Lazy Oaf

And Uniqlo's chief marketing officer says your personal style isn't as unique as you thought.

Natalie Portman looks a little too fierce on the cover of Marie Claire's November issue--that's quite a stare! {Marie Claire} Lauren Conrad gives credit where credit is due. LC admits that she wouldn't have achieved her current fashion success if it weren't for her reality TV stint on The Hills. {US Weekly} Looks like Nicola Formichetti is moving on from Lady Gaga. The new Diesel artistic director shares his dream of styling Miley Cyrus. {Grazia}

While Dries and Kim Jones were grabbing much of the attention in Paris last week, Capsule’s giant Fall 2012 menswear trade show took over New York. Capsule is a chance for buyers and journalists to review the designers whose resources don’t allow a presentation at fashion week or a media push. Fashion shows can feel a little tidy, even antiseptic, and trunk shows and previews can feel choreographed and corporate, but with 250 booths and even more merchants under one roof, Capsule is the closest NYC fashion comes to a bazaar. The experience can be a little overwhelming, and even if you take your time, it can be hard to walk through the massive space without reeling. I am by no means exempt from this feeling. But once I’d straightened myself out, and collected my thoughts (which were, even then, still divided into sartorial categories of shirting, trousers, outerwear and accessories), here were the items and designers who stood out: