We asked and you told us how long you can stand in your coolest -- and cruelest -- shoes. From those strappy sandals that should come with a two-pack of Tylenol to the dominatrix boots that hurt so bad they've never left your apartment, we can totally relate. Check out our gallery and get a lil' insight into why Carrie and her Choo-wearing crew needed so many Cosmos!
"These Miu Mius kill my feet if I wear them longer than three hours. But I love them so :-)" -- Kenya
"Custom illustrated for me by Richie and Traver of Heatherette. I can't stand in them for more than an hour because they're plastic and have NO traction or support." -- Faran
"I call these my Rat Pack shoes 'cause, for some reason, when I wear them with black slim pants, a white shirt and black skinny tie, I feel like I'm channeling Sammy Davis, Jr.! They're a little scuffed, but when they're buffed they're cute -- though definitely not to be hoofing around in. I've got about 30 minutes standing in them before I get a little grouchy." -- Malcolm
"Three to four hours max! That peephole can be dangerous." -- Jackie
Three hours for the brown ones and about eight hours for the striped ones." -- Elsa
(left) "These were my wedding shoes and I wore them for 16 hours -- their time limit is actually closer to two hours. I didn't feel two of the toes on my left for about nine days after the wedding." -- Aya
(right) "I couldn't even but a time limit on them because I've never
managed to wear them past my front door... I no longer wear leather, these boots epitomize the bad karma I'm hoping to work my way through." -- Cherrybomb
"They're Gucci -- the only designer shoes that I own, and I bought them on Bluefly... They are semi- comfortable for about 40 minutes, but I actually endured four hours of standing in them for a party once!" -- Kylie
"I bought these Christian Louboutins in London. They aren't the highest of heels -- but the 'buckle' is not very well placed. It digs into the toes like a vice gripping a piece of wood. They are quite pretty though, so I endure the pain. I wore them to our holiday party at the Top of the Rock and thought I was going to hurl them off the top of the building by hour 2. Instead, I had a couple extra glasses of wine, four extra strength Tylenol - and pretended my feet did not exist. :) All of this and yet, I continue to wear them." -- Stacy
It's been raining, snowing and downright disgusting in Portland for the last 10 days straight, making the mere act of getting dressed in the morning nearly impossible. I mean, what do you wear when the calendar says spring and the scene outside your windows say mid-December? Thankfully, I can be casual-hip at work (bless the magazine world!) but I'm also glad I had the foresight to purchase last fall in NYC the most useful piece of clothing I've ever owned: The basic, durable trenchcoat. This thing has saved my life, whether I'm rocking jeans or a little dress, it's ideal for work, running to the store - heck, I've even worn it to the gym - because I can fit about four layers underneath. Long live the trench!
It's spring coat time and I am absolutely loving the trenches that are starting to pop up. Check the candy striped number, fellow blogger, Marilyn Kirschner was wearing when I ran her down just outside the tents at this past Fashion Week. Alice Ritter's more muted transition trench (and matching skirt!) will be perf when it comes out in the fall.
Ford Model, Alejandra let us in on her fave swimsuit looks and you can shop each "slink or swim" style straight off the video by clicking the "buy" button now. How fly is that?
I love when January rolls around: The holidays are over, the Golden Globes are days away and I can ask for my birthday what I didn't get at Christmas. It's also a month when everyone not living in L.A. or Miami struggles to look good (is there ever really a way to look hot in the freezing cold?), which is why I like InStyle's approach to staying pretty amidst the winter blahs. Just in time for Hollywood's convergence on Park City for Sundance in a couple weeks, the mag says it's ok to rock bejeweled sweaters this time of year, to keep using your New Year's Eve handbag and that there really are designer boots that will keep you looking hot, feeling warm and won't break the bank. Personally, I'm still getting mileage out of the leather, faux-fur-lined boots I found for cheap in the West Village a few couple years ago, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to poke around for a new pair. You know, just to be safe.
