“We can’t move the dates earlier in September as they would interfere with Labor Day,” Steven Kolb said yesterday. “If Milan goes before New York, how would that work?”That’s the question fashion insiders are asking right now as they sort out the international fashion week calendar for 2012. Since New York decided to start the [...]

In fashion, there are a few certainties: Black will be timeless, girls will eventually borrow from boys (and vice versa), and Marc Jacobs will show his namesake collection on Monday night of New York fashion week. Except, that is, this season. WWD reports that Jacobs will be batting cleanup at the end of the week, [...]

There comes a point when you (and I) can’t bear to wear 5- or 6-inch heels for even a minute longer—even if they are wedges. For that point, Neiman Marcus has teamed up with Keds, the classic sneaker label, on a pair of leopard-fur kicks that balance comfort with a bit of style. They’ll be [...]

New York fashion week officially gets under way this Friday, February 13, and wraps up on Friday, February 20, but eight days just isn’t enough time for the 200-plus fashion shows, presentations, and showroom appointments on the Fall 2009 schedule. Which means things really get rolling this Wednesday, with—voyeur alert!—Jenni Kayne’s presentation at her parent’s [...]

We just found out that Sari Gueron is canceling her Fall 2009 show, which had a spot on the Fashion calendar for Friday, February 13, at 3 p.m., sharing a time slot with BCBG Max Azria. We hear that it is recession- related. (Uh, duh.) Instead, she’s going to be doing showroom appointments for editors [...]

“Marc Slashes Invitees.” I got the (slightly violent-sounding) WWD News Alert on my BlackBerry Friday night. But it wasn’t until this morning that I allowed myself to fully examine what the new fashion week development really meant. The specifics: The invite list will be smaller by a whopping 50 percent-plus, going from 2,000 people (1,100 [...]

Top on IMG’s Fall 2009 wish list is to get Mrs. Obama to the tents. “We’re prepared to do what it takes,” proclaimed Fern Mallis, the company’s senior vice president, to the crowd of major journalists and public relations professionals gathered this morning at IMG’s offices. The reason behind the meeting, said Mallis, the self-described [...]

Is it just us or is fashion week migrating ever westward? With venues like Eyebeam (21st Street between 10th and 11th avenues), the Glass Houses (25th Street between 10th and 11th avenues), Focus Studio (11th Avenue at 45th Street), and Exit Art (10th Avenue at 36th Street) becoming more popular, there are more than 35 [...]

With fashion week officially starting next Friday, I’ve spent the past few days culling invitations and diligently penning them in my book. As I ran out of my space in my agenda—even when I was doing my tiny, serial-killer handwriting—I remembered a joke that Amy Winehouse made during her performance at the Fendi party last [...]