Kanye West showed his Fall/Winter 2012 Ready to Wear runway collection yesterday during Paris Fashion Week, but the talk of the line wasn’t the clothes this time – it was the shoes. These Kanye West for Giuseppe Zanotti pearl heels, as seen on model Jourdan Dunn in his Spring show, and on Kim Kardashian, seated front row yesterday, cost nearly $6000 at Colette. They feature rows of pearls, chunky ankle cuffs and an open toe, and apparently the models can’t walk in them, but who cares – its fashion! Would you drop $6K on these Kanye West for Guiseppe Zanotti shoes? Shop more Giuseppe...  Read More..

Whether you loved or hated his debut show at Paris Fashion Week, Kanye West is back for a second go. His PR firm, the Karla Otto agency, confirmed that Mr. West will show on March 6 at 9.30 p.m., during PFW, at a venue yet to be announced. Though details are fuzzy, we do know you can expect to see some crepe chiffon. (Fashionista) Plus size blogger Marie Denee strikes back at Chanel head Karl Lagerfeld, after he referred to singer Adele as being “a little fat”. Denee responds: “He’s no stranger to disdain and contempt for plus size women” and, “By saying that...  Read More..

United Nude creative director and co-founder Rem D. Koolhaas and fashion designer Iris van Herpen teamed up to create this black laminated bootie with an amazingly curved-heel for van Herpen’s show at Paris Fashion Week. United Nude is planning to launch a limited-edition leather version of the shoe that will sell for $990, starting this February at select luxury stores, United Nude boutiques and on United Nude’s website. This will be the third Iris van Herpen x United Nude runway to retail collaboration. (Footwear News) Photo: Courtesy of United Nude Here’s yet another reason...  Read More..

Humberto Leon and Carol Lim of Opening Ceremony show their first collection for Kenzo (New York Times) Photo: Valerio Mezzanotti for The New York Times Check out these two new ads for the Versace for H&M collaboration (Racked) Check out the full lookbook of Balmain’s new lower-priced collection – Pierre Balmain (Fashionista) Watch designer Rachel Roy get ready for Spring 2012 Fashion Week in this exclusive video: ‘The Week Before’ (Stylelist) Preview the looks from the upcoming Uniqlo Innovation Project, a line of “high-performance clothing” created...  Read More..

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 mixed (mainly negative) reviews from the NY Times, Wall Street Journal and fashion editors tweeting from the show. We checked out the collection and it’s not bad for a first attempt at a line....  Read More..

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 Guinness wore Hogan McLaughlin to, (and was very, very nervous at) the opening of her exhibition of clothing and films at FIT Exhibit (NY Mag) Kendall Jenner walks the runway at the Sherri...  Read More..

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 Dirk Standen. Other members of the Style.com magazine editorial staff and creative team include Style.com Executive Editor, Nicole Phelps, Contributing Editor, Tim Blanks, Fairchild Fashion Media...  Read More..

Rihanna covers April issue of Vogue; channels Jessica Rabbit (Hollyood Life) Blue Bee closes its stores and online shop (Women’s Wear Daily) Marchesa signs exclusive deal with Priscilla of Boston (The Thread) Matthew Williamson to design a collection for Macy’s designer capsule series (What’s Haute) Preview Chanel’s New Graphite Nail Polish (Refinery 29) Rachel Zoe Makes $10,000 Per Styling Job (Huffington Post) In AOL/HuffPo Merger, Stylelist May Get Dumped (Fashionista) Paris Footwear Trend: Velvet Shoes (Footwear News) Michelle Obama carries American designer Reed Krakoff...  Read More..

Direct from Chanel‘s 2010 Paris-Shanghai Ready-to-Wear show comes a new, limited-edition package of nail polishes and an eyeshadow and eyeliner set that we can’t wait to get our hands on. The Chanel Orient Extremê collection features brilliant black and glittering gold shades – colors worth coveting. The Le Vernis nail lacquer comes in a deep Black Velvet, a bright Gold Lame and sparkling Illusion d’Or. For the eyes, the Ligne et Ombre de Chanel comes in Jet/Gold, a gilded shadow paired with a contrasting black-as-night liner, for a smoldering, glamorous look. It’s the...  Read More..

We first spied these alien-footed Alexander McQueen mega heels at Paris Fashion Week and wondered how much they paid the models in order to force them to wear them on the runway. Now British Vogue scored a python pair (nicknamed the “armadillos”) and the staffers couldn’t even make it down the hall in them. At 12 inches tall with a towering stiletto heel, these shoes are only viable footwear candidates for one woman and one woman only. You might know her by the name ‘Barbie doll’. Source: Vogue UK Share and Enjoy ...  Read More..

It was the gasp heard round the world, or in Paris, at least, when Emanuel Ungaro debuted its Spring 2010 collection, ‘designed’ by Estrella Archs and Lindsay Lohan. Several weeks ago, the fashion house ‘tapped’ La Lohan to join as an “artistic advisor”. This was her first collection co-designed with new design chief Archs. And the results were disastrous. Trashy dresses, heart shaped nipple pasties and sequined heart forehead stickers were just some of the ‘highlights’ (or ‘lowlights’). Apparently, fashion editors were so disgusted they...  Read More..