Would you enslave yourself for a Fendi fur coat? One artist did. After Fendi lent him the $165,000 coat, artist Terence Koh had a hard time giving up the luxe life. "I couldn't return it," he told Style File. "When I wore it, I felt like the last Chinese emperor." Koh found himself a sugar mama who bought the coat, accepting artworks about the coat made by Koh as payment in kind.
Did someone over at Christian Lacroix go temporarily insane when designing these embellished motorcycle boots? Or maybe they've been spending too much time at Leslie Hall's wonderful and amazing Gem Sweater gallery?
Pics from Stella McCartney's new handbag line for LeSportsac are starting to come out and despite the eco-friendly credentials, we're a little underwhelmed by what looks like it could be just another marked-down Dooney & Burke bag. What do you think? [WWD via hippyshopper]
Related Links: As long as you can handle high heels, no one will be harmed in the wearing of this shoe.
It's not quite ass-less chaps, but we've all gotta start somewhere: Fashion Week Daily reports that Brooks Brothers will buck tradition next spring and issue its trademark classic white button-down Oxford in a--wait for it--daring shade of black! Believe it or not, this has never been done before in the company's almost-200 years of existence. (The company dispelled rumors that it was out of reverence to old Abe Lincoln, shot wearing one of their black suits.)
Related Links: Some folks just need time to come around.
British rock star couturier Keanan Duffy launched his Bowie-branded fashion line for Target last week. The limited-edition men’s collection, available October 14 through December 24, 2007, consists of skinny pants, dress shirts, ties, blazers, and a line of “rocker” tees that are so sweet,sad and cheap it makes me want to smile-cry. Where was Target when we mullet-headed Bowie wannabes had to make do with stencils and silver spray paint?
Could there be a designer handbag bubble? Some seem to think so. "Designers are just testing the laws of economics by pricing handbags higher and higher until people stop buying them," Lauren Goodman, fashion director of Domino magazine told the New York Times in an article on the waning appeal of having each season's overpriced "must-have" handbag. But the appeal hasn't gone away completely -- the article reports that a special edition of 25 Chanel bags, sold for $25,000 each, sold out at Neiman Marcus in an instant.
Refinery 29's got a showcase of boots by the season's lesser-known designers, and you probably shouldn't go look at them unless you want to get a major case of the must-haves. They make a good point about asking a lot of our boots -- not only do they have to bear the bad weather, but they have to look good not just with your skinny jeans, but your wide-legged trousers and your miniskirts as well. Some of our faves, from left to right, by Rachel Comey, B Store and Apapezza.
Trace the rise, fall and resurrection of Lanvin in a newly released account of the nearly 100-year-old label. The book's author, Dean Merceron, will show off some never-before-seen images from the House of Lanvin at a lecture Nov. 16th at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, so check it out if you're in NY. [via Hint Magazine]
Related Links: Maybe you've seen these before, but ya still probably want 'em.
There's still time for scrambling Cokeheads to rush order the perfect Halloween costume. Not only will will you blow away every sexy witch in this Japanese anti-crime skirt, but you will be able to transform yourself from a sniveling victim to a soda machine in the time it takes to walk from the party to your car. Japanese designer Aya Tsukioka told Australia's The Age that her vending machine disguise was inspired by Japan's ancient ninja, who cloaked themselves under black blankets to evade pursuers at night, which sort of makes it the streetwear line to rival Pepsi's sportswear collection.
Museums aren't the kind of place you'd normally find yourself a must-have handbag, but starting Monday, all that will change. Another collaboration between Louis Vuitton and Takashi Murakami will be unveiled at the Japanese artist's retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. The exhibition will showcase all the leather goods he made in the past with LV, plus some fun new stuff, pictured. [photo via BagBliss]
People may fetishize Christian Louboutin's red-soled heels, but his designs haven't been known for being particularly subversive -- until now. Maybe it's because he teamed up with filmmaker David Lynch, who is known for being kinky and weird. Anyway, check out the shoes Loubou made and the footage (sorry, that pun was intended) and photos Lynch took for the Pierre Passebon Gallery in Paris. Fashionistas went so wild for the collaboration that they made a limited-edition set of five pairs of shoes to go with five prints. [via Cool Hunting]
How genius is Pia Tonna? Her Preziosa line of handbags comes with a coordinating pair of sandals, for when those heel start driving you batty on long walks. Not only is she solving an age-old problem of the city girl, she's also selling you some shoes along with that handbag. Brilliant.
