December 1 marks World AIDS Day, dedicated to raising awareness and funding to fight the disease, and the fashion industry has stepped up to help. This morning, designer (and amfAR chairman) Kenneth Cole—joined by Liza Minnelli, Cheyenne Jackson, and Project Runway competitor Mondo Guerra—rang the bell at the New York Stock Exchange, to commemorate the [...]

Whitley Kros designers Marissa Ribisi and Sophia Coloma went digital for Fall. At their Sunday night fashion week slot, the L.A. designers welcomed guests like Cat Power’s Chan Marshall, Devendra Banhart, and Giovanni Ribisi to studio-slash-party hot spot Miauhaus to check out their ‘09 offerings via installation and video presentation. “This multimedia stuff is so [...]

For William Van Meter, going home to Kentucky wasn’t all Momma’s chocolate chip cookies and trips down memory lane. In March of 2005, he went back to Bowling Green to attend the trial of two men suspected of brutally raping and murdering a college girl after a party. At first intended to be a magazine [...]

Former stylist Gia Bahm used to experiment with clothes. Now she’s moved onto crystals and stones as the founder of the accessories brand Unearthen, which is fast becoming known for made-to-order necklaces of rose crystal, tangerine quartz, and black tourmaline mounted in bullet casings. What prompted her to mix New Age crystal and bullets? “I [...]