Mother’s Day is right around the corner. With 48 hours to go, Style.com’s writers and editors fill you in on what they’re gifting—and what they hope to get—come Sunday.
“The only thing my mom enjoys more than walking into John Derian when she visits me in New York is walking out and saying, ‘I love it, [...]

The graduating fashion students of Pratt Institute lived out every young designer’s dream last night at the school’s annual fashion show, where they had the opportunity to show their collections in front of an audience that included Diane von Furstenberg and Hamish Bowles.DVF, a former Pratt Institute Fashion Icon Award winner, was on hand at [...]

The other event of the season? No, not the Met ball—the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Every year, the magazines and networks jockey to see who can score the biggest celebrity gets for their tables. The frontrunners so far this year: The New Yorker, with Zach Galifianakis, Jon Hamm, Jennifer Westfeldt, and the Coen brothers; and [...]

The CFDA is the latest group rallying its ranks to benefit Japan. Beginning today, its Fashion & Friends for Japan online auction goes live on CharityBuzz.com, where the offerings are one of a kind—to say the least.Diane von Furstenberg has offered up a week’s stay at her private home in the Bahamas. More of an [...]

The wrap dresses were on full display Saturday night as Diane von Furstenberg opened her Journey of a Dress exhibition at the Pace Gallery in Beijing’s 798 art district this weekend.Guests including Jessica Alba (above), Natalia Vodianova (top, with von Furstenberg), and Charlie Rose mingled amid a paean to the designer’s trademark glamour and independent [...]

Spare a few minutes for us at 6:30 p.m. EST tomorrow—that’s when CFDA president Diane von Furstenberg (left, with the CFDA executive director Steven Kolb and Nadja Swarovski) will be announcing the nominees for this year’s CFDA Awards. (Swarovski is underwriting the festivities.) That goes down at a small get-together at DVF’s Meatpacking District studio, [...]

“I have turned the U.N. into a nightclub for the evening,” Diane von Furstenberg told Style.com at the second annual DVF Awards on Friday, held in celebration of International Women’s Day.The U.N. did look pretty glam—it was dressed up with bold-print DVF couches and multicolored mood lights, complete with girl-power songs like La Roux’s “Bulletproof” [...]

There’s one Oscar outfit, at least, that’s already in the bag: host James Franco’s. The Best Actor nominee—and face of Gucci fragrance—will be wearing the label. Your sneak peek at one of his custom made-to-measure suits, at left. [Gucci]It’s been a bad day for John Galliano: The Dior designer was arrested and suspended from his [...]

It’s a Black Swan kind of week in L.A., as Natalie Portman looks likely to clinch the Oscar on Sunday. So what better time for her pals at Rodarte, Laura and Kate Mulleavy, to debut their first solo exhibition—of their Black Swan designs, no less? L.A. MOCA’s Jeffrey Deitch snagged the sisters’ designs for Rodarte: [...]

For plenty in the fashion industry this week, the Tents at Lincoln Center will be a home away from home. That’s all the more reason to gussy them up a bit—which is exactly what Diane von Furstenberg has done. Von Furstenberg’s multi-pronged empire expands into home design and house wares this month, and to debut [...]