Ralph Lauren may be synonymous with the classic all-American look, but that’s not to say his designs can’t also be, well, really cool. Take Mélanie Laurent’s Pre-Fall 2010 ensemble, which she wore to last night’s opening of the designer’s new flagship Paris boutique. The herringbone vest strikes the right balance between elegant and sexy, and [...]

After several seasons of skintight pants, designers expanded their offerings for Fall with trousers cut more generously at the hems. “The flared pant looks fresh, and they make legs look like they go on forever,” Derek Lam told us. “That kind of exaggerated proportion looks right, right now.” Joseph Altuzarra and Balmain’s Christophe Decarnin likewise [...]

As a recent bride, I was obsessed with finding dresses, shoes, and jewelry I could wear not only on the big day, but then again after it. Cases in point: the flat satin rhinestone-embellished Vera Wang sandals I slipped into at the end of the night came with me on my Positano honeymoon, and I [...]

Was Sarah Jessica Parker inspired by yesterday’s Alexander McQueen sale on Gilt Groupe? The star of Sex and the City 2 displayed her quirky sartorial sensibility (and enviably toned physique) on the streets of New York today, stepping out to walk her son to school in a McQueen tank top, printed scarf, VBH purse, and [...]

For an industry as obsessed with change as fashion is, there certainly were plenty of designers thinking about the past this season. Miuccia Prada said she was revising things she did in the nineties (though, it must be said, most of her almost-15-year-old designs look just as modern today as they did during the Clinton [...]

Despite a TV show that never quite caught on in the U.S. and a faint lingering of what-is-it-she-does-again, Alexa Chung has become a veritable style icon. (Just ask the customers—celebs included—eager to snap up Mulberry’s Alexa bag, or Chanel, which named her a brand ambassador.) As a result of the attention, she’s mostly traded her [...]

Kristen Stewart may look more comfortable in well-worn hoodies and Chuck Taylors, but that doesn’t stop the Twilight mega-star from turning up on red carpets in some very fashion-forward duds. Remember her in look 20 from Proenza Schouler’s Spring ‘10 collection at the New Moon premiere in London? Rumor has it Stewart actually selects all [...]

Flying the friendly skies lost most of its glamour around the time of shoe scanning, but that doesn’t make it acceptable to turn up in a sweatsuit and trainers—especially if you’re angling for an upgrade. Take a cue from Charlize Theron, who managed to look polished after a half-day journey from LAX to Charles de [...]

One of the photographic-print looks from Miuccia Prada’s Spring show has been at the top of our must-buy list—along with a pair of her swishy-crystal Lucite sandals, might we add—but we’re not surprised that the kitschy prints haven’t yet been embraced by Hollywood A-listers. Technicolor beaches and lounging vacationers are hard to pull off, and [...]

Sam Shipley and Jeff Halmos may not be in the business of slinging lo mein—too bad, as we imagine they’d whip up an exceptionally stylish version—but at their Fall ‘10 presentation today, we left with a familiar takeaway treat. The boys partnered with the art bookshop and nonprofit Printed Matter to create fortune cookies bearing [...]