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May The Holidays Bring....

​*A toast to Marcus Bachmann: "Bottoms up!" *Lindsay Lohan living behind bars instead of dancing on top of them. *Mothers who keep tiaras off their toddlers.

A CLOSETED AFFAIR

A fashion icon opens her wardrobe to the public

Fashion's Night Out Preview: Must-Go Spots

​Back in 2009 when Fashion's Night Out launched, Anna Wintour, the brainchild behind the event, aimed to celebrate the fashion industry and its consumers with an all-night party at shops and department stores throughout the city, in an attempt to spruce up retail sales in the wake of the marke ... More >>

After Big Success in L.A., Will "Art in the Streets" Make It Back to New York?

Spray can do

Ask the Critics: Where Can I Eat After the Alexander McQueen Exhibit at the Met?

Metropolitan Museum of Art​Laura M. Asks: I'm going to the Alexander McQueen show at the Met this week and I am looking for some restaurant recommendations nearby. Nothing too fancy, but other than that I'm pretty open. Dear Laura: Having seen the Alexander McQueen exhibit, "Savage Beauty," ... More >>

Alexander McQueen Show: When's The Best Time To Go?

​Everyone on earth wants to see "Savage Beauty," the Metropolitan Museum of Art's show spanning Alexander McQueen's dark, bold invention. Well, if you want to get in with less of a wait, it's best to go Friday or Saturday at around 7 PM--or you can pay $50 and go on Monday, when the place is ... More >>

"Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty" at Met Honors Fallen Fashion Genius

Photos courtesy of Metropolitan Museum of Art​This year, the Costume Institute fashionably breaks its own premise: for the first time, their annual exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates just one designer: the late Alexander McQueen, an enfant terrible of British fashion turned e ... More >>

Kate Middleton's Wedding Dress Revealed!

​Perhaps we're in the small percentile that cares about the Royal Wedding enough to wake up at this ungodly hour. Though in our defense, we were in diapers during Princess Diana's Royal Wedding, so this is our first go at a sovereign shebang. And really, who gives a rat's ass that our curiosit ... More >>

Kate's Wedding Dress: A Marvel of McQueenly Design

​I don't care a jot about the royals--they're descendants of murderers and they're boring, remember?--but I do like a good fashion design, so I have to admit that Kate Middleton's gown was absolutely divoon, darlings. With see-through lacey stuff dotted with white florals on her arms, combine ... More >>

ALL HAIL MCQUEEN

Don’t forget to wear your kilt

Fashion Week: Christian Siriano Straps His Models to Death Machines

Araceli Cruz​Bless that Christian Siriano; he does not know how to whisper. The Project Runway alumnus unveiled his kind of restraint on Thursday evening at Lincoln Center with an initially inky collection: every dress was a variation on black, allowing the emphasis to fall on playful variatio ... More >>

2010's Celeb Deaths: Which One Upset You The Most?

Jean Simmons​And there were a lot of them, all with a legacy of astounding achievements well worth reflecting on! Rue McClanahan? Elizabeth Edwards? Teena Marie?

Fashion's Night Out: Halloween with Slightly More Fabric

All photos by Stacey AndersonBarney's welcomes you​Friday evening, somewhere between the Gucci-jostling melee outside Bergdorf Goodman's and the raucous, champagne-tippling dancing at the Soho Prada boutique, the second annual Fashion's Night Out established its firm identity: it is Halloween, ... More >>

HATS OFF

A new play about fashion legend Isabella Blow

Holy Crap! Zac Posen's 24-hr Shopping Extravaganza With Maggie Gyllenhaal and Parker Posey

Angela Ashman​ "It's a dream!" Zac Posen excitedly said about his new Target line launch party last night, which kicked off the 24-hour shopping event -- going on until 11 p.m. tonight -- at a pop-up store in the New Yorker building. And indeed it did feel like a dream as we -- Voice fashion ... More >>

Ciao, Bryant Park! The Top 10 Trends For Fall

David WentworthBackstage at Betsey.​ Alas, another thrilling Fashion Week has come to an end. We partied at LNA with Metric and Patti Smith (who gave a heartfelt tribute to Alexander McQueen), cozied up to the handsome men modeling at the GQ Best New Designer showcase, got snowed on at Isaac M ... More >>

Here's To Axl Rose and the Bunch of Random Dudes Calling Themselves Guns N' Roses Getting the Hell Out of Town

So Sebastian Bach saved Axl Rose from being attacked by a maniac with a blade the other night at the Gramercy Hotel's Rose Bar. "Nobody is getting anywhere near my man Axl Rose with a knife," said the one-time Skid Row frontman, and from his position atop a banquet, he summoned security to cast wh ... More >>

Project Runway Tries to Trompe le Monde; Christian Siriano Transmits Girly Bliss

Discussed: Project Runway finale, Christian Siriano Stacey AndersonJudges Heidi Klum, Faith Hill, Michael Kors, and Nina Garcia​"Reality" television? Not so much. Project Runway tried to dupe our fragile young minds on Friday at their finale taping, sending not just the top three finalists bu ... More >>

Patti Smith and Metric Paid Tribute To Alexander McQueen at Last Night's LNA Afterparty at MILK Studios

Metric photo by Anne Koller. We'd have put the Patti Smith shot here, but it's sort of terrifying.​"When people like Alexander McQueen leave us so young we have to remember to live," Patti Smith said in between songs at last night's LNA afterparty at Chelsea's MILK Studios. "Don't forget, you' ... More >>

Gwen Stefani "All Tied Up" at L.A.M.B. Fashion Week Show

Stacey Anderson Gwen Stefani L.A.M.B. fashion show Milk Studios Thursday, February 11 Somewhere in here is a trenchant quip about Gwen Stefani getting "all tied up," but it is out of deep, California sisterhood that I will not sink to it.

Week in Review: Fist Fight in the Parking Lot

In the week a chipped tooth kept Lil Wayne out of jail and a secretive, proprietary Billboard chart made a success out of his new, abysmal Rebirth, we pulled our Paul Wall grills out of the closet, just in case. You never know when your hood pass might get pulled, you know? Care for a Sightings p ... More >>

Alexander McQueen, Rebellious British Designer, Found Dead; Today's NY Fashion Week Show Cancelled (UPDATED)

From McQ's 2009 collection​Influential British fashion designer Alexander McQueen was found dead in his London home this morning. He was 40. Cause of death was apparently suicide, but police have not commented yet. He was slated today to present his contemporary McQ line's Fall 2010 collectio ... More >>

So What Exactly Was The-Dream Wearing in That Now Notorious Wedding Photo?

This photo, right here. So? Alexander McQueen suit, McQueen tie, Tom Ford shirt, and the now infamous Tom Ford riding boots--"they had like a eighteen karat gold zipper and it zips like straight up. They're the equestrian boots." Terius had them in the closet for a while: "I've had those boots for ... More >>

Fashion Week Actually Looks Like Fun

Photo by David Wentworth. Despite the glum outlook projected for Fashion Week, the annual schmatte show seems to be swinging, as our own Sound of the City reporters found at the Charlotte Ronson event with Lindsay Lohan and Sam Ronson in attendance, the Alexander McQueen preview at Target where ... More >>

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There Goes the Bowery. . . Again

Where did everything go? They're messin' with my frockin' town.

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A Tale of Two Cities

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Something Smells Fishy

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'Don't You Know Who I Am?'

Scene and Herd

An Afternoon in the Meatpacking District

Slags and Hags Invade NYC!

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Room at the Top

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Fun With Lipsticks and Dildos

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