In his 2011 street-style awards, Tommy Ton dubbed the sneaker the “Most Surprising Trend” of the year. Now, I’m not ready to give up my stilettos and my sky-high wedges altogether, but I can’t think of a better time of year (as 2012 fitness goals start to come to mind) to invest in a chic [...]

Vivienne Westwood has pledged £1 million to the charity Cool Earth. The group is trying to prevent logging in the rain forests of Borneo, the Congo Basin, and Peru. [Telegraph]A select group of journalists was invited to the palace Monday night by Queen Elizabeth II for a reception ahead of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations taking [...]

Announced today: the first collaboration between Converse and Givenchy, a new sneaker that draws on both Riccardo Tisci’s signature fascinations (crosses, leopard print) and Converse traditions (details borrowed from sixties-era Chuck Taylors). Waiting for, as they say, the other shoe to drop? Here it is: The kicks are available exclusively in Japan; they’ll hit Converse [...]

Back in the old days, customizing your Chuck Taylors took a Sharpie marker and a free period in junior high school. Times have changed, and at Converse’s new Soho store—the label’s second-ever retail space, and first in New York—there’s an entire custom-design station, staffed with “customization maestros” (surely the most eye-opening job title to hit [...]

Nom de Guerre, New York’s bellicose-named menswear label, has spent years turning out sharp, military-inspired pieces from a small, subterranean shop on Bleecker Street. It’s stayed largely off the radar—it’s got no visible shop front, after all—but its latest collaboration, on a new sneaker with Converse, may send it flying onto the map. All to [...]

Is it just us? The zigzags may officially tie back to Missoni’s Fall men’s collection, but we think these new Angela Missoni-designed Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars are the perfect match for her Spring womenswear (left). Very Isadora Duncan at an Ibiza rave. They retail for $200 at Missoni boutiques and Jeffrey in New York and [...]

From the Department of We’re Staying Out Of It: Model Rie Rasmussen apparently took Terry Richardson to task in Paris for exploiting models. [Page Six]Details are finally emerging about the notorious Tommy Hilfiger/Axl Rose brawl of 2006. (We know—you’ve been on the edge of your seat ever since!) Apparently Axl pushed Tommy, Tommy called him [...]

Doo.Ri spreads the love. The designer will launch a lower-priced line next year, with plenty of draping and jersey and price tags in the under-$500 range. Recession dressing just got fun.The latest bizarre fashion collaboration: Converse and the Grateful Dead. That’s right, dancing bears on your kicks.European football mogul and oligarch Roman Abramovich and his [...]