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Friday March 15th, 2013

The Top Trends from the Fall 2013 Runways
Trendspotting

The Top Trends from the Fall 2013 Runways

Four cities, one season: Fall 2013. Nemo kicked the collections off and every city to follow added its own dose of wintry chill. Somehow all that cold weather caused a discernible note of restraint to float through the collections. Don’t worry–the passion and excitement were still there, but designers actively pursued defining new ways we can really dress next fall. These looks felt grounded in the return of the “Lady,” as fashion’s pendulum swung away from the risqué, toward the refreshingly refined (spike-studded shoulders be damned). Check out our top trends for fall in the slide show.

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Thursday March 14th, 2013

Saks and Marc Jacobs Win Big at Fashion 2.0 Awards
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Saks and Marc Jacobs Win Big at Fashion 2.0 Awards

They came, they saw, they hashtagged.

The annual Fashion 2.0 Awards (basically the Oscars of fashion social media) celebrates the most popular brand stars on the Web–all of whom congregated at SVA Theatre last night. Now in its fourth year, the award show presents accolades to fashion brands and their social media channels including Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, among others, voted by the general public.

Click through to see the full list of winner, plus why keynote speaker Simon Doonan thinks dogshit and social media are inextricably intertwined.

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Friday February 15th, 2013

The Top 10 Trends From the New York Fashion Week Fall Runways
Trendspotting

The Top 10 Trends From the New York Fashion Week Fall Runways

Fashion week came, and brought a feisty lil’ friend named Nemo along for the ride–forcing us to consider forgoing, “Well, doesn’t she look chic!” for, “Well, doesn’t she look warm?!” The runways begged to differ, offering up endless new ways to bundle-up beautifully for fall 2013. Check out our top ten trend takeaways from the fashion week that weathered the storm in style.

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Fashionista and Bryanboy Punk New York Fashion Week
Fashion Is Fun

Fashionista and Bryanboy Punk New York Fashion Week

It started out as a big idea: We’d have Fashionista contributor and Haute Cuisine host David Yi dress up exactly like Bryanboy (we’re talking head-to-toe) and then attend a New York Fashion Week show along with him. And then, with cameras rolling, we’d see what happened.

People already mistook Yi as the renowned fashion blogger. “I remember one year an editor sitting next to me at Peter Som noticed my then-bleach blonde hair and said, verbatim, ‘Bryanboy, your fans are going to go crazy because of your new hair.’” Yi said. To which he replied, “Uh, racist.”

Anyway, we thought we’d have a little fun with that. Watch what happened!

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Trendspotting: The Long and Short of It
Trendspotting

Trendspotting: The Long and Short of It

Layering is a staple for cold fall/winter climates. With warmth a priority, designers only have so many options to show customers how to bundle up in as chic a manner as possible. So, how about doubling up on coats? That appears to be the message this fall, with collections from Altuzarra, DKNY and The Row pairing short coats over long coats.

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Monday February 11th, 2013

DKNY Fall 2013: Throwback
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DKNY Fall 2013: Throwback

Donna Karan’s fall 2013 DKNY collection closed to a mash-up of “New York, New York” and “Juicy.” Everyone in the audience (myself included) couldn’t help but smile as Sinatra morphed into Biggie, and as an exuberant, street smart, ’90s-tinged collection walked before them.

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John Galliano to Maybe Teach, Michelle Williams Covers AnOther Magazine, and Flash-Sale Sites Are Struggling
Fashion News Roundup

John Galliano to Maybe Teach, Michelle Williams Covers AnOther Magazine, and Flash-Sale Sites Are Struggling

John Galliano may be coming to a classroom near you! The former Dior designer apparently hopes to begin a mentoring role at a yet-to-be-decided fashion college. {NY Post}

Speaking of Dior, brand ambassador Marion Cotillard looked like she was having some fun on the BAFTA Awards red carpet yesterday… {Fashin}

Michelle Williams shows off some porcelain skin on the Spring/Summer cover of AnOther Magazine. {The Fashion Spot}

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Sunday February 10th, 2013

What We Saw at New York Fashion Week, Day Five
Fashion Week

What We Saw at New York Fashion Week, Day Five

Today we hit the midway point in the New York fashion week madness, with shows from Derek Lam, Victoria Beckham, DVF, Zac Posen, and many more.

We got a pretty good seat behind Anna and Grace at Thakoon and spied Bryanboy and Fashionista contributor David Yi rocking matching looks at DKNY. We also caught dreamgirls Crystal Renn and Coco Rocha being beautified backstage as Zac Posen (as if they needed it), and models vogueing backstage at Derek Lam.

Check out everything we saw and snapped from day five of New York fashion week!

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