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 [...]

How many supermodels can you fit into a pair a Beth Ditto’s leggings for Evans? Apparently a “bale,” which is British for a lot. [The Guardian]
On the other hand…the future of skinny jeans for men looks bright. The Gap, Levi’s, and True Religion are all amping up their slim-denim efforts. As one client puts [...]

Carolina Herrera wore a black silk cloque organza blouse with an ivory silk faille skirt of her own design to ABT’s spring gala, which she sponsored, but anyone who pays attention knows that she’s usually found in a white shirt, the crisper the better. We recently spotted her in one of her signature button-downs, monogrammed [...]

“We wanted to make Gap denim relevant and cool again,” Patrick Robinson said last night at the relaunch of the iconic American brand’s 1969 collection. “This is almost two years in the making.” The designer and his team completely overhauled the existing less-than-adventurous silhouettes, and come August, the Gap customer will have access to perfectly [...]

In anticipation of London fashion week (it does start in one week, people), a few hotly anticipated happenings are, well, actually happening. The first? Topshop Soho has an opening date: April 2, 2009. “This has been a logistical nightmare,” Sir Philip Green declared. “America is a new territory for us and we have to get [...]

The Calvin Klein pre-fall show venue was an all-white, very minimal space on the 11th floor of the Van Heusen-owned brand’s headquarters on 39th Street. While most of the attendants in the single row of editors—and one celeb in the form of Rose Byrne—dressed in simple clothes and cardi sets, smack-dab in the middle sat [...]

Moncler will celebrate its first boutique in Milan, at 7 Via della Spiga, with a cocktail party tonight. Designed by Gilles & Boissier to evoke a chalet, complete with wood paneling and fir cones scattered about, it’s the deluxe outerwear brand’s eighth store worldwide. Next up is Aspen, a natural fit with its ski resort, [...]

Alexis Mabille has been busy of late: On Thursday night, the designer hosted a select cocktail party at the Hotel Paiva in Paris to celebrate the launch of his limited-edition black, blue, and gold habillage for the historic liquor brand Suze. Friends including vintage guru Didier Ludot, Olivier Picasso, and Rebecca Carcelle crowded into the [...]

Patrick Robinson has created genuine excitement at Gap. He told us he’s had requests from some very prominent, very financially secure fellow designers for pieces from his Fall line, and his Sunday afternoon Spring presentation—candy-stripe cardis, color block swimsuits, chambray blazers, hip-slung flares—was thronged with editors eyeing the chic-cheap merchandise. But it was nothing like [...]

Colette requires no introduction. The Rue Saint-Honoré boutique founded in 1997 by Colette Roussaux and her daughter Sarah Lerfel has revolutionized retailing in countless ways, perhaps most notably by challenging the notion that a store devoted to the sale of top-of-the-line designer clothes should only sell top-of-the-line designer clothes. By intermingling high and low; interspersing [...]