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Back to Old School- Backpacks, Rucksacks, Knapsacks, call it what you want, but they are super stylish now

Back at YOU-- no longer reserved for students & tourists, the backpack is making it's fashion statement again. Not since we all became stylishly exhausted from the ubiquitous 90's nylon Prada backpack, have they made such a strong fashion statement- not to mention, impossible to keep again in stock these days. Alexander Wang - Sydney Velvet Backpack at ShopBop Maybe it's the return of 90's minimalism that's trending now. Maybe it's that a backpack makes absolute sense when navigating the urban jungle on a bike. But from Euro street style to hot off the runways (see the Alexander Wang knapsack that we love, right), the backback is looking so right these days. Erogonomics aside, the right backpack needs to look

Hamptons Gossip and the Best Early Halloween Costumes- It’s Two of a Strange and Dishy Kind

Bad Hair Days for a DC Queen and the Princess of Morning Televison Brad Boles is still on the loose making and collecting gossip in the Hamptons before the summer season comes to an end. Brad did take some time away from the luxe set to fine-tune some Halloween costumes that are about to hit the stores. It may seem early for you to start thinking about what will be the biggest Halloween costumes trends but if you look in the aisle next to school supplies, you'll see that Halloween costumes are already hitting the shelves in the big box stores! I always say, you better look good becuase 'ya never when that costumed photo of you will reappear... Case

Best of Resort Fashion- A Season Ahead, Just In Time

Resort runways are often a precursor to what's in store for Spring. Let's consider... A girl could lose her head. Or at least spin it around so many times that it will catapult her neck and land in a frisson of colliding fashion seasons that all ineditably fall into one: What looks right on YOU now! Spring is shown in late summer (at least by the scroching temps merely a week before NYFW). Fall in early winter. Then, there's resort... resort? You have yet to think about autumn leaves! In this insane goggle-muggle where fashion is shown in the time frame of when retailers need to place their orders for the following season and magazines need to pull for their

Red Carpet Hairstyles- Emmy’s Up Do Makes Up For Fashion Downers

Anna Paquin wearing Alexander McQueen & uber glamourous updo hairstyle stole the show! Sorry, we'd be lying to say that the Emmy's was a mega fashion extravaganza. A few minutes post event and we cannnot remember who wore what. With one very gorgeous exception... Heidi Klum with her updo at the Emmy's Anna Pacquin in a fantastical, yet chic, Alexander McQueen black gown with a heavily embellished gold bodice stole the show hands down. To be fair, there were a few other dresses that probably looked lovely in person but looked either odd or dull on television. Ironically, it is a TV awards show so one would think that the stylists were able to pull photogenic dresses?! There was a

Spring Fashion Week Preview- Edition by Georges Chakra

The Paris Couturier returns to New York for ready-to-wear Design Sketch #4: LOVE! Inspiration: "“While studying in Toronto I was always captivated by the curvature of the Absolute Tower…I have used the towers coiled arches as inspiration for my spring 2011 collection by creating a series of bands and straps to lay alluringly against a woman's figure…” -- Georges Chakra Some may know of the collection from the Devil Wears Prada. Others may have spotted it on celebrities like Emily Blunt, Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé, Carrie Underwood, Marcia Cross, Helen Mirren and Tyra Banks. Then there are those of us who have wished that they had the luxury of owning one of his haute couture pieces that are shown during Paris

Yigal Azrouel

Versace

SHOP Versace at Saks.com Click on each picture for an enlarged view. Photos: Kirsty/catwalking

Tory Burch

TORY BURCH Fashion Show Photos / Runway CollectionFall / Winter 2010-2011 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week New York The young socialite chic line gets a bit of modern edge for fall 2010 and looks great! Click on each picture for an enlarged view. Photos, this page only, Tory Burch

Tony Maticevski

TONY MATICECSKI Fashion Show Photos / Runway Collection Fall / Winter 2010-2011 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week New York In their words: "The 28-look collection was romantic, sweet and moody. Featuring silk tulle and organza gowns, and drapy chiffon blouses, along with metallic bronze silk and lots of embellishment." Click on each picture for an enlarged view. Photos, this page only, Tony Maticevski

Stella McCartney

Roberto Cavalli Menswear

ROBERTO CAVALLI MENSWEAR Fashion Show Photos / Runway Collection Fall / Winter 2010-2011 Milan Fashion Week "I wish I were younger and more handsome ... creating this collection stimulated me and thrilled me ... some pieces will be mine forever ... personality doesn’t have an age " --Roberto Cavalli >> Read Roberto Cavalli Runway Review Click on each picture for an enlarged view. In their Words: ROBERTO CAVALLI MENSWEAR: A review and re-interpretation of the communicative codes adapted by the rebels of the last decades. Love and innovation: wear and create, expressing personality through fashion, which has always produced ideas and images in contrast to existing rules. Elements that over the decades have become the symbols and characteristics of youth

Rena Lang

RENA LANGE Fashion Show Photos / Runway Collection Fall / Winter 2010-2011 Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Berlin Click on each picture for an enlarged view. Photos, this page only, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Berlin

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