At tonight’s Fashion for Action benefit for Housing Works, the New York-based charity that runs secondhand shops to raise money to advocate for the homeless and those living with HIV/AIDS, there’ll be plenty of fashion on offer—more than $1 million worth of donated clothing and beauty products from labels like Dolce & Gabbana, Burberry, and [...]

Patrizia Reggiani, the woman who murdered her ex-husband, Gucci heir Maurizio Gucci, has been in prison for 29 years, and it looks like she would like it to stay that way. She reportedly declined an Italian court’s offer of day release because she would have to get a job as part of the deal. She [...]

Decades‘ Cameron Silver knows a thing or two about wealthy women in fabulous dresses. The vintage couturier was in the thick of them last night at the tenth anniversary bash of Dallas’ designer mecca Forty Five Ten. He reports from the front lines, below.The traditional tenth anniversary gift is tin or aluminum. For the tenth [...]

Devi Kroell greeted fellow Fashion Funders Doo-Ri Chung, Erin Fetherston, and Monique Péan at a party celebrating her new store last night. Surrounded by displays of her signature snakeskin hobo bags and knee-high flat boots, she mentioned that she’s graduating to a full-on runway show in February after three seasons of presentations. And that wasn’t [...]

Rejoice! Printemps owner Borletti is serious about Christian Lacroix. The firm made a legitimate offer for the couture house yesterday, so those latest “restrained and approachable” creations may make it to red carpets after all. [WWD]
When a new designer can convince fellow designer pals—in this case Richard Chai, Doo-Ri Chung, Lisa Mayock, Sophie Buhai, [...]

Last night Doo-Ri Chung presented Under.Ligne, her lower-priced secondary collection, which hits stores in July. The 12-piece collection is a tight edit of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund winner’s signatures—all in black, white, and gray. (She plans to rotate in a new color every season.) The highlights: A few tops had delicate zipper details that at [...]