Our regular fash chat was earlier today! If you were’t able to join us, you can still read it over here — there are lots of fall fashion ideas, from nail colors to boots to blazers. Here’s one of our favorite questions…

Speaking of punching up basics, do you have suggestions for ways to work in [...]

The one-two uptown/downtown punch of Michael Kors, followed a few hours later by 3.1 Phillip Lim, has become one of my favorite parts of fashion week. Both bring out a who’s who of the fashion industry (Michael Douglas, Melania Knauss Trump, Aerin Lauder at Kors; hip gals-about-fash-week Leighton Meester, Alexa Chung, Lauren Conrad at Lim); [...]

Nanette Lepore doesn’t shy away from color, but for spring she went mad for hot hues that looked stolen from a Fauvist painting or a jumbo box of Crayolas. This resulted in a dreamy (if slightly too long) ruffled silk gown in teal, striped cardis in green, blue and pink (with Aztec-inspired yarn trim) and [...]

We’re wrapping up with the last of our reports from New York. Up next: Favorites from London, Milan and Paris…

Brights and whites ruled the runway at Tibi’s spring show, with sylph-sleek strappy cocktail frocks, shapely shorts and other meet-me-in-Miami sportswear. Designer Amy Smilovic said she was influenced by 1990s super models (Naomi, Cindy et al) [...]

1. Fall is officially here! Items we’re currently coveting (er, despite the fact that it’s 85 degrees outside): Alice + Olivia’s asymmetric leather jacket (spotted at Neiman’s); statement jewelry from Rachel Leigh (at Urban Chic); and Brian Atwood’s amazing booties, which just arrived at Hu’s Shoes…
2. Neiman Marcus Chevy Chase opens up its new in-store [...]

Fashion editors turn up their collective noses at the safe, slightly preppy clothes of Tory Burch. (And please, God, do not get us started on those ubiquitous, Muffy-goes-to-Palm-Beach ballet flats with their tiresome T logo.) But her spring line — shown gallery style, with models standing and swanning on a long runway-cum-stage  — showed that [...]

I had a lot of fun backstage at Erin Fetherston before her show, watching the MAC makeup gurus in action. One trick they did on her models (which I immediately stole): Instead of applying blush along the cheekbones, put it only on the upper cheeks, just under the eyes. The effect is much more naturally [...]



What if a 1940s Gal Friday met a sugar daddy (more on that later) and jetted off to Cuba or Rio? She probably want to pack the draped, shaped swimming suits, big-shouldered, belted jackets and wide-as-the-Sargasso-Sea pleated silk trousers Badgley Mischka showed here yesterday morning. The ritzy part? Models — whether they were in a sculpted, [...]

Known for sweet suits and floaty dresses, Rebecca Taylor veered in a saucier, bossier direction with her spring collection. Everybody seems hell-bent on reviving the 1980s, but Taylor does this in a different way, marrying some of the John Hughes epoch’s elements — strong shoulders, polka dots, peplums — with the homespun, prairie girl 1970s. [...]

A lot of the runway beauty looks are way too intense to be replicated in real life. (Though we have to wonder: Will tribal tattoos will surge among the fashion set after Rodarte’s show?)
But here’s one look we will definitely be stealing: The turquoise eyeliner seen at Nanette Lepore. With berry lips, flushed cheeks and [...]