You heard us kittens: tickets to a real, honest-to-God, New York Fashion Week runway show. And having been to a couple J. Mendel shows, we can tell you you’d be in for a super-glamourous, red carpet-ready string of looks that’ll make your jaws drop when you see them up close and...

David Neville and Marcus Wainwright of Rag & Bone turned to Edward, Duke of Windsor to inspire their menswear collection and the result is a tweedy, plaidy, array of old school gentlemen’s clothing. And in the best gentleman’s tradition, the clothes are rich and woven with...

Diane von Furstenberg took the trends for this season; reds and blacks, vivid blues and teals, an overall sense of glamour and luxury, and interpreted them through the DVF lens. It’s, as usual, an urban sort of chic with a touch of the international and more than a touch of disco. DVF...

Thakoon Panichgul says he took inspiration for this collection when he noticed the similarities between the costumes of Versailles and the garments worn by Kenyan tribes. Even for the world of fashion, that’s a pretty eclectic mix. He’s known for mixing prints, and does so here,...

“Listen, sister, when are you going to get wise to yourself?” It’s kind of hard to pin down the references here – and there are always references with a Marc Jacobs collection. One of the things that makes him so interesting is his tendency to veer wildly off in...

What we love about Naeem Khan in general and this collection specifically is that he doesn’t resort to ridiculously fussy folded-napkin dresses or cliche goddess gowns for his brand of drama and beauty. He adorns his dresses; with feathers, appliques, sequins, prints and any element...

For this collection, Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig took their inspiration from the iconic Miss Havisham of Great Expectations. It’s a good fit for the Marchesa aesthetic, which has always tended toward extremely fussy gowns with a hint of the Victorian about them. This time, the...

Elie Tahari, it seems, is feeling the times like everyone else. It’s funny; due to the vagaries of Fashion Week scheduling , which required us to split up and watch shows separately, and the opportunity to attend shows in the skybox (Michael Kors and Nanette Lepore) or off-site (Oscar...

If we were fashion editor types, we’d have a couple snappy descriptives on hand to describe those shockingly colorful chartreuse and blue pieces. Something like “avocado and cerulean,” although to be honest, that sounds more like appliance descriptions. This is why...

After viewing the Michael Kors show and nibbling on pastries, we were all set to depart the American Express Skybox, when they opened up the curtains on the other side of the room to reveal the Nanette Lepore show, which was just about to start next door. Never ones to pass up an opportunity...

Ah, Fashion Week. It all seems like a dream, except we have mountains of laundry to do and it all smells like Marc Jacobs’ Bang or Dolce & Gabbana’s Light Blue. As we wallow in our pajamas and revel in carbs again, let’s take one last, loving, bitchy look back. Hidetoshi...

You wouldn’t sit down to view a Calvin Klein menswear collection expecting to have a conversation about pushing the boundaries of a male silhouette, but here we are. Designer Italo Zucchelli says the collection evolved around the idea of protection, and there’s something very...

You know, Fashion Week had a lot of magical and exciting moments for us, but the true capper of the week, the fashion cherry on top of our Fashion Week sundae, was without a doubt, the Oscar de la Renta show. Before it even started, we were on Cloud 9: chatting on the way in with Joe Zee,...

The energy was very high in the tent for this show and by the end, the entire crowd was on its feet, applauding wildly. We weren’t feeling it. There are some very beautiful pieces here, but by the time we got to the end of the collection, with one outrageous gown after another coming...

Here we go, kittens. You know what to do.  Kelly Osbourne looks like a Grease chorus member. Johnny Weir is a Precious Fashion Lady. Leigh Lezark looks pretty fierce. As always, Paz de la Huerta looks like she’s been wearing her outfit for at least 40 hours. Jerry Seinfeld looks...

One of the cappers to our week at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week was the sentence, “Tom and Lorenzo, welcome to the American Express Skybox.” The night before, we were invited to the highly exclusive skybox to watch the Michael Kors show from some of the best seats in the house,...

You can never accuse Betsey Johnson of 2 things: being boring or being establishment. She’s always infused her collections with a rock and roll feel, but with this one, with “He loves me, he loves me not” as the theme, she’s thrown together a melange composed of punk,...

From the show notes: “Dark, sultry and seductive. This woman knows how to get what she wants. Dark, lean, and very structured silhouettes. Suits are cut with strong shoulders and frayed edge details in wools, tweeds and techno jaquard fabrics.” Sounds like our kind of gal. Look,...

Impatiently waiting in line at an elevator bank to be let up to the Malandrino presentation, we had little choice but to survey our co-habitants in the line. One thing struck us: This is an amazingly stylish crowd. EVERYONE was dressed to the nines. It just may have been the most well-dressed...

From the show notes: “Inspired by the modernists in New York City, Fall is a sexy study of graphic lines, colors and textures pulled together with a fresh ingenue spirit. Young, carefree and full of color. Ready to hop on a scooter and take on life in the big city. Something New...

Vivienne Tam’s stated inspiration for this collection was Chinese opera and it’s quietly evident in the rich textures, intricate details, sumptuous colors, and overall sense of exquisite drama. There was so much to look at with each piece that even with the gigantic screen...