With the holidays upon us, you’re probably looking forward to wrapping up in a cashmere blanket and settling down for a long winter’s nap. Don’t get too comfy. The Spring collections will be arriving in stores a few weeks after New Year’s, and the season’s must-have coats will go fast. In 2010, you’re going to [...]

Hopenhagen, a.k.a. Copenhagen, isn’t hosting just the United Nations Climate Summit this week. Yesterday, the Nordic Fashion Association held a summit of its own in Denmark’s capital. Featuring lectures, networking, and locally sourced cuisine (herring, anyone?), the day closed with a runway show of sustainable fashions by 20 emerging designers, four each from Denmark, Finland, [...]

Need help making your holiday bright? If tinsel seems a little been-there-done-that, head over to Urban Outfitters (or go online) to check out the new garlands, sparkly crowns, and disco-ball-esque piñatas from ConfettiSystem’s limited-edition PartyParty line. Look familiar? Might be because ConfettiSystem, the brainchild of Julie Ho and Nicholas Andersen, has been glamming up some [...]

It’s said that imitation is a form of flattery, and looking at this snap of Fergie at the Grammy Nominations Concert, we think Rihanna should feel complimented, indeed. Clearly, Mrs. Duhamel has been studying RiRi’s style trajectory in depth, combining in one ensemble Rihanna’s current obsession—shoulder spikes—with the half gloves the “Umbrella” singer rocked prior [...]

Are the eighties over as a source of fashion inspiration? Tommy Ton’s recent street-style photos seem to indicate a move toward easier seventies styles, and we found further evidence of the trend in the tie-dyed looks that brightened the Spring runways. “There’s something about tie-dye that speaks to everyone,” says Tory Burch, adding, “it’s a [...]

Why not say it with flowers this holiday season? No, that doesn’t involve picking up the phone and calling FTD, but rather a visit to the Meatpacking District, where Torkil Gudnason will be exhibiting his intriguing (and gift-worthy) floral images at Ports 1961 from December 2 through January 2. (The opening party is this Thursday.) [...]

You could’ve knocked me over with a feather when I saw the models come out in clogs at Chanel. When I was in Sweden this summer, I fell for a pair of high-heeled Hasbeens clogs. Who could have guessed that what I thought of as a pair of homey kick-arounds in August would be topping [...]

Call it a sign of the times. With the old world order seemingly hanging by a thread, designers kept things together by lacing and tying and weaving outfits all over the Spring runways. At Celine, Etro, and D&G, the approach was fairly straightforward, with looks lashed shut safari-style. Things got more interesting at Gareth Pugh, [...]

Ce n’est pas juste: Not only do French women not get fat—so we hear, at least—but the lucky ladies also seem to be able to pull off outfits no Upper East Side social could even dream of. Take Leonor Scherrer. The daughter of couturier Jean-Louis Scherrer and object of Riccardo Tisci’s affection (”I’m completely in [...]

The tomboy trend continues apace for Spring. You saw it in the plethora of pantsuits, and it surfaced in some of the active sports references to linebackers and latter-day Jacques Cousteaus. But the crisp white men’s shirt will always be the easiest (and, for us, coolest) way to get the look. Giambattista Valli topped a [...]