Thirteen-year-old blogging sensations are just the beginning. For Spring, designers kicked their youth obsession up a notch by indulging in some Lolita fantasies. Christopher Kane drew inspiration directly from the Kubrick movie for his sweet gingham baby-doll dresses, and Stella McCartney’s off-the-shoulder ruffled blouse and Moschino Cheap & Chic’s retro two-piece and floppy sun hat [...]

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 [...]

Confession: I’ve been fully reveling in all of the urban warriordom that’s dominated the Fall collections so far. We’ll all need something lean and savage to wear to the econ-apocalypse, right? But discovering
the happily ultra-vivid new collection Meredith Wendell created has turned my head. Designer Meredith German—Wendell is her husband’s first name—worked on accessories at [...]

Fashion Week notes from the editorial director and publisher of Dazed & Confused. Look out for more animated opinions in the days ahead.

Ding, dong, the ballet flat is dead, God rest its grubby little soul in peace. And not just the ballet flat, but also the Mary Jane, the girlish party shoe, and even the curvy pump. That’s right, folks, the round-toe shoe is more over than the Clintons. And like the Clintons (don’t worry, this analogy [...]