Being in debt feels bad and scary enough, but what do you think it feels like to — instead of owing money to a financial institution — owe money to Steve Madden? Betsey Johnson knows, now that Steve Madden Ltd. has taken over a $48.8 million loan to her company, according to papers filed with the SEC late yesterday. Johnson, whose Fash...

At spring 2011 Paris Men’s Fashion Week, we saw a serious spike in the amount of hair on the runway. Beards were most definitely out, about, and growing wildly. Will that trend take at New York Fashion Week next week (!!) as well? Michael Bastian, who has an eye for the hottest male models in the business, suggests as much. You have the mo...

Personal-style bloggers face a very real challenge in finding ways to take pictures of themselves wearing clothes in different ways. They can’t just go to the same dusty gas station, day in, day out, with the same sleepy-eyed look and same forlorn attitude. They have to mix it up, try new things, use new props, and visit new places that best...

So you’re out at a bar, you see a hot guy, you try the ol’ eye-sex routine, but his elbows are glued to the bar and he doesn’t come toward you. Now what? Do you assume he’s having eye sex with a girl (or guy) behind you? Do you send him a drink, which costs money you’re not sure is worth spending? Or do you give him a...

After a launching denim and sunglasses to mixed reception, Victoria Beckham took the plunge into the high-end dress business. Some speculated the line was the work of one of her favorite designers, Roland Mouret, but with this line, Beckham — like the Olsens — has managed to eschew stigma associated with celebrity designers. Her dresse...

After rumors this week, Century 21’s move into the Lincoln Center Barnes & Noble has been confirmed. The store will move in next fall, while Barnes & Noble vacates in January due to a rent hike. The spot was the chain’s biggest Manhattan location. [NYDN] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: ...

She’s following only eight people, while over 27,000 are following her. Her first tweet reads, “Finally!! Leaving for UK tomorrow ‘Airport is my runway!!!’ Can’t wait for fashion week! In love and light x VB” Arm: twisted. We’re following. [vbfashionweek/Twitter] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: ...

Last season Alexander Wang held his after-party in the gas station next to Milk Studios. It drew a line so big and scary that many people who had planned to go walked away at the mere site of it, not knowing they’d miss a surprise performance by Courtney Love and kick themselves for it later. Fashionologie has heard that this year Wang’...

Last night Marc Jacobs accompanied Anna Wintour on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to help her plug Fashion’s Night Out. “I think we meant to talk about Fashion’s Night Out,” she presses after the segment has dragged on for a little while without any talk of Fashion’s Night Out. But before that, Fallon wanted to talk abo...

H&M’s next designer collaboration will be with Lanvin on collections of womenswear and menswear hitting stores November 23, the chain announced overnight in a press release. Alber Elbaz will design the ladies’ collection while Lucas Ossendrijver will design the men’s. Elbaz said [....rest of the story....]...

Yesterday the State of California passed a bill that would fine paparazzi $5,000 for interfering with celebrities getting to and riding around in their cars. Unruly photographers could also land a year in jail. As the bill awaits Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s signature, you may want to review one key piece of evidence in the hearing: Kate...

She’s like the homeless Statue of Liberty! You don’t get more New York than that. [Gaga Daily] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: disco homeless statue of liberty, designers, ...

His name is Felipe Oliveira Baptista and he takes the reins from Christophe Lemaire, who leaves to succeed Jean Paul Gaultier at Hermès. Today is his first day, but his first full collection won’t come out for another few seasons, for spring 2012. He says he plans to “experiment with colors.” [...

Aren’t you so glad Fashion’s Night Out is almost here? Because it’s a rare time of year where Anna Wintour gets out of her Condé Nast tower and speaks directly to the people — and late-night talk-show hosts. Last year she went on David Letterman, but after his little scandal it makes more sense for her to try out anoth...

Now that Miranda Kerr has come out and said she’s pregnant, she has no need to try to hide her baby bump with baggy tops and whatnot. So she appears in a commercial for her Kora skin-care line in tight yoga clothes! And guess what: She’s huge. Ha, kidding, she’s not huge at all, she’s skinny as ever and just looks like she ...

Today the stylist turns 39, and she’s celebrating, according to her Twitter feed, by lunching in the Hamptons with her family. And she’s having what looks like cherry cobbler with a candle in it for dessert. Happy birthday, sister! Dare we ask what Rodger “Kiki de Montparnasse” got her? [rzrachelzoe/Twitter] Read more posts...

In his new book, Gunn’s Golden Rules: Life’s Little Lessons for Making It Work, Tim Gunn shares a little story about the time he saw Anna Wintour being carried out of the Peter Som show by bodyguards, perhaps to avoid taking the stairs or elevator like a common person. The Daily News accuses the book of being deceptively titled, since ...

It would seem hard to make a sweatsuit ill-fitting (isn’t that the point sometimes?), but those are among the complaints retailers had at the beginning of the year about Juicy Couture. Retailers alleged that the designs were also stale, on top of the fit issues. In the spring, the company hired Erin Fetherston to consult and design a capsule...

On the anniversary of Princess Diana’s death yesterday, Chinese company Jealousy International launched a lingerie line called Diana. The ad for the line, which was unleashed across billboards in London, depicts Princess Diana in lingerie and a tiara, playing the cello for a little boy. The copy translates to, “Feel the romance of Brit...

Apparently the cropped do she was photographed with on the set of her new movie is just a wig! Hopefully all the chicks who rushed out and cut her hair to be like her still feel okay with their decision. [StyleList] Earlier: What Do You Think of Anne Hathaway’s New Short Haircut? Read more posts by Amy [....rest of the story....]...

Those little teaser videos H&M just released to hype its next designer collaboration are not of Bottega Veneta’s Tomas Maier, but Lanvin’s Alber Elbaz, WWD reports. Sources tell the paper a collaboration with the ridiculously — and deservedly [....rest of the story....]...

Let’s say you work at a magazine and sometimes people send you clothes to play with. And let’s say one lazy afternoon you get a box from QVC. With trepidation and excitement you reach for the scissors to cut it open, fold back the cardboard, and see a black label with the initials “RZ” staring back at you. Let’s say t...