New York Fashion Week

Getting Ready for the Runway: Part 2

Nanette Lepore | Posted 03.19.2009 | Style


Nanette Lepore

Today is model casting. You have to stare at fresh-faced, fat-free, teenagers while feeling exhausted and bloated. So I try to get dolled up and wear a cool dress and high heels.

Shoulder Pads Freaking People Out At Fashion Week (SLIDESHOW, POLL)

AP | SAMANTHA CRITCHELL | Posted 03.19.2009 | Style


*Scroll down for slideshow and poll* NEW YORK — Remember the '80s, when big hair and even bigger shoulders were the height of chic? The designe...

Charlotte Ronson; Something Worth Gossiping About

Liz Black | Posted 03.19.2009 | Style


Liz Black

Charlotte Ronson's Fall Winter 2009 collection reflected trends from the past (the 30's and 40's) that is now seemingly becoming our present.

Fashion Week: Don't Sound The Death Knell Yet (VIDEO)

Christy Ferer | Posted 03.19.2009 | Style


Christy Ferer

Just as the fashion in crowd has been mixing their Prada with their Target T's for some time now, J.Crew darling (and First Lady) Michelle Obama further ignited that trend and has set the tone for recession dressing.

Fashion Week Preview (Photos)

Alex Geana | Posted 03.18.2009 | Style


Alex Geana

There are many new concepts and designers trying to break through. Creative people are trying to figure out how to interpret the new world we're entering through clothes.

'Obama Effect' Comes To Runway Model Castings

New York Times | Guy Trebay | Posted 03.17.2009 | Style


"Some casting sheets actually said 'No Blacks,"' the 19-year-old model Shawn Sutton was saying on Friday, backstage at the Duckie Brown show in the Br...

Getting Ready for the Runway

Nanette Lepore | Posted 03.14.2009 | Style


Nanette Lepore

Pushing past the panic, there is a thread of beauty, a ray of hope, a bias dress in an opulent print, a whimsical mix of knits and extravagant jewels.

Next On Project Runway... Your Mom!

Liz Black | Posted 10.24.2008 | Style


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.

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

Zandile Blay | Posted 10.17.2008 | Style


Zandile Blay

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

The Economics Of Skinny Models

Kira Craft | Posted 10.16.2008 | Style


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. ...

Donna Karan's Collection

Kira Craft | Posted 10.15.2008 | Style


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.

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

Huffington Post | Posted 10.15.2008 | Style


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...

Don't Cry For Me, Huffpostina!

Joey Jalleo | Posted 10.14.2008 | Style


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.

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

AP | AMANDA KWAN | Posted 10.13.2008 | Style


***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...

Models Who Do More

TheFrisky.com | Claudia Crousillat | Posted 10.13.2008 | Living


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...

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

Jezebel.com | Posted 10.13.2008 | Style


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,...

Harem Pants Become An Overnight Sensation At Fashion Week

AP | SAMANTHA CRITCHELL | Posted 10.12.2008 | Style


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...

5 Reasons No One Cares About Fashion Week This Year

Gawker | Posted 10.12.2008 | Style


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...

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

Vanessa Richmond | Posted 10.12.2008 | Green


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?

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

Zandile Blay | Posted 10.12.2008 | Style


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.

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

Reuters | Christine Kearney | Posted 10.12.2008 | Style


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...

Backstage At Fashion Week

Amanda Christine Miller | Posted 10.11.2008 | Style


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.

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

Joey Jalleo | Posted 10.11.2008 | Style


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.

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

WWD | Jessica Iredale | Posted 10.11.2008 | Style


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...

The Five Faces of Fashion Week

Kira Craft | Posted 10.11.2008 | Style


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 ...