The future is looking seriously squiggly at Sergio Rossi. That’s the only way to describe their new gravity-defying heel, which looks more like a pencil-drawn line than something actually used for support. It’s inventor is Francesco Russo, Sergio Rossi’s new designer, who’s taking on the post fresh from a stint at YSL. “Today people want [...]

Touted as the sale of the century, the auctioning off of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé’s impressive private collection of boldfaced art world names—Matisse, Picasso, Cezanne, and the rest of Art History 101—did not disappoint. Bidders spent $264 million, which really puts the price of a few Muse handbags into perspective. [WSJ]
Now that Kate [...]

Count Tiffany Tuttle the latest designer to get in on the whole unisex trend. The LD Tuttle shoe designer is debuting three boy/girl styles for Fall ‘09⏼′one of which will make a preview appearance at the Erin Wasson x RVCA presentation tonight. “We gave Erin two styles of boot, both kind of rocker-looking,” explained Tuttle. [...]

Tara Subkoff, fashion’s original actress turned designer turned multitasking cool kid, celebrated her birthday last night in possibly the most unexpected place for the former reigning queen of downtown cool: the very uptown, very polished Carlyle hotel. “Well, I’m getting a little bit older and figured I needed to start making the shift,” deadpanned Subkoff, [...]

Fashion Week notes from the Style.com and men.style.com contributing editor. Look out for more animated opinions in the days ahead.