We all have our weaknesses, and for one woman, that weakness is unreasonably unwearable shoes, of which there are many this season. Take, for example, these red bubbly Christian Dior shoes. Read the confessions of the lady who has to have these, who says, "With that precarious heel, a tumble in these spine wranglers could lead to a life confined to a wheelchair." On our list? These winged heels by Nina Ricci. [via T]
Snicker now at these conceptual Halloween costume ideas, but you'll be digging up this link once October 31st rolls around. It's either that or go as "groovy hippie" again. And there's still time to order up a little fright night via the internet. Defamer suggests this horrifying Jacko mask, and we're a fan of anything in the scary-clown camp. The bloodier, the better. Sexy devils suck.
A debate over whether these flipper shoes are real went raging on Snopes.com last summer, and results so far are still inconclusive. Styledash hunted for a High Tide Heels shoe outlet to no avail, so it's pretty likely they're just an art project, perhaps a nod to global warming? Regardless, they are quite fab, even if heels aren't the best way to get through sand before hitting the water and swimming like mad.
Attention Harlem shoppers: pack a black Amex card for your next buying spree. In addition to populist megastores like Old Navy and H&M, a spate of tony designer shops has sprung up on 125th Street. From the Gucci and Prada-crammed Apollo Signature store to the dope Atmos sneaker den (pictured here), Soho styles and prices have taken the A train uptown. Harlem designer Bill Witherspoon describes the local vibe as "very superfly" with "hip hop and jazz and ... tribal influences." Time will tell if that adds up to unique brand of Harlem-style commerce or America's first Black Heritage shopping mall.
Related Links: You don't need to go all the way uptown to look ghetto fabulous.
Images from the second issue of Plastique magazine, a fabulous fashion rag that launched earlier this year. Thanks to Olga at The Fashion Spot for scanning.
Next month's issues, straight from the newsstands. W's "art issue" used Marc Jacobs collaborator Richard Prince to come up with their November cover, a stock photo of Angelina Jolie "signed" to the artist by the artist posing as Angie. The rest of the celebs pictured in the series were likely happy to not have to come in for a photoshoot, but designers must be displeased with the lack of product placement. Jennifer Connelly lands Vogue while Jennifer Anniston gets Harper's. [via The Fashion Spot]
How fast can you get naked? We bet it's not as quick as this guy, who takes off all his clothes in 7.5 seconds for some Japanese game show. [via JustJared]
Danny Sullivan, the quirky British shoe designer whose fashion week love affair with Heatherette spawned the Heatherette Loves Irregular Choice line of "shboots" and stilettos, launched his new line this month in his first-ever boutique in NYC's Nolita. An L.A. store is slated to open this winter. "We're looking for a space in London," U.S. manager Piper Nightingale says, "But we need a lot of space. If you think about it, every shoe you see has six pairs downstairs." Wait, you mean those black glitter unicorn slippers aren't one of a kind?
Related Links: It'll take a pretty special hat to match those shoes.
Shoes continued to be cruel on the spring 2008 runways, with totteringly high heels and shoes that look like freaks of physics (see Antonio Berardi's shoes, far right). Other kicks destined to send you falling, from left to right -- Giambattista Valli, Versace and Alexander McQueen's geisha-esque platforms. Check out the shoe report on Style.com or the New York Times for more death-defying shoes. If you need a break from all that, New York mag's Shop-A-Matic has a delicious guide to fall shoes, some of which you can walk around in unassisted.
We're not sure what i-D magazine is trying to say about Kate Moss if they're making her the cover girl for the !#*? Issue, out tomorrow. See Kate's cover -- plus a collection of all her other covers for the mag -- over at i-D's MySpace page. Is that lace thing the same black bolero she wore to the Glastonbury music fest?
My wife is always asking me for money.
$200 one day, $150 the next, $125 after that.
