We love Sharpies here at Fashionista. They come in very handy with our graphic tendencies and the rainbow of colors they now come in is quite lovely. That said, we never expected to hear them attached to Fashion Week. But apparently, they are.

It was thought that perhaps MAC wanted to get out of their IMG relationship in part because of the overcrowded sponsorship mania that now goes on at the Tents. You know, with people like McDonald’s and whatnot. Um, maybe this is what they were talking about?

In the Trenches: Sasha and Malia are about to cause another round of skyrocketing coat sales at J. Crew - this time of the khaki trench variety. {Politico}

LVMH Making Moves? Christian Lacroix was spotted at the Givenchy show just after his own (perhaps final) presentation. Tongues are wagging that the Arnaults might just step in to save the house. {FWD}

If She Could Turn Back Time: Holy photoshopping! Britney Spears looks like it’s 1999 in these shots for Candies. We bet she wishes she could revisit that past too. {StyleWatch}

Who’s the Man? The chicest of the chic stay at the Ritz in Paris. This guy makes their loves run smoothly while they’re there. {W}

When we were younger, we loved Legos. Making little towns could entertain us for hours— or until our Barbie showed up and totally towered over her supposed home.

And we think that these Jean-Charles de Castelbajac customizable Lego sunglasses that we found on Dazed Digital, are too funny.

The sunglasses are available in red, white, and yellow, and can be customized by adding Lego as you please.

While we think that in some cases, paying to DIY a designer product, like this $5,500 Fendi baguette and this lettered black Roger Vivier bag, can get kind of ridiculous.

That said, we can’t help but want to try to create our own Lego masterpiece. And at just over $150, the shades are quite a bit cheaper than the make-you-own purses.

With Ray Ban offering up their Colorize kit, and items like the One-Dress being sold, we have to ask, do you get nervous at the thought of being left to your own devices and prefer your purchases to be ready-made or are you willing to shell out to DIY your designer goods?

—MELISSA ELLIOTT

Little J may have outlawed headbands on the final episode of Gossip Girl, but we’ve decided her decree applies to just the most Blair Waldorf-like bows.

Mostly because we’re obsessed with the Jennifer Behr rope head wrap on Rose Cordero in this month’s Teen Vogue.

But at $248, it’s a bit outside our accessory budget. So we decided to make our own.

YOU’LL NEED:
-1.5-2 yards of rope
-A thin, plastic headband
-Superglue
-Optional: tea

STEPS:

1. If you’d like your rope to look a little weathered, dip it into a cup of black tea that you’ve let steep until the color’s what you’d prefer. Let dry overnight.

Yo, Home to Bel Air: He was West Philadelphia born and raised, hence that street style the Fresh Prince brought to SoCal. We’re liking the revival. Wonder what Uncle Phil thinks? {Refinery29}

Are You Kidding?: This kind of cuteness must be shared with the world, even if you don’t consider yourself child-friendly. {Garance}

Tatiana on Margiela: The faceless model tries to unravel the latest mystery behind the faceless designer. {Jezebel}

Looks like the r-word hit the runways harder than we thought. I heard the term “DIY” batted around backstage so much it had me wondering if next season we might see models backstage with lash curlers and cans of Elnett in hand.

The smoky makeup at Chris Benz and Anna Sui along with the hair at Jason Wu, Rag & Bone, Wren and Miss Sixty were all fashioned to look as if the models had done it themselves. At the Twinkle by Wenlan show, MAC’s Gregory Arlt took the inspiration quite literally, letting some models curl their own lashes to get his “50’s girl on a first date” look.

Good news for those of us trying to recreate these straight-from-the-runway looks at home, not so great news for beauty pros if some designers actually decide to take their words at face value and let the models do their own thing. While I doubt the reality of that particular scenario, you never really can be sure. Stranger things have happened at the tents.

—MEGAN MCINTYRE

Once upon a time, I fell in love with a blazer. It had feathers (my very favorite trend that never runs its course), and adequately achieved a menswear-inspired look du jour - but with a feminine twist I actually wanted to pull off.

Yet as the story so often goes, the price tag on this Elizabeth & James blazer - $765 - offended my eyes, so I had to look away. Luckily, like a lot of Olsen-wear, the look was easily re-created - and with a more figure-flattering (for me, anyway) blazer and downsized, removable, plumage.

What You’ll Need:
- Feather trim, about $10/yd anywhere but Mood
- Blazer - any will do, my favorite is from H&M
- Velcro strip (black), $1 store
- optional: needle & thread

—JAZZI McGILBERT

Between flipping through Fashion Rocks wondering how/why Justin Timberlake got the cover and seeing Rihanna’s face on every other page, I was was overcome by a “fatal attraction to cuteness.”

That cuteness was Siri sporting rubber toys on her head in the most fun fragrance ads since Juicy and Moschino. And the fatal part? Well, my friends (and you guys) might kill me for wearing this in public…

What you’ll need:

- An elastic headband, 2 for $3 at H&M
- Needle, Thread, Scissors
- Rubber ball toys (not sure what to call these, but they were in a clearance bin at Kinko’s and Party City probably has them too.)
- Flair: flowers, sequins, bows, and buttons, to your heart’s content
- Gwen’s Love. Angel. Music. Baby. album (troop of pet backup dancers optional)
- A sense of humor

All you need to do is sew on the balls & other flair. Not that hard.

Dare you to wear it out - take pictures!

—JAZZI McGILBERT

We have massive girl crushes on the Olsens, they probably developed ten years ago, probably while watching Billboard Dad.

Regardless of which goth, hippie or just plain crazy phase the twins are in, our girl crushes are still going strong today and have, of course, transfered to their fashion line, Elizabeth and James, and pretty much everything they touch.

We especially love this Pave Tee, but at $265 it’s a little (okay, a lot) more than we’d ever spend on a t-shirt. So we devised a pretty easy DIY.

You’ll need a gray American Apparel t-shirt, silver sequins and a needle and thread - or if you’re lazy like us, fabric glue. If gray isn’t exactly your color you can substitute purple, pink, black, whatever your heart desires - that’s the beauty of a DIY.

Lie the t-shirt flat and commence either sewing or gluing the sequins onto the sleeves of the t-shirt. We found that a haphazard pattern looks best and takes the least amount of skill. Slip a piece of paper or cardboard inside the sleeve to ensure proper drying. Wait a few minutes for the glue to settle.

Then slip it on and poof, you’re an Olsen.

—HAYLEY PHELAN

According to the Daily Telegraph, sales of sewing machines are way up, which means more people must be sewing their own clothes.

They cite the culture of fast fashion as inciting a backlash and causing people to want to customize their own clothes and make sure it wasn’t sewn in sweatshop.

We’ve had dreams of being super seamstresses long before Season 1 of Project Runway. The idea of making clothes exactly the way we want it - rather than scanning a zillion stores and sites in search of a dress design that popped into our head - and of it fitting us exactly how we want is enough to make us consider taking our own sewing machine down from its high place in the closet, before we remember that we don’t even remember how to thread the machine, let alone sew straight lines.

We’ve been considering taking a sewing class or two to get things started, but there are just a lot of other factors - time (it seems like it’s a lot faster to shop rather than design a dress, pick out the fabric, actually make the dress, deal with mending the dress that we probably didn’t sew correctly, etc), quality (after all, what the hell do we know about designing clothes?), and, oh yeah, skill.

So we’re wondering, do any of you sew your own clothes? And if so, how did you get started?

(Editor’s Note: If you make a compelling enough of an argument, you might be able to convince Britt and Natalie to sew their own dresses for an upcoming event. DIY ball gowns? Only if you’re inspiring…)