has better color sense, the mortga...

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Corsets Make A Comeback At Fashion Week

AP | SAMANTHA CRITCHELL | Posted 09.10.2008 | Style

Read More: Fashion, Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week 2008, Betsy Johnson, Betsy Johnson Spring Summer 2009, New York Fashion Week, Style News

NEW YORK — If you think the easy, loose styles that have dominated New York Fashion Week mean a return to comfort, don't hold your breath: The c...

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MINI Creates Urban Oasis for Creative Minds to Collaborate (and Party!)

Celia Chen | Posted 09.09.2008 | Style

Read More: MINI Rooftop NYC, Mary Kate Olsen, Notes on a Party, New York Fashion Week, Dazed and Confused, Mgmt, Agyness Deyn, Diane Von Furstenberg, Solange Knowles, Veruschka, Style News
Celia Chen

Outdoor space seems to be the hardest to come by and the most coveted of all, especially when it comes to entertaining.

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Bright Colors Still Dominate Spring Collections

AP | SAMANTHA CRITCHELL | Posted 09.09.2008 | Style

Read More: Fashion, Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week, Carolina Herrera Spring Summer 2008, Proenza Schouler Spring Summer 2008, New York Fashion Week 2008, Marc Jacobs, Marc Jacobs Spring Summer 2008, Style News

NEW YORK — Mellow, beachy colors of ocean blue, marigold yellow and hibiscus pink dominated the runways Monday at New York Fashion Week. You we...

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Marc Jacobs On Life, Love, And Louis Vuitton

Times Online | Lisa Armstrong | Posted 09.08.2008 | Style

Read More: Perry Ellis, New York, Fashion Week 2008, Marc Jacobs, Fashion Shows, New York Fashion Week 2008, Miuccia Prada, Addiction, Paris, Life, Rehab, Alcohol, Fashion, Collaborations, Louis Vuitton, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week, Style News

A man who describes himself as being a former shoe-gazer, Jacobs had experienced some kind of epiphany. "I was never comfortable in some situations," ...

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A Look At Fashion Weeks In Liberia, Kiev, Jakarta And More

New York Times | ERIC WILSON | Posted 09.08.2008 | Style

Read More: Ukrainian Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week 2008, Jakarta Fashion Week, Tokyo Fashion Week, Fashion, New York Fashion Week, Fashion Week, Style News

Fashion Weeks have so proliferated, and not just in the capitals of style, that it is now possible to attend them year-round. This is not an exaggerat...

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Frock The Vote! How Politics Are Influencing Designers

Refinery29.com | Gabriel Bell | Posted 09.08.2008 | Style

Read More: Rachel Roy, Alexandre Herchovitch, New York Fashion Week 2008, Erin Wasson X RVCA, Charlotte Ronson, Fashion, Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week, Style News

You'd have to be under a pretty big rock to not notice the shit-storm of political discourse in the news these days. Naturally, there was some spillov...

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