Fashion and Style

FOOT FETISH

FIT pays tribute to some famous cobblers

HEAVEN SCENT

Follow your nose to MAD

MARC THE GREAT

America’s beloved designer dishes on his amazing career

Mayor Mike Bloomberg Talks Fashion, Flirts With Diane von Furstenberg

With the clock ticking on his time in office, Mayor Mike Bloomberg is making sure he earns some cool points during his final term. He kissed Lady Gaga. He chilled with the cast of Gossip Girl. Now, he's talking fashion. Similar to his love of the teeny bopper television hit, Bloomberg's love of ... More >>

FASHION FORWARD

How the Internet and fashion 
make revolutionary strides

Novembeards and Movembers: A November Series on Facial Hair

​No Shave Novembeard is upon us! Soon, the streets of New York will be filled with dudes growing out their stubble not just to look like attractive lumberjacks, but rather, to celebrate puns. There are also those growing moustaches for a cause: participants in Movember nobly grow moustaches to ... More >>

Movember: Shave Off Your Moustache (and Grow It Back) for Men's Health, Amusement

​Today is November 1, which makes it the start of an annual movement in which men grow mustaches to help raise both money and awareness for men's health issues, a/k/a, Movember. "Mo" is slang for mustache in Australia, where the movement began when a small group of guys competed in a mustache ... More >>

Fashion Week: Our Five Favorite Moments

Araceli CruzHot!​ "Oh, I get it, Fashion Week is like Comic-Con," someone obviously not in the fashion world said to us. After we got over the "How dare you mock fashion?" notion, we realized he was right. Fashion Week is much like the the annual comic book convention in which comic geeks dres ... More >>

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 >>

The Obamas Gave the Cameron Kids Scooters and a Bo Stuffed Animal

Double the Bo.​Despite the media focusing on any number of alleged "gaffes" on the part of President Obama (awkward toast, a car getting stuck, etc.), the Obamas have been quite etiquette-appropriate in terms of giving presents to their hosts. The following items have been given, according to ... More >>

Heartbreaking Moment at Gay Beauty Pageant!

​I was innocently judging the Bruce Yelk-produced Mr. Philadelphia Gay pageant the other night when the Q&A segment brought a perfectly innocuous question to one of the finalists: "Who's your favorite menswear designer?" Not exactly rocket science, but it paved the way for one of the night's ... More >>

THE GOON SQUAD

Move over, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week

Museum Says Stinky Perfumes Are "Art"

​Uh, weird. The Museum of Arts and Design is launching a "Center of Olfactory Art" today, dedicated to perfumes and scent as an art form. The museum's director told the AP that it's launching the center because "scent is a really interesting part of the world of design" and MAD is a "sen ... More >>

Fashion Week vs. Kindergarten Admittance: Both Really Hard

via PoshLittleTutus.com​If you have a young child and you're involved in the fashion industry, you probably want to scream and pull your hair out this week, both Fashion Week and the first week of school. Realizing what a bitch these two yearly milestones can be, the New York Times wrote about bo ... More >>

HATS OFF

A new play about fashion legend Isabella Blow

In Defense of American Apparel

​Everyone's hating on American Apparel these days. Are we the only ones who think it's getting old? Yes, a lot of the clothes are stupid (long-sleeved lace thong leotards should be banned). Yes, the company has a specific dress code and uses photos to recruit people. Yes, Dov Charney is one s ... 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 >>

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 >>

ODE TO BEARDS

Damn you, grizzly men. I love you!

Mr. Blackwell Dies

Prepping for Fashion Week 2008

The usual heels, but knock off the complaining

Sui Generis?

Anna Sui, others sue Forever 21: How original are you?

Sample Sale Season Arrives

Sale: Morgan Le Fay

Some Like It Haute

Does a socialite's wardrobe at the Met represent the last gasp of couture?

Fashion Weak

Tales of fatigue, confusion, and humility from the runways and celeb-choked after-parties

A Tent Grows Across the Bridge

Bryant Park, meet Brooklyn Fashion Week

Hair Ball

A night with Fabio and death-defying tresses

Marketing the Preppy

Lands' End versus J. Crew

The Mane Attraction

Rapunzels fight back

Cracking the Code

How to dress like a schoolboy—for less

Blow Me

Tips and tricks from the pros to help dry your hair

"Can I Interest You in Cumming?"

Puckish actor jerks off on celebrity perfumes

Tough Titties

Torn between cotton and cleavage

Aggressively Adorned

The search for this season's hottest (and largest) jewelry

What Suits You

We pick this year's best and worst swimsuit options

Goodbye to Charles and His Place

Nolita's greatest treasure will soon shutter its doors

If Wendy Builds It, They Will Come

Indie designer opens outlet store in Williamsburg

Deck the Neck

Untraditional charms for girls with attitude

Make Bones About It

Prince of a Fellow

Gown With Love

Nuptial-Worthy Outfits on the Cheap

I'm With the Band

A Short Cultural History of Wedding Rings

Out by a Whisker

Baseball and Facial Hair

Prize Patrol

American Fashion Awards Itself

Copy Shops

Wretched Excess on the Cheap

Target Practice

The Low (Cost) Road to Fashion

Market Driven

Finding fashion at the fleas

Designer Sampling

Beyond Style at Fashion Week

Theater of Fabulousness

Ebony Fashion Fair Turns 40