Social media is giving a voice to models who, for the most part, have built their careers as pretty, non-speaking faces.
They'll tweet what they had for breakfast, post behind-the-scenes photos on Tumblr and use Facebook to cultivate "friends" (...)
Oscar de la Renta takes longer to create that small, fits-in-your-hand bottle of perfume than one of his elaborate embellished ballgowns. It's just the nature of the business.
The process is similar, starting with an inspiration that comes from (...)
It may be gray outside when the calendar flips to 2011, but a bright red-pink hue will be in fashion.
"Honeysuckle" is the color of 2011 chosen by Pantone Color Institute, the research arm of Pantone Inc., the company that largely sets color (...)
There may be no item of clothing quite as controversial as the fur.
And yet fur is everywhere this season, in ways that designers hope will take some of the edge away from its usual critics.
Some top labels, including Chanel and Nina Ricci, (...)
The hourglass shape embraced on "Mad Men" is being celebrated by the retro-TV-show-obsessed fashion world as a refreshing trend after a wave of pin-thin runway looks.
Yet perfect curves don't quite come naturally, either.
Enter (...)
A new 1970s-style fashion muse, who means business during the day but can disco the night away, dominated the recent runway trends in the world's fashion capitals.
Gone from the spring 2011 collections previewed in New York, London, Paris and (...)
The runways at New York Fashion Week carved a path through the woods — sometimes literally.
Michael Kors had a wooden runway lined with boxwood for his sunny nature-inspired show on Wednesday, which featured a "shredded shrub" fabric. At Rodarte, (...)
A late-summer sunset with vibrant purple, red and blue gowns dominated the horizon at the 62nd Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. One-shoulder silhouettes, updos and bold jewelry also were big trends.
Lea Michele, a fairly new player to the red-carpet (...)
Menswear details, including blazers, vests and button-downs, have been invading women's fashion trends for a while. Now comes the most obvious of all for fall: pants.
Dresses had been dominant for several seasons — there is appeal in an (...)
David Yurman lacks a certain polish, and that is his charm.
As one of the world's few household-name jewelers, Yurman could have his feet up on the desk, wear the finest suit and flashiest gems, or be too slick to say anything juicy in an (...)
Marc Jacobs took home the big prize as the top talent in womenswear at the Council of Fashion Designers of America awards, but the big moment on stage at Lincoln Center was Sarah Jessica Parker's tribute to the late Alexander McQueen.
McQueen (...)
Beach beauty has an almost endless appeal — a little sun, a little surf, a little sand, a little salt. That's right, salt.
While there's an ongoing crusade by the likes of first lady Michelle Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to reduce (...)
There's a telling scene early in “Sex and the City 2” when 52-year-old Samantha, played by 53-year-old Kim Cattrall, spots a gold, beaded bustier minidress that she thinks will be perfect for a big red-carpet moment.
The saleswoman is the first (...)
Among the more avant-garde looks shown on the runways of New York, London, Paris and Milan was one that seems ho-hum in real life: gray hair.
More mature models - some even in their, gasp, 40s - were stars at the previews of fall styles. And in (...)
Ignore the jellybeans and chocolate eggs. You can have something sweet this Easter season that is not sugary: trend-right, candy-colored makeup.
The cheerful hues give off a youthful, happy vibe while definitively moving your look from winter to (...)
Denim never goes out of style, but there are seasons when old, reliable five-pocket jeans simply are not enough. This is one of those seasons.
The jeans legging, a.k.a. jegging, still is going strong, and denim designers also are talking up the (...)
So long, miniskirts. The up-to-there trend gave way to longer hemlines at New York Fashion Week.
There were more pants, too, than in recent seasons when the dress ruled the runways. Even designers who showed shorter dresses paired them with (...)
Model Brooklyn Decker landed the coveted Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover this year.
The 22-year-old wife of tennis star Andy Roddick said being chosen for the front is the news of a lifetime.
The cover photo of Decker smiling in a yellow (...)
Marchesa is a glamorous, movie-star fashion house: Its specialty is the show-stopping red carpet dresses you re likely to see on Kate Hudson, Sienna Miller or Annie, known to the rest of us as Anne Hathaway.
The gowns seem a perfect complement to (...)
Naomi Campbell called on the fashion world to do its part for the Haiti relief effort - and the fashion world answered: There will be a charity catwalk show pairing top models and designers at New York Fashion Week.
Campbell organized the first (...)
It's no longer time for makeup to shine.
Top makeup artists say that matte makeup is an evolving beauty trend that should be good news for people of all skin types and tones. Matte doesn't necessarily mean flat - instead think of it as sheer or (...)
Before they became staples of the runway, bomber jackets, flight suits and protective aviator sunglasses were born in the cockpit of an early - and cold - airplane.
They were necessary in drafty flying machines with metal doors that were a (...)
The styles shown over the last eight days at New York Fashion Week are meant for next spring - not that you'd know it.The collections in previews wrapping up Thursday have been more covered-up than usual. Leather, suede, long sleeves and black have (...)
Gladiators were tough, but spring s towering, leather-covered, often-studded sandals are an even bigger kick in the aggressive-shoe trend.
The two must-have styles are clearly cousins, but there s been an evolution, thanks in part to chunky (...)
Michelle Obama packed a suitcase of her favorite designers for her first overseas trip as first lady, wearing many of the same labels she has put on the fashion map - including the unstuffy retailer J. Crew.
As she toured London Wednesday ahead (...)