Ivanka weds. The bride wore Vera Wang and went for a hike the morning of the big day. We’re assuming she had someone attending to all those pesky last-minute details. [NY Post]
More details (and pics!) emerged today about Olsenboye, Mary-Kate and Ashley’s contemporary line for JCPenney. First up: cupcakes. [WWD]
A London Times journalist [...]

Last night’s National Arts Awards, hosted by Americans for the Arts at Cipriani, was swimming with creative big shots like Dennis Hopper, Jeff Koons, and Chuck Close—and they weren’t even among the evening’s honorees. Rather, it was Salman Rushdie and Ed Ruscha who picked up trophies, while Sundance Film Festival founder Robert Redford received a [...]

This season, New York fashion week is all about the parties. Of course, some people—yes, Olivier Zahm, I’m talking to you—might say every season is about the parties. But this time around it feels like the extracurricular activities are threatening to become the main event, with the collections relegated to the role of warm-up act. [...]

A rumor that made the rounds yesterday is still unsubstantiated but too good to be ignored: Vera Wang is heading to Dancing With the Stars. Does this mean we’ll have to watch? [Yahoo News]
Meanwhile, the Coco Rocha rumor—the one that had her interning at Vogue this summer—has been reduced to yawn level. She’ll just [...]

Mark your calendars. On September 10, the first night of Spring 2010 Fashion Week, stores across the five boroughs of New York (and around the world) will stay open until 11 p.m. and lure customers with designer, model, and celebrity appearances; fashion shows; and other unique happenings. Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced plans for the citywide [...]

Vera Wang introduced K.D. Lang at last night’s annual Kennedy Center Spring Gala, A Celebration of Women in the Arts. To mark the occasion, the designer hosted a table, and Style.com’s Candy Pratts Price and André Leon Talley, among others, were there. In addition to Lang, Chita Rivera, Patti LaBelle, and LeAnn Rimes all performed. [...]

This blog has done its part to document sometime New York Ranger Sean Avery’s dalliances in the fashion world (about which the Times delved into on Sunday). But what few people have noticed is that while Avery has dabbled in our world (a Vogue internship, presenting an award to his new buddy Vera Wang), more [...]

In what’s certainly a first, Marc Jacobs‘ name was called not once, not twice, but three times tonight at the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s official announcement of the nominees and honorees for the 2009 CFDA Fashion Awards. Come June 15 at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, in addition to accepting the International Award [...]

Fashion week notes from the neo-romantic New York designer.

Background Photo: Adrian Contreras

Fashion week notes from the neo-romantic New York designer.

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