Many a street-wear trend has made it to the runway—military jackets, slashed jeans, sweatpants. But somehow the idea of visible boxer-brief waistbands over low-slung pants is one that’s never really been embraced. Go figure. That is, until Roberto Cavalli’s softly pretty, vintage-inspired show earlier today, where the designer showed loose-waisted palazzo pants with pretty floral [...]

There was a loose, café-society feel at Luisa Beccaria’s show on Thursday. Editors sat on folding chairs at little tables covered with starched white cloths. And up front, Beccaria had arranged her burgeoning cottage industry. To the left was a set of glass objects that represented a “work in progress,” made in collaboration with one [...]

When you’re sitting at a runway show, even in the front row, the starring role often goes to the clothes. But let’s talk about the all-important action below the ankle with our first installment of The Shoe In. Prada gave us a literal moment of clarity with clear-heel sandals dripping with fat chandelier crystals, and [...]

As we mentioned yesterday, Naomi Campbell, Eva Herzigova, and Claudia Schiffer hit Milan’s department store La Rinascente earlier this evening to celebrate the launch of D&G’s new fragrance Anthology. Though they’re not wearing a stitch in the campaign, for this occasion, this trio of über-models dressed themselves in matchy-matchy looks of black jackets, white tees, [...]

We arrived at Stefanel’s 50th Anniversary party hosted by Mario Testino and Daria Werbowy just as the photographer had slipped away to the Prada show. But the sublime model was still in the house and in fine, friendly form. In fact, Werbowy was possibly the most relaxed person amid the crowd of nervous fashion week [...]

“Fashion has gotten stale,” C’N’C’s Ennio Capasa informed us last night. “I wanted to zing things up so I thought I’d bring it to the people. ” For Capasa, this meant live national TV coverage, and “us,” the fashion folk on a grandstand behind a catwalk facing a crowd of 10,000 in Milan’s Piazza Duomo. [...]

The heady days of gift bags overflowing with hardcover fashion anthologies, python totes, and cashmere throws are undeniably over. But when being thrifty and creative is essential, few do it better than Moschino, whose ingenious invites have almost as big an impact as the catwalk itself. This year, the house of cheek whet our [...]

Following—well, and during—yesterday’s Prada show, there was lots of tweet-y chatter about Lady Gaga and the effect of the veritable pandemic of pantslessness that has swept the globe over the past year. It’s easy to see why. Not only were there tiny little bloomerlike shorts printed with painterly palm trees, there was also a see-through [...]

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. [...]

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