Too early for fashion month nostalgia? Not when New York’s kickoff extravaganza, Fashion’s Night Out, seems like a long-ago night of faded, distant fun, and even a recent event like Daphne Guinness’ turn on Giles Deacon’s runway is surrounded in a somewhat hazy light. So what happened during the four-week, four-city tour that was Spring [...]

Alber Elbaz was responsible for reviving the very Parisian idea of costume jewelry (Merci, Coco!) back in 2006 with his chic, beribboned pieces. Every Lanvin show since has had a bijoux component in varying degrees, but yesterday, Elbaz amped it up like never before with a crescendoing glitz factor. There were wide enameled cuffs stacked [...]

We suspect that more than one guest in the editor-heavy crowd at last night’s ANDAM (National Association for the Development of Fashion Arts) Fashion Award presentation and 20th anniversary celebration was there for organization president and éminence grise of French fashion Pierre Bergé. “I know there are people here tonight from many places,” said Bergé. [...]

Giles Deacon may be moving his show to Paris this season, but the designer hasn’t abandoned London entirely: Last night, he debuted his new Giles Accessories range of jewelry at Somerset House, in the process giving attendees a sneak peek at some of the styles that will be seen on the runway next month. “We’ve [...]

Giles Deacon just got what all of us could use these days: cash money. The designer is the newest ANDAM award winner, which comes with a $226,000 prize and means he’ll be taking his Spring looks to Paris this fall. London was getting crowded, anyway. [Hint Mag]
Beyoncé has her Mugler, Michael has his crystals. [...]

After 20 years on the French fast-fashion track—most recently as a buying and style director at Naf Naf—Eric Denèle decided he wanted to ratchet things up a notch. Inspiration struck at the cinema, or, more specifically, when he was watching the Cannes Film Festival on TV. “There were images of all these hotel suites set [...]

Katie Grand threw a Valentine’s Day Love shopping party at London’s Dover Street Market on Saturday, but only an hour into the event was forced to admit, “There’s not much left, we sold most of it this morning.” To soft-launch her new biannual title for Condé Nast (officially out Thursday), Grand asked her posse of [...]

If you weren’t among the devoted who queued up for the polka-dot-heavy Comme des Garçons capsule collection for H&M, you can still get the look: A flurry of spots are headed to stores come spring (click for slideshow). “People are investing in key pieces now,” says Adam Lippes, who featured the print in his latest [...]

Lee Cooper stylist Lou Doillon is currently filming in New York, so she missed Lee Cooper’s 100-year anniversary auction at the Drouout Montaigne auction house in Paris last night. But plenty of fans turned out to snap up one-off and limited editions created for the brand’s global denim charity project, undertaken in association with the [...]

Fashion Week notes from the Style.com and men.style.com contributing editor. Look out for more animated opinions in the days ahead.