Thakoon Panichgul

For Spring 2014, Thakoon Panichgul sent out an unabashedly girly collection. His models were dripping in pearls--they comprised the handles of long cross body bags and were loosely draped, flapper-style, around models' necks. (According to Style.com, the pearls are part of an ongoing partnership with Japanese jewelry company Tasaki.)

It's baaaack. Like it or not, Fashion's Night Out keeps chugging along--and the official website for the globally expanding shopping extravaganza, no

Everyone loves Memorial Day because it marks the start of the summer (and because of the long weekend!), but finding something to wear to a barbecue c

It's the buzziest, most fashion-y red carpet of the year and it's finally here! Welcome to the 2012 Met Ball red carpet! Finally, finally, Beyonce m

The Met Ball is this Monday, and obviously we can't wait to see who will be in attendance and what everyone will be wearing to fashion prom. Excite

A little birdie told us there will be some girly outfit coordination going on at this year's Costume Institute Gala, which is less than two weeks away. The Vogue-hosted event will celebrate the opening of "Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations" at the Met and we hear the hostesses--namely, Vogue editors, will be paying a little tribute to one of the exhibition's subjects by following a strict dress code: they all have to wear pink.

The Obamas put on their Easter best and took a family stroll yesterday to attend services at St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington DC. And they

After 300-plus shows, it's no wonder we're still reeling. But while the calendar may have been jam-packed, there are only a few collections that really make headlines--which is why we've compiled the ultimate crib sheet of the season's most important shows and what all the major critics had to say about them. We've poured through every review (we mean that literally) for qualifying adjectives and other bon mots from The New York Times' Cathy Horyn, Eric Wilson, and the International Herald Tribune's Suzy Menkes; Style.com's Nicole Phelps and Meenal Mistry; Vogue.com's Sarah Mower, Hamish Bowles, and Mark Holgate; Samantha Critchell for the Associated Press; Lynn Yaeger for New York, and a host of other friends and bloggers. The result is a comprehensive guide to the season's most well-reviewed shows--from Jason Wu to Marc Jacobs. Which designers came out on top? Flash back with us now. You don't have to take our word for it.

As day five of New York Fashion Week comes to a close, check out Timo Weiland's solid collection inspired by New York youth culture and outer space,

Even before the show started, you had a sense things were going to get steamy at Thakoon. The ornate ballroom at the Plaza where the show was set was bathed in red light, adding a little naughtiness to the posh locale. The collection was not overtly sexy. In fact, the silhouettes were a bit oversized and exaggerated at the hips with paper bag waists that weren't exactly figure flattering (especially when paired with cropped Mongolian fur sweaters--if models can't pull this look off what hope do the rest of us have?). The wasp-waisted silhouettes were easier to get behind. But the rich saturated color palate was all reds and magentas and fuchsia--just in time for Valentine's day

While spring and fall seasons may give us more to to ooh and ahh over, pre-collections often present more of what we actually want to wear. It makes sense, since everyone says the in-between seasons are the most important for retailers. And these designers have succeeded in making things we already want to buy, desperately. Unfortunately, we'll have to wait until early summer ("pre-fall" is a bit misnomer) to do so. Click through for what we feel were the 10 most drool-worthy collections so far.

Notice how designer collaborations are kinda like the hottest thing in fashion right now (ahem, Missoni for Target, Versace for H&M, Karl Lagerfeld for Macy's, etc.,)? Well so did Estefania Lacayo and Jessica Wilpon Kamel, design industry vets and BFFs, who decided to launch a members only retail site called Edition01 devoted to just that. Only these aren't hysteria-inducing collaborations between designers and mass retailers (not that we're mad at those...at all). The idea here is more refined. Lacayo and Kamel pair up with the hottest designers (Cushnie et Ochs, Vera Wang, Doo.ri to name a few) and commission them (and their factories) to create limited edition runs of their most quintessential pieces but in a new print, fabrication or colorway. Or, in the case of today's collection by Thakoon for home line Ankasa, they let designers experiment out of the comfort zones. New on the site today is Thakoon's line of pillows for Ankasa made with fabrics from his resort collection. This is a site for the discerning fashionista--someone who wants something truly and special unique. When they say collections are limited edition--they mean it. Collections for Edition01 contain, on average, between 15 and 40 pieces max. Want to know more? So did we. We sat down with Lacayo and Kamel to ask them just how Edition01 came about and how it works.

