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As we rest our weary feet from fashion week (mark our words, day after day in sky-high heels takes a serious toll!), we have some exciting news. Thanks to all your great support, we’ll be continuing on with the FW blog, keeping an eye on District fashion news, deconstructing D.C.’s [...]

I confess I planned my fashion week schedule to guarantee I’d be in town for the 3.1 Phillip Lim show. The designer has been one of my personal wardrobe favorites in recent seasons, and his shows are such a fun, fashiony event that I didn’t want to miss it.
It absolutely lived up to the [...]

How else to describe Michael Kors’ fall collection except: ah-may-zing! The affable designer delivered a pulsing, near-perfect runway show to an audience that included Vogue’s Anna Wintour, Heidi Klum, Jane Krakowski of “30 Rock”, actress Joy Bryant, Molly Sims and pretty much anyone who’s anyone in New York fashion. Of course, Kors has the major [...]

Ever since Nanette Lepore opened her Chevy Chase boutique — and threw a seriously kickin’ party to debut it — I’ve been increasingly interested in her femme-with-an-edge style. Lepore herself embodies much of the line’s appeal: down-to-earth, slightly downtown, overall polished and put-together. The Nanette Lepore line is a major fixture in DC stores — [...]

It was almost as if the Tibi collection was designed by two different people. On the one hand, you had the simple, streamlined, classic-with-a-twist separates the brand is known for, the kind of pieces that fly out of boutiques like Urban Chic and Sugar every season. On the other hand, another good chunk of the [...]

Jenn and Betsy will be chatting about our fashion week adventures (yes, Lindsay Lohan really *is* that tiny!) and offering advice on spring trends and more (yes, you can pull off a jumpsuit!) this Friday, Feb. 20, at noon on the FW site.
Head over there now to set an e-mail reminder to join the [...]

The 9am start time to Cynthia Steffe guaranteed the crowd would be celebrity-free and a little bit exhausted. They weren’t entirely woken up by the Cynthia Steffe collection — designed by Shaun Kearney — which offered a safe, almost predictable mix of pretty pieces. In these uncertain times, mass-appeal lines seem hesitant to push the [...]

After years of working as a fashion reporter, I’ve been lucky enough to have had the chance to rub elbows with some A-list names. But being backstage this morning before Rodarte’s show in Chelsea’s Gagosian Gallery was definitely one of my lifelong sartorial highlights. The So Cal-based label — helmed by uber-cerebral sisters Kate and [...]

Tracy Reese isn’t exactly known for being cutting-edge, but her show Monday typified what she does best: creating beautiful, wearable clothes, season after season. For me, the real appeal of the show was in the details, starting with the models, who were made up with a pretty, rosy glow and fresh, dewy skin, their hair [...]

While Betsy watched things unfold backstage, I was inside the tents for most of the day yesterday, seeing six shows total. Here are some of the highlights — and low points.
The Good: Next fall, if I’m not wearing one of the slouchy-sleeved, gathered-back jackets I spotted at the Thuy (pronounced “Twee”) runway show, I’m going [...]