New York Fashion Week 2008

Beauty and the Eco-Beast: Why Disposable Fashion Isn't On the Enviro Radar

Vanessa Richmond | Posted 09.11.2008 | Green


Vanessa Richmond

Never in my wildest dreams could I ever imagine Anna Wintour wearing anything twice. Not even the same lipstick. Yet it happened. How could this be?

Report From The Fashion Week Photographers' Pen

Scott Gries | Posted 09.10.2008 | Style


Scott Gries

There are many pressing issues to discuss during the Spring 2009 Fashion Week -- who of the presidential candidates has better color sense, the mortga...

Corsets Make A Comeback At Fashion Week

AP | SAMANTHA CRITCHELL | Posted 09.10.2008 | Style


NEW YORK — If you think the easy, loose styles that have dominated New York Fashion Week mean a return to comfort, don't hold your breath: The c...

Marc Jacobs' Show: An American Classic (SLIDESHOW)

The New York Times | Cathy Horyn | Posted 09.09.2008 | Style


**SCROLL DOWN FOR SLIDESHOW** But the clue was in the music: Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue," its jazzy whine heard throughout the show. There was very...

Bright Colors Still Dominate Spring Collections

AP | SAMANTHA CRITCHELL | Posted 09.09.2008 | Style


NEW YORK — Mellow, beachy colors of ocean blue, marigold yellow and hibiscus pink dominated the runways Monday at New York Fashion Week. You we...

Marc Jacobs On Life, Love, And Louis Vuitton

Times Online | Lisa Armstrong | Posted 09.08.2008 | Style


A man who describes himself as being a former shoe-gazer, Jacobs had experienced some kind of epiphany. "I was never comfortable in some situations," ...

A Look At Fashion Weeks In Liberia, Kiev, Jakarta And More

New York Times | ERIC WILSON | Posted 09.08.2008 | Style


Fashion Weeks have so proliferated, and not just in the capitals of style, that it is now possible to attend them year-round. This is not an exaggerat...

Frock The Vote! How Politics Are Influencing Designers

Refinery29.com | Gabriel Bell | Posted 09.08.2008 | Style


You'd have to be under a pretty big rock to not notice the shit-storm of political discourse in the news these days. Naturally, there was some spillov...

5-Inch Heels: A User's Guide

Kira Craft | Posted 09.08.2008 | Style


Kira Craft

Nice girls don't wear five-inch heels. Or at least they didn't. Lately, the same skyscraper shoes you would find in the red light district have been given a spit and polish by the fashion cognoscenti.

Inside Fashion Week: Hurricane Hanna Was Not On The List!

Joey Jalleo | Posted 09.08.2008 | Style


Joey Jalleo

We're only halfway through Fashion Week, and it's always right about this time that we begin to wonder how much more we can take.

London Calling At New York Fashion Week Day Two

AP | SAMANTHA CRITCHELL | Posted 09.07.2008 | Style


NEW YORK (AP) _ Designers at New York Fashion week heard London calling _ from 1975. The looks of the London youth movment in the years when mod morp...

Inside Fashion Week: The (Not So) Calm Before The Storm

Joey Jalleo | Posted 09.06.2008 | Style


Joey Jalleo

Every fashion season in New York there's a hectic clamor to be the unofficial "official" party that launches Fashion Week, but only one usually comes out on top. This season, that party was without question.

BCBG Delights In Draping (SLIDESHOW)

FWD/Huffington Post | Posted 09.06.2008 | Style


**SLIDESHOW BELOW** New York - BCBG Max Azria kicked off the first official day of fashion shows at the Bryant Park tents in New York on Friday, Sept...

Victoria Beckham To Launch "Appointment-Only" Dress Collection At Fashion Week

People.com | Posted 09.05.2008 | Style


The internet has been buzzing for months about the possibility of Victoria Beckham showing at Fashion Week, and now that it is finally here, we can co...

Jamie-Lynn Sigler Predicts A Lot Of Purple For Fall

AP | ERIN CARLSON | Posted 09.05.2008 | Style


NEW YORK — Many stylish women worship the color black, but not Jamie-Lynn Sigler. The 27-year-old actress, also known as Meadow from "The Sopra...

New York Fashion Week Starts with a Message: Relax

AP | SAMANTHA CRITCHELL | Posted 09.05.2008 | Style


NEW YORK — The glamorous set had a message for economic worrywarts as New York Fashion Week kicked off Friday: Chill out. A loose, beachy vibe ...

Six Top Designers Talk Food And Guilty Pleasures In New York

newsday.com | Ya-Roo Yang | Posted 09.05.2008 | Style


In the New York dining scene as much as the fashion world, making a statement can be the difference between making it big or falling flat. So, with th...

Who Is Fashion Week's Next Top Designer?

New York Times | Guy Trebay | Posted 09.05.2008 | Style


Cast a seasoned eye across a landscape ornamented with scores of shows during the next nine days (officially Fashion Week runs today through Sept. 12)...

The Two Faces Of Fashion Week: Good And Evil

Faran Krentcil | Posted 09.05.2008 | Style


Faran Krentcil

Your identity can liquify with a catwalk; "I want that skirt" becomes "I want that attitude" becomes "I want that change in myself." You can't deny that's powerful.

All The World's A Runway, And We Are But Supermodels

Joey Jalleo | Posted 09.05.2008 | Style


Joey Jalleo

New York Fashion Week tends to forgo the flair and showmanship of the shows more commonly seen in Europe in order to -- dare I say it -- sell the shirt off the supermodel's back. America was built on capitalism, and New York Fashion Week smacks of it.

Which Trends Refuse To Die

The Boston Globe | Christopher Muther | Posted 02.12.2008 | Living


Plaid? Neon? Feathers? Jump suits? Yes, it's a scary world at New York Fashion Week, with several surprising trends back on the rise. The Globe's Chri...