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Because I love you so much, I hit the Soho streets with a video camera to find out what’s in your bag… okay, maybe not yours, but you get the idea. Enjoy, and if you want us to raid your bag for a future segment, email tips@fashionista.com and let us know – we’ll be there [...]

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We were vaguely shocked to realize our entire office had a crush on the actress Olivia Wilde, and then we realized: She’s 22, whip smart, and looks like Angelina Jolie, so who doesn’t have a crush on her? Alas, Olivia is already married, so our various colleagues can’t get into her heart – But they [...]

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Reasons we love Molly Sims, whom we crashed into yesterday (literally, oops) at the Stelle clothing launch party… 1. We secretly watch Las Vegas before going out on Fridays. 2. The only time we wore Old Navy was when she did the commercials. 3. When we said, “Can we see what’s in your bag?” she [...]

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Booth Moore is the LA Times style editor, and she was thisclose to buying a Chanel Naked Shopper bag, until she had this realization: There wasn’t even any quilting. Just clear plastic, a pair of interlocking silver C’s and a cheap-looking chain. I grew angry. The only thing that was clear was that I was [...]

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It was an Every Girl moment – running out the door last night to dinner, and the boy behind me goes, “Why do you need such a big bag? What do you put in there?” The answer, of course, is everything. Handbag space is precious – it’s like what some people put in the trunk [...]

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It was only a matter of time before an actual bag designer released her clutch into our clutches, and here we go: meet Holly Dunlap, former Lily Pulitzer head, current creative director of Hollywould, and marathon party girl. The first time we met Holly, we were knocking back Cuervo shots in her Elizabeth Street boutique [...]

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How cool is ELLE fashion editor Kate Lanphear? Let’s put it this way: when Imitation of Christ showed their Spring ’07 collection in September, they made sure she was sitting next to Scarlett. When Kate walks out of a fashion show, every assistant in the room turns to her third row friends and says, “she’s [...]

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When Amber Valetta walked into the Chris Benz dinner for Lancome, we were already obsessed, but then she pulled out her Prada clutch. “You’re in love with it, aren’t you?” she asked, so we tiptoed to her side of the table (where she sat next to Shalom Harlow in a pool of unfairness) and did [...]

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Ever wonder what fashion editors do in the front row? You know, after they pretend not to notice they’re sitting next to Scarlett, discretely deposit the makeup from their goody bags into their actual bags, and focus very hard on their Trio messages? Fashionista has a lovely window inside the mind of a pro, thanks [...]

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“Male Socialite” (and actual writer) Derek Blasberg is blogging for Jane and rooting for Jacquetta Wheeler this season. But what’s he lugging around in his giant bag? Fashionista investigates… US: Hey Derek, what’s up with the bag? DEREK: Don’t you love it? It’s from Calvin Klein. US: We do love it, but why is it [...]

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