You’ve seen them—you just may not know you’ve seen them. The multicolored bands ringing the wrist of every kid on the block and on the subway? They’re Silly Bandz (and their many competitors, like the Wild Bands we found, above), a new line of rubber-band bracelets that are currently all the rage among the under-12 [...]

First The Row got eyewear, and now the Olsens are at it again, debuting two styles of specs for their Elizabeth and James line (pictured). In fairness, they are perennially bespectacled, so it makes sense. [WWD]Menswear designer Michael Bastian is dipping a toe into the waters of womenswear with a women’s counterpart to his Gant [...]

On Friday night, it was Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen vs. Amy Sacco vs. Mary Alice Stephenson in a bidding war to the finish. The prize: Dan Colen’s One of Everything, a hotly contested lot at Free Arts NYC’s annual benefit auction. It had all the potential for a social throw-down of epic proportions—except that (we [...]

It was the Great Party That Was™—but who, dare we ask, wasn’t? Seats were going fast at last night’s Costume Institute Gala, but a few frequently seen faces on the party scene didn’t make an appearance. Where were they?Gwyneth Paltrow has been making the New York party rounds lately, lending her support to Chopard’s 150th [...]

Newly minted director Christy Turlington Burns on how being a supermodel affects her life as a public policy grad at Columbia: “They are so much younger than I am and the supermodel time was such a long time ago, thank God.” OK, Christy, we won’t tell them about the reported Louis Vuitton Fall 2010 ad [...]

Fashion is as much about taking clothes off as putting them on—recall Coco Chanel’s famous diktat to remove one item before leaving the house—and two parties last night paid tribute to stylish undress. They may own The Smile, but Carlos Quirarte and Matt Kliegman opted to rent out the West Side Gentlemen’s Club, on a [...]

It’s generally accepted that there are more than enough parties to go around during fashion week, but don’t tell that to Harley Viera-Newton and Cassie Coane—the DJ partners, who both (no joke) turn 22 next Wednesday, were more than happy to throw their birthday bash into the mix last night.The two NYU seniors certainly marched [...]

The sun won’t set on Twilight: Kellan Lutz, who stars as vampire Emmett in the films, is the latest face (and, ahem, body) of Calvin Klein Underwear. Oh, OK, twist our arm, we’ll have just a quick look. [WWD]Jean Paul Gaultier knows that you can’t put a cat in a corset. How does he know? [...]

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen announced Tuesday that they’ll be putting on their first-ever fashion show next month, but that isn’t their only big story this week. The Row’s new Web site went live today. Created in collaboration with Matthew Daniel Siskin of designedmemory, the interactive design studio behind Chris Benz, Genevieve Jones, and Albertus Swanepoel’s [...]

The Olsens spearheaded several of the big trends of the aughts—so much so that we couldn’t even imagine the decade in style without them—but few looks got more press (or inspired more imitators) than Mary-Kate’s billowing boho layers. As the years went by, both she and sister Ashley polished their looks to suit their new [...]