"That's crazy," my friend said, "what does she do with it all?"
"I don't know," I said. "I never give her any."
Another good joke from the collection? "I'm a fan of SpongeBob SquarePants," Marc Jacobs told reporters after the show, "and for all I know, so is Rei Kawakubo, because that's where our color came from!" Does SpongeBob know how haute he's become?
Bold colors? Interesting textures? The granny look? Is everyone on drugs? Whatever happened to a flattering and functional fit? Bent out of shape by all the garish, weirdly proportioned, unwearable clothes on the market, I turned inward and found high-end yoga wear: body-hugging high-tech ensembles, pretty camis, buttery tees -- all in 100% machine washable fabrics. So you can keep that forest green body brace with the swell musketeer detailing, I'm locking into a head-to-toe look. [Photo courtesy of Basia Lipska]
Related Links: Even the pursuit of nothingness, warrants dressing well.
Don't keep your valuables in this Chanel anklet purse, seen on the spring 2008 runway -- it may be cute, but it's also going to be a dead giveaway to pickpockets. Just the right size for some Chanel lipstick, maybe some perfume. Was it inspired by Chanel groupie Lindsay Lohan's recent ankle monitor trend? Only Karl knows. [via The Fashion Spot]
"How I'd Sink American Vogue" is a project by designer Scott King that imagines the magazine's cover without Wintour. We love the spoof "Angry Issue" which tells readers "How to Dress Angry" and offers "769 Things that Make Scarlett Johansson Angry at Injustice." We also like the issue that is a mere 14 pages long, with a "Two page Steven Meisel Fashion Extravaganza." [Creative Review via Gawker]
Skootch over Sports Illustrated, America's premier queer femme swimsuit calendar is about to hit the shelves and it's gonna land hard. Twelve foxy Brooklyn femmes with frightening physiques vamp on the beach at Coney Island in hot swimsuits by local designers in this year's edition of the I Heart Brooklyn Girls calendar. Brooklyn-born photographer Erica Beckman told us she launched the calendar two years ago on a lark. "I like girls. I like girls in bathing suits. Why not photograph them?" Could this be the year of the un-airbrushed outie?
Thanks to Home Ec, a new sewing studio that the designers of the Brooklyn-based Flirt label recently opened in booming Gowanus, everyone in New York can learn how to make the perfect skirt. The large studio equipped with vintage sewing machines and supplies hosts a schedule of project-driven sewing classes that make it a weekly destination for paradigms of perfection and connoisseurs of custom-fit from all over the city. Sound dubious? "We’ve mapped the classes out pretty well," assures co-owner Seryn Potter. "It pretty much prohibits any disasters."
Related Links: The perfect skirt demands the perfect shoe.
See New York Fashion Week from the eyes of Oded Balilty, a Pulitzer prize-winning photographer for the Associated Press. He's usually known for his work covering the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, but of course fashion week features its own kind of combat -- getting into shows, enduring days without eating and walking miles in stilettos. Don't miss checking out these hauntingly beautiful black and white shots.
Related Links: Dress like a classic photo in black and white.
A dozen disco-era mannequins sculpted by Halston's window-dressing protege and boyfriend, Victor Hugo, and painted by Andy Warhol for an event that never happened, would seem an odd tribute to three legendary fashion insiders, but it works. "We wanted to show them during Fashion Week," Mazdack Rassi, owner of Manhattan's Milk Studios told us, "Because this year is celebrating American designers." Victor Hugo's Venezuelan heritage notwithstanding, the vintage plaster models on display in the Chelsea gallery now through September 28 have a menancholy charm that seems to reflect the designer's affinity with all the people who press their noses against the windows of the world he creates.
Related Links: Isn't it time we had another disco renaissance?
In making a nod to the war, Italian Vogue goes far beyond camouflage in its recent "Make Love, Not War" editorial shot by Steven Meisel. The models get down and dirty with the troops in the barracks, all while wearing Versace. We wish the male models were real troops, they likely deserve a few gals in gowns around. But we imagine this kind of morale booster -- sending ultra-hot model Raquel Zimmerman (center and right) clad in Roberto Cavalli -- wasn't mentioned by General Petraeus as part of his Iraq testimony.
