The Fall collections, believe it or not, start five weeks from today. Re-acclimating to the office after a long holiday break, we took a closer look at the pre-fall presentations in order to make some educated guesses about what we’ll be seeing on next month’s runways. First up is green for evening. If influencers like [...]

The early sixties were a favorite reference point on the Fall runways, and as Fashionista recently pointed out, that’s led to an abundance of mod-themed editorials in the new September magazines. It’s worth adding that our culture’s current fascination with the youthquake years goes way beyond fashion. There’s Mad Men, of course, which is finally, [...]

The pre-fall shows continue to roll out: We’ve added Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani, and later today we’ll be publishing Alexander Wang’s pre-fall ‘11 collection. Wang’s famous for wearing his hallmark stretched-out T-shirt to even the occasional black tie gala, but for the ladies, he’s proposing a more traditional formalwear—the tux. His slouchy take on [...]

The news that director John Hughes had died brought to mind some of the indelible images from his films Sixteen Candles, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and (our all-time fave) The Breakfast Club. And that in turn made us nostalgic for our own 1980’s school days. A quick study of the Fall shows turned up plenty [...]

Hard beats and powerful female voices—Tina Turner, Grace Jones—characterized the catwalk tunes this season. These strong sounds helped models put their best feet firmly forward. Here’s what we heard on the runways this week.
Blugirl
The Mood: Girly voices to sweet tunes
The Specifics: Feist, “1234″
Blumarine
The Mood: Melted-chocolate smooth tunes, transporting us back to the eighties
The Specifics: Grace [...]

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Just woke up. I need a caffè Americano with lots of sugar. I’m Dazeddigital.com’s guest blogger this week so I have to cover all the fashion week stuff. Previously Julia Restoin-Roitfeld covered New York fashion week, and now it’s my turn. Today is all about meetings. I’m running to photographer Vicky Trombetta’s studio to [...]

Hey, we’re in a recession here, people. So the idea of a trunk show where fancy ladies are magically drawn in by the allure of looking at next season’s wares with a cocktail in hand isn’t going to cut it nowadays. That’s why Burberry has stepped up the trunk show game. Last night, the British [...]

What we heard on the runways this week.
Giorgio Armani
The mood: ethnic tones, deep rhythms
The specifics: Angus & Julia Stone, “Paper Aeroplane”
Brioni
The mood: tribal techno
The specifics: Juno Reactor, “Swamp Thing”
Gucci
The mood: upbeat disco
The specifics: Kelley Polar, “Entropy Reigns”
Dolce & Gabbana
The mood: raw and strong
The specifics: Kanye West, “Love Lockdown”
Burberry Prorsum
The mood: tranquil, soft, romantic
The specifics: Des’ree, [...]

Style.com found Christopher Bailey backstage yesterday, being spun around like a bottle by his PR, who wanted him to squeeze in chats with as many of the encircling journalists as possible before the next show got under way. Since the Burberry Prorsum collection had a strong horticultural theme this season and the collection was full [...]

Fashion Week notes from the editorial director and publisher of Dazed & Confused. Look out for more animated opinions in the days ahead.