Even though this February will mark my 11th season attending New York Fashion Week, the excitement never ends! I’m looking forward to seven days of complete chaos and craziness – fashion shows, afterparties, celebrity sightings, presentations, fashion and beauty suites and many treks back and forth across the city. And I love it all. This season I’m excited to have been selected as... 

Chanel’s Metiers d’Arts fashion show was set up to resemble an Indian-themed dinner party, complete with banquet tables, chandeliers, floral arrangements, candlesticks and a large feast. Oh, there was a runway too. (Daily Mail) What do cameras and skincare have in common? We’re not sure, but film and digital camera-maker Fujifilm, who has already launched the Astalift anti-aging... 

In this season filled with over-the-top colored denim, maxi skirts, polka dots and colorblock, we’ve been taking notice of a more subtle trend – leather tops and shirts. As seen on the Fall 2011 runways at 3.1 Phillip Lim, Céline, and The Row, leather tops can add another level of sophistication to tailored trousers and skirts, or a bit of edge when paired with jeans or leggings. Though we... 

How cool is this? Yesterday, Forever 21 produced a 7-minute 3-D fashion show featuring hologram models strutting down a ‘cosmic runway‘ filled with starbursts and invisible light up staircases. The event was produced in conjunction with space150 and unfortunately there were only two chances to see it ‘live’: yesterday in NYC at the Daryl Roth Theatre in Union Square (home of... 

With a stellar lineup of models (Karlie Kloss, Chanel Iman, Anja Rubik and Jourdan Dunn) plus a star-studded front row filled with designers (Azzedine Alaïa, Dean and Dan Caten, Olivier Theyskens, Jeremy Scott) AND celebrities (Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, Ciara and Lindsay Lohan), we expected only the best of Kanye West‘s debut womenswear collection. Instead, the Spring 2012 line received... 

Matthew Williamson Spring 2012 runway London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2012 ready-to-wear shows have officially kicked off this week and among the many designers showing, one thing seems to be the common trend on the runway – color, and lots of it. Colorblock is still present but designers are going beyond that and pairing multiple garments in similar shades, rather than contrasting colors.... 

This week in fashion and beauty: Missoni for Target shoppers crash Target.com website within hours of the sale going live (Fashionista) Top 20 looks from Fashion Week including acid-washed, acid-brights, Hawaiian prints and picnic-meets-punk (Refinery 29) Kanye West hires London-based designer Katie Eary as one of the creative leads for his line that will show during Paris Fashion Week. (Vogue UK) Daphne... 

For Spring 2012, Cynthia Rowley debuted a collection of contrasting sporty and sweet looks. Her funky sportswear consisted of ‘mixed media’, like multiple iterations of perforated stretch fabrics (seen in tops, short-sleeved dresses and sleeves alone), gilded gold touches (overlaid on dresses, a ‘liquid’ gold skirt, shoes and handbags) plus an explosion of multicolored floral... 

Yesterday I attended the Hervé Léger by Max Azria Spring 2012 runway show. Known for its line of iconic bandage dresses, naturally the front row was packed to the brim with celebrities, (including singers & actresses Taraji P. Henson, Ashlee Simpson, Jessica Szohr and Michael Michele, plus models Selita Ebanks and Jessica White), who wear them. Those who say the bandage dress moment is over... 

For spring 2012, fashion house Timo Weiland took us on a trip to the beaches of Hawaii with Weiland and Alan Eckstein‘s surfer girl and guy inspired looks. “It’s Basquiat goes to Hawaii, goes surfing, and invites all his cool downtown city girls as guests,” Weiland said. Backstage, Ouidad created free-spirited, relaxed and natural hairstyles with a “surfers-gone-wild”... 

September marks the end of summer but the start of Fall shopping and of course, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week! New York Fashion Week begins this Thursday, Sept. 8 and runs through Thursday, Sept. 15. As Fashion Week Insiders, we’ve got you covered, with coverage straight from the runways at Lincoln Center, MAC/MILK Studios and other locations throughout the city. Here’s a sampling of the designers... 

The average runway show lasts roughly 15-20 minutes, so whatever you’ve designed had better make a quick and lasting impact. Canadian twin designers Dean and Dan Caten did just that, sending models down their DSquared2 Fall/Winter 2011 runway in ice-skates-turned-high-heel-boots. The DSquared2 ‘Skate Moss’ boots are just what they say they are – a pair of boots with rubber-bottomed... 

One of our favorite, go-to sources for fashion, runway and beauty is Style.com, and this Fall they’ll be rolling it out in magazine form! The debut issue of Style.com Magazine will hit stands on Monday, October 31, 2011 in select US and European cities, and will feature 2012 Spring runway show reviews from New York, London, Milan and Paris. The glossy will be headed by Style.com Editor in Chief... 

Chanel‘s Fall 2011 Couture collection is everything you’d imagine a Chanel collection to look like. There were tons of boxy-cut tweed jackets, pencil skirts and peplum-style suits, plus mid-length wool coats. The entire collection was full of menswear-inspired silhouettes and heavy on fabrics (tweed, wool, feathers, chiffon, mesh and satin were often paired) with dark colors like black,... 

She’d prefer to be called curvy, but model Marquita Pring achieved fame by being one of the top plus-size models in the industry. A model since she was 15, Pring, now 21, has worked for Levi’s, walked for the likes of Jean Paul Gaultier, and was shot by Steven Meisel for the cover of Vogue Italia earlier this year. She recently shared with WWD how she got her start as a model, why she... 

Amy Winehouse’s Fashion Legacy (Fashionista) Nicki Minaj and Ricky Martin are the New Faces of MAC Viva Glam for 2012 (StyleList) Michelle Obama Wears ASOS in New Hampshire (NY Mag) Fashion Week Has Its Own Trailer: The Tents (The Tents Movie) Meet Mulberry’s New ‘It’ Bag: the Carter Bag (Refinery 29) TheRunthrough.com, a Site for Editors to “Shop their Shoots,”... 

As much as we love the current resurgence of 70′s style, we’ll take 60′s mod-style minidresses over anything, any day of the week! For M Missoni 2012 Resort, designer Angela Missoni channeled Twiggy with a collection of A-line and halter dresses and mini skirts in Missoni signature prints. We can’t get enough of the stripes, colorful squiggly prints, and that awesome purple,... 

Never have we loved neutrals so much. Max Mara‘s 2012 resort collection consists of primarily tan, black and white, with minimal touches of red, but the collection still is so rich and full of life. The sophisticated collection features separates for the career-minded woman, as well as the one who jetsets around the world. We’re equally in love with the colorblocked neutral dresses, tailored... 

Kanye West closed Coachella this weekend and it was said to be one of his most memorable performances ever. His outfit may be as well, since he wore a silk Celine print blouse from the Spring/Summer 2011 WOMEN’S collection. Yes – he wore a women’s blouse. We first saw it on the runway, worn by model Janice Seinen, paired with matching print pants. At Coachella, Kanye made it look very... 

J. Crew has long since shed its prepster image and has become a shopping mainstay for truly classic clothes. According to Women’s Wear Daily, for Fall 2011, J. Crew’s head of women’s design, Marissa Webb, incorporated elements of ‘The Great Gatsby’ and ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ in designing the collection. This led to a ‘tomboy’ feel, with slouchy and...