New York Fashion Week 2008

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

Vanessa Richmond | Posted 09.11.2008 | Green

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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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Report From The Fashion Week Photographers' Pen

Scott Gries | Posted 09.10.2008 | Style

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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

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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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Marc Jacobs' Show: An American Classic (SLIDESHOW)

The New York Times | Cathy Horyn | Posted 09.09.2008 | Style

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**SCROLL DOWN FOR SLIDESHOW** But the clue was in the music: Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue," its jazzy whine heard throughout the show. There was very...

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Bright Colors Still Dominate Spring Collections

AP | SAMANTHA CRITCHELL | Posted 09.09.2008 | Style

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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

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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

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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

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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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5-Inch Heels: A User's Guide

Kira Craft | Posted 09.08.2008 | Style

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Kira Craft

Nice girls don't wear five-inch heels. Or at least they didn't. Lately, the same skyscraper shoes you would find in the red light district have been given a spit and polish by the fashion cognoscenti.

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Inside Fashion Week: Hurricane Hanna Was Not On The List!

Joey Jalleo | Posted 09.08.2008 | Style

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Joey Jalleo

We're only halfway through Fashion Week, and it's always right about this time that we begin to wonder how much more we can take.

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London Calling At New York Fashion Week Day Two

AP | SAMANTHA CRITCHELL | Posted 09.07.2008 | Style

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NEW YORK (AP) _ Designers at New York Fashion week heard London calling _ from 1975. The looks of the London youth movment in the years when mod morp...

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Inside Fashion Week: The (Not So) Calm Before The Storm

Joey Jalleo | Posted 09.06.2008 | Style

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Joey Jalleo

Every fashion season in New York there's a hectic clamor to be the unofficial "official" party that launches Fashion Week, but only one usually comes out on top. This season, that party was without question.

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BCBG Delights In Draping (SLIDESHOW)

FWD/Huffington Post | Posted 09.06.2008 | Style

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**SLIDESHOW BELOW** New York - BCBG Max Azria kicked off the first official day of fashion shows at the Bryant Park tents in New York on Friday, Sept...

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Victoria Beckham To Launch "Appointment-Only" Dress Collection At Fashion Week

People.com | Posted 09.05.2008 | Style

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The internet has been buzzing for months about the possibility of Victoria Beckham showing at Fashion Week, and now that it is finally here, we can co...

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Jamie-Lynn Sigler Predicts A Lot Of Purple For Fall

AP | ERIN CARLSON | Posted 09.05.2008 | Style

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NEW YORK — Many stylish women worship the color black, but not Jamie-Lynn Sigler. The 27-year-old actress, also known as Meadow from "The Sopra...

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New York Fashion Week Starts with a Message: Relax

AP | SAMANTHA CRITCHELL | Posted 09.05.2008 | Style

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NEW YORK — The glamorous set had a message for economic worrywarts as New York Fashion Week kicked off Friday: Chill out. A loose, beachy vibe ...

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Six Top Designers Talk Food And Guilty Pleasures In New York

newsday.com | Ya-Roo Yang | Posted 09.05.2008 | Style

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In the New York dining scene as much as the fashion world, making a statement can be the difference between making it big or falling flat. So, with th...

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Who Is Fashion Week's Next Top Designer?

New York Times | Guy Trebay | Posted 09.05.2008 | Style

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Cast a seasoned eye across a landscape ornamented with scores of shows during the next nine days (officially Fashion Week runs today through Sept. 12)...

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The Two Faces Of Fashion Week: Good And Evil

Faran Krentcil | Posted 09.05.2008 | Style

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Faran Krentcil

Your identity can liquify with a catwalk; "I want that skirt" becomes "I want that attitude" becomes "I want that change in myself." You can't deny that's powerful.

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All The World's A Runway, And We Are But Supermodels

Joey Jalleo | Posted 09.05.2008 | Style

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Joey Jalleo

New York Fashion Week tends to forgo the flair and showmanship of the shows more commonly seen in Europe in order to -- dare I say it -- sell the shirt off the supermodel's back. America was built on capitalism, and New York Fashion Week smacks of it.

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Which Trends Refuse To Die

The Boston Globe | Christopher Muther | Posted 02.12.2008 | Living

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Plaid? Neon? Feathers? Jump suits? Yes, it's a scary world at New York Fashion Week, with several surprising trends back on the rise. The Globe's Chri...

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