You can learn a lot about how designers see their collections by the music they choose. In Future Classics designer Julie Wilkins’ case, it was “Sing Swan Song” by Can and “Strange Overtones” from the recent Brian Eno/David Byrne album. Those particular songs don’t tell you much the way, for instance, “Girls & Boys” by [...]

No matter how clearly or concisely you try to present the information on a Web site, promotional space is at such a premium you always worry that some content might be overlooked. With that in mind, here’s a handy guide to all our coverage of the fashion weeks in New York, London, Milan, and Paris. [...]

How to maintain the currency of the show-season cycle when the Internet and high-street stores render runway designs if not irrelevant, then maybe, oh, a bit tired before they hit the sales floors? It’s a question the fashion world has been grappling with of late, and one Ann Taylor is addressing head-on. “The shows are [...]

Halston muse and pioneering black cover model Naomi Sims died Saturday, at 61. [NYT]With the exodus of designers to London fashion week this fall, we’re not surprised that rumors are already percolating about who will fill their front rows. On tap for Topshop: Blake Lively, Taylor Momsen, Anne Hathaway, and Kate Bosworth, among others. Let’s [...]

Krystof Strozyna and Emilio de la Morena don’t have much in common, fashion-wise, but that didn’t stop the two designers from sharing a runway Sunday afternoon. The off-schedule London fashion week show saw Strozyna, a native of Poland, kick off proceedings with a series of looks wound graphically with string and studded with small metal [...]

Fashion week notes from the buying director of Harvey Nichols.

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Acne presented its new Fall collection at Stockholm Fashion Week yesterday. Fans who couldn’t make it to Sweden to see the show, which took place at a stately, sculpture-filled home called Millesgården and featured models on plinths (good thing too, those platform boots look mighty high), will be happy to hear that the label is [...]

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

Fashion Week notes from the Guardian journalist and author of The Meaning of Sunglasses. Look out for more animated opinions in the days ahead.

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