fashion week

Craig Arend/AltaMiraNYCCoat -- shop in Soho, NYCBag -- Miu MiuBoots -- Calvin Klein ...

Craig Arend/AltaMiraNYCMiss Africa 2005 Dress and Coat -- Cynthia SteffeBag -- Miu MiuShoes -- Manolo Blahnik ...

Craig Arend/AltaMiraNYCDu Juan, leftCoat -- CoachBag -- ChloeBoots -- Hugo Boss Emma Pei, rightJeans and Coat -- DieselBoots -- Dior ...

At a chic if crowded presentation at the Classic Car Club in lower Manhattan, surrounded by amazing vintage cars, Wenlan Chia showed her Fall collection for Twinkle by Wenlan. Inspired by "timeless chic in a...

Craig Arend/AltaMiraNYCJumpsuit -- StefanelBag -- Miu Miu...

It was great for me to see the likes of blogger Susie Bubble and writer Lynn Yaeger sitting front row at Canadian designer Jeremy Laing's fall fashion show this weekend, as well as a number...

So it looks like being early isn't always a plus--I missed Kanye West backstage at Band of Outsiders! Fashion Week is just getting started though, so there's still hope... And the collection was amazing, with...

In a sunny and intimate hotel suite at the Morgans Hotel in midtown Manhattan, L.A.-based designer Koi Suwannagate proudly gave me a personal tour of her pared-down and beautiful Fall 2009 collection. This season, Koi...

Craig Arend/AltaMiraNYCBoots -- Juliana Jabour Bag -- Balenciaga Scarf -- Yohji Yamamoto ...

Craig Arend/AltaMiraNYCBoots -- Dr. Martens Bag -- vintage Jeans -- Stella McCartney ...

Designer Victoria Bartlett entitled her fall collection "Exquisite Corpse," and true to its theme, the 34 looks that were sent down the runway seemed to have been crafted with the express purpose of flattering the...

Craig Arend/AltaMiraNYCLeather Jacket -- Ellus, a Brazilian designer Boots -- from Brazil Bag -- Michael Kors ...

After last season's experimentation with 1970s-era hippie-chic, Ruffian's Brian Wolk and Claude Morais reverted back to the tailored, edgy romanticism for which they're best known--a wise move, in my opinion, as fringed footwear and denim...

"There is such a serenity to the collection," cooed Bunny Bisous blogger Julia Frakes, who I ran into while stopping by downtown avant-garde design collective ThreeAsFour's Fall '09 presentation-turned-performance piece in Chelsea's Greene Naftali...

Vive la France! Why wait for a trip to the Eiffel Tower to emulate Parisian chic? There's no need to let the filles françaises have all the fun! Channel your inner French girl with...

Craig Arend/AltaMiraNYCShoes -- Creepers Jeans -- vintage Scarf -- Marc Jacobs ...

The BCBG Max Azria show took me totally by surprise--I'd never been to a runway show before. I walked in, took my seat, and saw about 30 photographers swarm a few blondes in the front...

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Last night, downtown dandies and dames headed over to Milk Studios to check out Camilla Staerk's presentation of her Fall Collection and there's no denying it--nineties grunge is back in full swing, and it's never...

Photo: Racked.comOver the years, sartorially sophisticated ladies have always embraced menswear as a style-staple. Well, in light of fashion week, YSL is taking androgyny to a new level with the opening of a "unisex" pop-up...