New York Fashion Week may be over, but Paris Fashion Week is just a few days away! Look for more Paris street chic and restaurant coverage here beginning next Thursday, March 4. We can’t wait!

Though the plot lines of the show may be a little over-the-top, the tony, polished and sophisticated New York world of Gossip Girl does in fact exist. If you ever need proof, you need only go to an Oscar de la Renta show.

Models after the show. The models’ glam hair and the retro preppy looks on some of the younger guests reminded me of that seminal movie about the Upper East Side in the ’80s, Metropolitan. Continue reading…

Michael Kors‘ popular appeal comes from more than just Project Runway: His clothes are both luxurious and wearable. Attendees at last week’s show included the usual set of editors and buyers plus deep-pocketed customers and the stylists who represent them.

Elle’s Kate Lanphear in a chic drop-waist, double-breasted gray coat, black sunglasses and an onyx ring. This is what’s so great about her style: it’s very personal. When everyone else is doing a cinched waist coat, she does a dropped-waist coat. Continue reading…

It’s called Rodar-TAY, darling. A select few braved the frosty atmosphere for the Rodarte show and arrived wearing some lovely, warm clothes for the occasion.

Sometimes, all it takes is a coat in just the right color, like the peachy nude of this overcoat, paired here with a fur hat and beige scarf. Continue reading…

Marc Jacobs has always been a master at creating fairy tales, so it seemed more than fitting that on the night of the Marc Jacobs show, snow began to fall as guests left the scene. The snow globe effect prolonged the magical feeling of the show itself, where “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” from Frederick Sanchez’s soundtrack set the stage for a dreamy collection.

A tweed menswear-style double breasted coat and satchel bag echoed the relatively conservative (for Marc Jacobs) clothes in the fall 2010 collection. Continue reading…

In a shocking development yesterday, the New York Times replaced longtime Thursday and Sunday Styles editor Trip Gabriel with a 55-year-old white man, Stuart Emmrich. Gabriel, a 54-year-old white man, was finally deemed too young and inexperienced for the job and will now be writing a series of education-related projects for the Times.

Stuart Emmrich

Executive editor Bill Keller, a 61-year-old white man, said he was “continuing the theme of ‘If it ain’t broke, fix it anyway.’” He searched far and wide – as far as the Times’ own travel section – to find Emmrich, an expert on style. Sources say that the search process was particularly difficult given the shortage of style experts of any race or gender available for work right now. Continue reading…

An American fashion maven and one of the originators of New York Fashion Week in Bryant Park, Diane von Furstenberg always draws a celebrity-laden and appreciative crowd to her shows. Guests arrived suitably glammed up for the occasion.

A white lace dress brings in the spring, but the black biker jacket and tights make this a great transitional look for the end (thank God) of winter. Continue reading…

Though her latest designs aren’t even on shelves yet, there was an interesting interplay between Catherine Malandrino’s Fall Winter 2010 collection and what the fashionable guests wore to the presentation last week. Leopard, fur and leather were just as present on the models as they were outside the show.

A model in a goat skin leopard print coat and tweed pants from the Malandrino Fall Winter 2010 collection. Continue reading…

A huge amount of buzz surrounded Saturday’s show by Alexander Wang, the fashion darling who’s built a multimillion-dollar clothing and accessories empire by the age of 25. A crowd of key fashion players came to the show, though the collection itself was disappointing compared to Wang’s previous seasons. The fabulous clothes on all the guests, however, were inspiration enough.

Sarah Rutson of Hong Kong’s Lane Crawford in a fur-trimmed white parka, Current Elliott pants, and Manolo Blahnik hightop heels Continue reading…

Ohne Titel, an indie label started by two Lagerfeld alums, is one to watch. The crowd at the show was much like the fabulous fall collection itself: chic but relaxed.

A black watch cap and wedge heels are winter standards this year. Continue reading…