Two wildly extravagant gowns, the one on the left by old guard designer, Oscar de la Renta, with the new face of red carpet/opera gala wear on the right, Marchesa. We'll probably see these dresses again and again in fashion editorials until spring hits, so get used to them now.
Don't get me wrong. I love my summer minis and the short shorts that make the hottest months of the year bearable in New York, but when you want instant glam without much work the floor-length dress is the way to go. Yesterday, young designer Terexov showed stunning casual and formal versions.
Related Links: Check out our collection of floor-length styles you can dress up or down.
Get some classic 80s style advice from Mr. T, whose feel-good flick "Be Somebody or Be Somebody's Fool" is probably one of the best after-school specials ever made. But seriously, some of his advice about creating your own style ("Don't let fashion designers from New York or Paris tell you what to wear. Would Calvin Klein, Bill Blass or Gloria Vanderbilt wear clothes with your name on it? No! Of course not.") and fashion descriptions ("With her mustard socks and ketchup sash, she's a real hot dog.") are not to be missed. Thanks to Radar for the link!
It takes brass balls for a knockoff artist to freely admit to taking fresh-from-the-runway goods and getting them made overseas before the originals even get manufactured. "If I see something on Style.com," Seema Anand confessed to the New York Times, "all I have to do is e-mail the picture to my factory and say, 'I want something similar, or a silhouette made just like this.'" Her most recent ripoff? A gold sequined tunic "inspired by" Tory Burch and sold via private label to Bloomies. Ew. But then again, the problem remains: would you rather buy a $760 top or the same thing for $260?
A woman on the prowl should dress with an edge, says designer Frieda Iordanous, of Frieda's boutique, a haven for Toronto-area cougars like Valerie Gibson, author of "Cougar: A Guide for Older Women Dating Younger Men." Along with Cougar Camp, a reality show that will teach older women to pick-up fresh, young prey scheduled to air today, and cougarlife.com, a December-May dating website set to launch this year, it seems 40-somethings (60-somethings?) will finally get something to sink their teeth into. Whatever to wear? "Nicole Miller," says Iordanous, adding, "If you have nice legs, show them off."
Here's a clever way to create fall's giant corseted waist (an Azzedine Alaia version seen from Italian Vogue, center) without breaking the bank -- double up on belts as seen in the latest issue of Elle to really get waisted. Of course they casually throw on a couple from Fendi, Gucci and Chanel, but you don't have to.
Related Links: You've got belts kicking around, here's another.
There's kind of a big problem with artist Damien Hirst's new skull-and-crystal jeans for Levi's, $4,000 price tag aside. We love Hirst's work, even his insane $100 million diamond skull, but skulls and crystals on jeans? That's so two years ago. Enough already.
What could be cuter than these multi-colored totes by Susan Bijl? Super-stylish, vibrant and less pretentious than that other grocery tote, these fold up small enough to leave in your handbag for last-minute grocery shopping. [via Cool Hunting]
Has the turbanista trail gone cold? While headdress-friendly actress-rocker Juliette Lewis shows off her new turban from Turkey on Style.com, Fashionista notes that turbans at Prada's friend and family warehouse sale were 60% off.
Related Links: The great thing about scarves is they go either way.
Word out to all the homeroom playas who rock their Tims with a dookie rope: The Dookie Boot, a "40-Below" boot designed by Darryl McDaniels of old school rap trio Run-DMC will hit the streets in time for third period (October 8th). Taking up where Timberland's Borough Boot Project left off, the new boot, branded with one of New York's five boroughs, adds a gold plated metal lace to the suede work boot design in a combo that'll add swagger to your step fo' shizzle. But tuck in those laces, yo, if you aim to wear your grill to graduation.
Related Links: And be sure the Echo on your back matches the Timbers on your toes?
