Sir Paul Smith has designed seven stamps for the Isle of Man in honor of London’s Olympic Games this year. The stamps, which went on sale January 1, include images of tennis balls, pink bicycles, and racing boats. [
">WWD]Alexa Chung, who is currently promoting her new television show 24 Hour Catwalk, took a brief [...]

Fashion Group International convened a crowd at the Time-Life Building in New York yesterday to screen its Trend Overview of the Spring ‘12 collections. The 30-minute video report by FGI creative director Marylou Luther, which included a 3-D segment by Norma Kamali, offered a detailed review of the colors, textiles, prints, cuts, beauty, accessories, and [...]

HBO’s fashion drama How to Make It in America returns to the air for its second season October 2—with a difference. “We are loaded,” star Bryan Greenberg said at last night’s New York premiere of Friends With Benefits. “We made it now.”Well, almost. Season one found Greenberg’s character, Ben, and his business partner, Cam (Victor [...]

Bend it like… Swank? Hilary Swank is apparently the latest silver screener to get in on the celebrity-design game: She’s developing her own line of sporty activewear. [WWD]Spend it like… Mizrahi? Isaac takes The New York Times through his Sunday ritual, which includes a morning swim, a midday dog walk, and plenty of HBO before [...]

Is Proenza getting a new parent? Rumor has it Theory president Andrew Rosen—who, in addition to controlling Theory and Helmut Lang, has invested in Rag & Bone, Alice + Olivia and Gryphon—is mulling a stake in the New York label. Pemira, which owns 45% of the business is looking to sell its share; designers Jack [...]

I’ve been crazy for gingham lately, and I’m not alone. Take Isaac Mizrahi. As he told us at his Resort presentation, gingham “is like a solid with a lot of personality.” The usual country red and royal blue ginghams have their place, but they don’t feel as fresh to me as the soft, floaty grays [...]

Designers design. Photographers photograph. Models model. That much—in broad strokes, at least—is clear. But what about the artists, technicians, and industry insiders, often unpublicized and underappreciated, who help to get clothes and accessories made and shown? Call them Behind-the-Scenesters: people who shape our experience of fashion but never take a bow on the catwalk or [...]

Being a writer, not a day goes by when someone in my Midwestern family doesn’t give me an unsolicited tip or story idea. Why don’t I write about those cute twins down the street, or Mississippi River style, or the fashion shows in Osage Beach? (Yes, despite there not being an ocean in central Missouri, [...]

The First Lady selected a plum, high-waisted Isaac Mizrahi dress—with sleeves!—for last night’s State of the Union address. We’d say she came off at least as well as her husband. [HuffPo]Having exhausted every even barely reasonable trend, It piece, and runway-only gewgaw, Lady Gaga is now sporting infomercial-peddled girdles to her concert appearances. Well, at [...]

As you ring in the new year, chances are you’ll have sequins on the brain. So do designers—and not just for the big night. The Spring ‘10 runways were positively gleaming. And while a shiny, strapless Isaac Mizrahi jumpsuit or a body-con mesh Pucci dress with sequin panels will require the right occasion, other looks [...]