One takeaway from the recent CFDA Awards red carpet: Black tie in the summertime has always presented a fashion quandary. You want to look formal, but not wintry, done to the nines, but not sweaty. (See Goths in Hot Weather for that one.) Not only does it seem a little over-the-top to wear a full-on [...]

When the fashion world brings a Hollywood date to an awards ceremony, the glamour quotient is extreme. This was black tie dressing at its best and most tricky, since the skies alternately threatened rain or just plain mugginess. But both the male and female guests pulled it off with aplomb, playing with hemlines (of both [...]