The big cheese behind Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Balenciaga is unhappy with Gucci sunglasses at the moment. In a recent Portfolio magazine interview, PPR CEO (and Salma Hayek babydaddy) Francois-Henri Pinault pulled out a tiny brochure tucked within a Gucci sunglasses case and saw the end. "You open this elegant case, and this is the first thing you see," dangling the tiny sheet in front of the reporter. "People have to realize that what we are selling is an experience, from beginning to end." Good to know the man is so detail-oriented.
Fall minimalism is just around the corner. We can't wait, and neither can T, the New York Times Style Magazine. Check out their sleek spread featuring some of the season's best, from Maison Martin Margiela (pictured) along with kings of simplicity Jil Sander and Calvin Klein.
The subscription genius at Conde Nast who decided to send Glamour to former Jane readers as a consolation prize isn't winning over new readers. "I want all the Jane readers to just cancel, rather than get Glamour," an ex-Jane-staffer told the New York Post. "I hope they call and say, 'I don't want this. Give me GQ, anything but this.'"
And now for something completely different from the New York Times -- a primer on eccentric dressing. For the Times, this means wearing bright colors, feathers and nerd glasses, but we love the fun looks they put together.
Fashionista tells us "The Devil Wears Prada" may become a broadway musical in the near future, which leads us to wonder, who will do the costumes? Patricia Field may come aboard once more to dress the devil, as she did costumes for the musical "The Opposite of Sex." Regardless of who picks the clothes, we imagine by the time the play gets staged, they'll have to update Andy Sachs' outfits and most-coveted bits of fashion in order to stay current.
When it comes to plastic shoes, Brazilian designers are surely the champs, always rocking the coolest petroleum kicks. These ones, by Melissa, not only come in candy colors and great shapes but are also made to smell like candy -- lollipops and gumballs -- and fashioned from 100% recycled plastic. [via Cool Hunting]
Anxious for New York Fashion Week to hurry up and start already? Then hop on over to Refinery 29, whose new feature, The Countdown, features a sneak peek behind the spring collections of six different designers. The special feature launches tomorrow, so if you can't even wait until then, go ahead and peep the fashion week show schedule.
The UK's label Worn By, which features reprints of tees worn by iconic rock figures, debuts in October, but it looks an awful lot like Worn Free, which has been doing the same thing since 2005. The major difference is the regionalism -- Worn Free remakes tees once seen on American stars Blondie and Frank Zappa while Worn By features tees worn by British exports Madness and Freddie Mercury.
The September issue of Harper's is full of surprises, including Chloe Sevigny posing as a rehab-bound starlet and a mostly-naked, post-rehab, and definitely post-punk Courtney Love declaring her love for Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld (who, in fact, makes a surprise admission of his own in an upcoming documentary). Wanna get the fresh-from-rehab look? Strap on your ankle bracelet and dark sunglasses and get the look from the Los Angeles Times. [via New York Post, photo via Perez Hilton]
Related Links: Get the rehabilitated look with scarf and dark glasses.
Strong feelings abound when it comes to giant handbags. "They're so vulgar even a hooker shouldn't wear them," A.P.C. handbag designer Jean Touitou wrote to the New York Times. "That would be bad for her business." Aside from not being able to find anything, ever, in the caverns of one's gigantic handbag, or getting neckaches from lugging around lunch, water and god knows what else in there, we should all welcome the return of the tiny purse.
Three hours for the brown ones and about eight hours for the striped ones." -- Elsa
I am definitely 'Hung-Up' on these black python 
It's been raining, snowing and downright disgusting in Portland for the last 10 days straight, making the mere act of getting dressed in the morning nearly impossible. I mean, what do you wear when the calendar says spring and the scene outside your windows say mid-December? Thankfully, I can be casual-hip at work (bless the magazine world!) but I'm also glad I had the foresight to purchase last fall in NYC the most useful piece of clothing I've ever owned: The basic, durable 
I love when January rolls around: The holidays are over, the Golden Globes are days away and I can ask for my birthday what I didn't get at Christmas. It's also a month when everyone not living in L.A. or Miami struggles to look good (is there ever really a way to look hot in the freezing cold?), which is why I like InStyle's approach to staying pretty amidst the winter blahs. Just in time for Hollywood's convergence on Park City for Sundance in a couple weeks, the mag says it's ok to rock 
Would you enslave yourself for a Fendi fur coat? 
