Fashion

MFW: Alberta Ferretti's pretty, wispy things

Alberta Ferretti

Alberta Ferretti

This is the woman to go to when you’re shopping for a quality, elegant frock to wear to that wedding or black-tie event. A notorious romantic, Alberta Ferretti, knows how to churn out a pretty dress. Each season she tweaks her dreamy vision in the most subtle ways. And that’s perfectly

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Fashion

MFW: Blumarine piles on the fringe and bling

Blumarine

Blumarine

Street Style

MFW: Day one, off the runway

Chi-Young Bang

Francesca Burns

Giovanna

Yumi Ng

-by Tamu McPherson. All the Pretty Birds

Fashion

MFW: Prada's prim and naughty ladies

Prada

Prada

Prada

Fashion

MFW: Highlights, on piste chic at D&G

D&G

D&G

Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce’s secondary line was all ski lodge fabulosity and fun. Models dressed in wintry Fair Isle knit jumpsuits, goggles and the furriest mukluk boots looked like they were fresh off a slope in St. Moritz. D&G fans who don’t count ritzy ski trips in their winter plans will love

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Fashion

MFW: The secondary lines get graphic prints galore

Blugirl

Just Cavalli

Fashion

MFW: Winter is looking like the new wedding season

Blugirl

Fashion

LFW: Trend watching, the season of outerwear (aka sell, sell, sell)

Burberry Prorsum

Watching the Burberry Prorsum show yesterday, I couldn’t help thinking back to an article I wrote several years ago about climate change. I had interviewed a few retail buyers about how coats weren’t selling in stores because of the abnormally warm winters New York had been having for a while (I was living

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Fashion

MFW: A few things to expect in Milan

Blumarine

Blumarine channels her inner speed demon
“I was inspired by the idea of high-speed fashion for hectic times. It hit me during a trip to Los Angeles last October. The collection will be a modern remix of Blumarine femininity and seduction, with body-conscious silhouettes and light fabrics in animal prints.” –Anna Molinari, Blumarine

Brioni

Brioni goes

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Beauty

Product junkie: Le Metier de Beaute Eye Brightening and Setting Powder

Running from show to show and city to city can leave one feeling and looking a little haggard. Jet lag, deadlines and parties only exacerbate the problem. So fashion month is usually all about the eye cream, serum and concealer for me. Talia Shobrook, the celebrity makeup artist who creates the beauty looks for New

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