Most of the beauty looks this season were minimal, natural, and quite pretty and wearable (well, except the wet mullets). But those aren't fun to look at, are they? No, we don't think so either. So please click through to see the 10 looks that we never hope to see on someone in the subway at three in the afternoon but that we loved seeing on the runways.

Paging all Ziggy Stardust wannabes: It seems like the it-trend to come out of NYFW will be the bright, printed suit. Spotted everywhere from Altuzar

For the third season in a row, ACW Worldwide, the casting agency founded by legendary casting director Andrew Weir, invited us to attend their huge day-long spring/summer 2012 casting this Sunday. As I'm about a foot too short to be a model, we were not there hoping to get a spot in one of the four major shows Weir was casting (Thakoon, Rebecca Taylor, Jen Kao and Rachel Zoe) and we will probably never know what it feels like to be one of the hundreds of gorgeous amazons filing through the Hudson Hotel library all day, walking for an audience of Weir and his staff. However, we now know what it's like to be on the other side of the table--we got to sit right next to Weir and shadow him for about an hour of non-stop models. It was really fun. And informative. Click through to get all the dirt on what goes on at a casting table, including why we think it might be a while before underage models are completely filtered out of runway shows, plus tons of photos!

Lady Gaga's Sister is a Candidate for an Off-Broadway Design Gig: Though Lady Gaga has all of the fashion connections in the world, her little sister Natali Germanotta, a budding designer, is starting small. The 19-year-old is being considered to design costumes for a new off-Broadway production called "Simon Says." It will be interesting to see how Natali's aesthetic compares to Gaga's. {WWD, Subscription Required} Buy a Thakoon Scarf for a Good Cause: Thakoon Panichgul is donating 100% of proceeds from the sale of this limited edition Masai-print scarf to help famine victims in Somalia. You can purchase the scarf beginning today on Thakoon.com. {Vogue} Sperry is Bringing East Coast Nautical Style to NYC: The preppy boat shoe brand Sperry Top-Sider has just signed a lease on a storefront in the Flat Iron district of NYC. No news on when the store is slated to open, but hopefully it's in time for Fleet Week. {Racked}

Kim Jones' debut collection for Louis Vuitton men's yesterday was inspired by tribes in Africa, the same inspiration that Thakoon Panichgul looked to for his Fall 2011 womenswear show. But not only were the two designers inspired by African tribes, they used the same red and blue buffalo check print in their collections. So would you rather sport Vuitton's checked separates or Thakoon's? Or maybe you're more of a tartan girl anyway....

Beauty Trucks Are the New Food Trucks: The beauty brand Fresh will be handing out free tubes of their Sugar Lip Treatment from a pink truck in New York City tomorrow and this Saturday. Follow their Twitter (@FreshFounder) to find the truck's exact locale. {Style.com} Tavi Talks Jane Pratt and Summer Wardrobe Plans: The blogger, who just completed her first post for Pratt's new website, xoJane, says that she hates summer dressing but she is, however, excited to wear her swim suit with an astronaut on it. {Stylelist} In Defense Of Our Criticized Sao Paulo Fashion Week Post: Our own Leah Chernikoff has received some backlash from Brazil this week for her post, "The Top Ten Most Outrageous Looks From Sao Paulo Fashion Week"--apparently lots of people didn't see it for what it was: fun and silly. The blog Made in Brazil has come to her defense, citing the many favorable reviews Chernikoff wrote about the designers seen during the week. {Made in Brazil}

moreThis week nearly everyone was into European designers. Even Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen dropped their gear from The Row for one evening to wear YSL