Did someone over at Christian Lacroix go temporarily insane when designing these 
Pics from 
It's not quite ass-less chaps, but we've all gotta start somewhere: Fashion Week Daily reports that 
British rock star couturier Keanan Duffy launched his Bowie-branded fashion line for Target last week. The limited-edition men’s collection, available October 14 through December 24, 2007, consists of skinny pants, dress shirts, ties, blazers, and a line of “rocker” tees that are so sweet,sad and cheap it makes me want to smile-cry. Where was Target when we mullet-headed Bowie wannabes had to make do with stencils and silver spray paint? 
Could there be a designer handbag bubble? Some seem to think so. "Designers are just testing the laws of economics by pricing handbags higher and higher until people stop buying them," Lauren Goodman, fashion director of Domino magazine told the New York Times in an article on the waning appeal of having each season's overpriced "must-have" handbag. But the appeal hasn't gone away completely -- the article reports that a special edition of 25 Chanel bags, sold for $25,000 each, sold out at Neiman Marcus in an instant.
Trace the rise, fall and resurrection of Lanvin in a 
Museums aren't the kind of place you'd normally find yourself a must-have handbag, but starting Monday, all that will change. Another collaboration between 
People may fetishize Christian Louboutin's red-soled heels, but his designs haven't been known for being particularly subversive -- until now. Maybe it's because he 
We all have our weaknesses, and for one woman, that weakness is unreasonably unwearable shoes, of which there are many this season. Take, for example, these 
Attention Harlem shoppers: pack a black Amex card for your next buying spree. In addition to populist megastores like Old Navy and H&M, a spate of 
How fast can you get naked? We bet it's 
Danny Sullivan, the quirky British shoe designer whose fashion week love affair with Heatherette spawned the 
Bold colors? Interesting textures? 
Don't keep your valuables in this Chanel anklet purse, seen on the 
Skootch over Sports Illustrated, America's premier queer femme swimsuit calendar is about to hit the shelves and it's gonna land hard. Twelve foxy Brooklyn femmes with frightening physiques vamp on the beach at Coney Island in hot swimsuits by local designers in this year's edition of the 
Thanks to 
See New York Fashion Week from the eyes of Oded Balilty, a Pulitzer prize-winning photographer for the Associated Press. He's usually known for his work covering the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, but of course fashion week features its own kind of combat -- getting into shows, enduring days without eating and walking miles in stilettos. Don't miss checking out these 
A dozen disco-era mannequins sculpted by Halston's window-dressing protege and boyfriend, Victor Hugo, and painted by Andy Warhol for an event that never happened, would seem an odd tribute to three legendary fashion insiders, but it works. "We wanted to show them during Fashion Week," Mazdack Rassi, owner of Manhattan's 
Don't get me wrong. I love my summer minis and the short shorts that make the hottest months of the year bearable in New York, but when you want instant glam without much work the floor-length dress is the way to go. Yesterday, young designer Terexov showed stunning casual and formal versions.
Get some classic 80s style advice from Mr. T, whose feel-good flick "
It takes brass balls for a knockoff artist to freely admit to taking fresh-from-the-runway goods and getting them made overseas 
A woman on the prowl should dress with an edge, says designer Frieda Iordanous, of Frieda's boutique, a haven for Toronto-area cougars like 
Has the turbanista trail gone cold? While 
Word out to all the homeroom playas who rock their Tims with a dookie rope: The Dookie Boot, a "40-Below" boot designed by Darryl McDaniels of old school rap trio Run-DMC will hit the streets in time for third period (October 8th). Taking up where Timberland's 
Fall minimalism is just around the corner. We can't wait, and neither can T, the New York Times Style Magazine. Check out their 
The subscription genius at Conde Nast who decided to send Glamour to former Jane readers as a 
Fashionista tells us "The Devil Wears Prada" 
Anxious for New York Fashion Week to hurry up and start already? Then hop on over to 
The UK's label 
