On average, New York designers saw a 500 percent increase in sales inquiries the week after their New York Fashion Week shows. By comparison, designers who showed in Milan Fashion Week only saw a 22 percent average increase in sales inquiries. Among those faring the best in Italy were Gucci, with a 90 percent increase, and Ferragamo, with an 80 per...

This Zap Sandal by Jimmy Choo is $2,495, with a five-inch heel that lights up when you dance. But how well can one dance on a five-inch spike? And does that make the shoes more overpriced than they already seem? [HuffPo] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: dreams come shoe, ...

Once the sexy Brazilians ruled the modeling world, with their breasts and butts and tans and remarkable compatibility with body grease. Then the thinner, pale Russians rose to prominence with their blonde hair and sallow cheeks. Now modeling seems to be having a Dutch moment, with models such as Lara Stone, Patricia Van Der Vliet, and Lisanne de J...

Last night Lady Gaga and Beyoncé’s “Telephone” video premiered to much fanfare. Earlier we shared our ten favorite fashion moments from the video, but we also broke down the looks individually for closer examination, which a diva collaboration of this magnitude only deserves. See them all in the slideshow. Earlier: The Ten B...

Adam Lambert told us at the Blonds’ show during Fashion Week that he was interested in launching a clothing or cosmetics line. Now he’s reportedly in talks to launch a makeup line consisting of everything a guy could need, including foundation, concealer, shadow, mascara, lip gloss, nail polish, and eyeliner, though it is unclear wheth...

Rina Bovrisse, a senior retail manager for Prada Japan, is suing the label for allegedly discriminating against store employees they found visually unappealing. She claims Prada Japan CEO Davide Sesia, after touring 40 stores, told her to “eliminate” about fifteen staff members he called “old, fat, ugly, disgusting,” or lac...

JWOWW is working hard on her forthcoming clothing line. She tweeted the other day that she picked up 50 fabrics, but did not specify how much consists of polyester. The ladies’ stuff includes “15 shirts, 4 pairs of jeans, 6 dresses, hoodies, 2 corsets, a pair of blazers, jewelry and purses.” The guys won’t get any novelty i...

The full look book for Lauren Conrad’s spring line for Kohl’s is now available. The line is noticeably better than the overpriced namesake line she used to sell at stores like Kitson, which suggests Kohl’s employs some talented designers. [Nitrolicious] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: ...

Terry Richardson shoots everything from Jimmy Choo ads to Pirelli calendars to Harper’s Bazaar editorials. He also shot the lady-orgy spread for the fall issue of Purple in which Abbey Lee Kershaw, Eniko Mihalik, ...

Lady Gaga and Beyoncé’s much-hyped video for “Telephone” is finally out. After a delayed release and weeks of teasing by slowly rolling out stills, Lady Gaga and Beyoncé have given the world diva power at its very best — and acting and clothes that quite simply boggle the mind. This is Gaga’s video, but Beyo...

Karl Lagerfeld: “I buy computers because they are beautiful objects. Personally, I don’t use them that much, but I don’t use cell phones and Blackberries and all that. It’s not because I want to be cut off from the world, but because I have different priorities. I like to do everything myself. I know pretty well about dress...

Over a dress in the exact same material. She sure is on-trend for next fall with the matchy-matchiness. See the full look in the Michelle Obama Look Book. Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: mobama watch, michelle obama ...

Olivier Zahm is the latest subject in Style.com’s ongoing series “The Future of Fashion,” interviews with fashion people who do things like tweet or blog on the Internet. Olivier, the editor of Purple magazine, runs Purple Diary (link NSFW), which includes photos from his point of view of life’s most fabulous things, such a...

Bravo, the greatest network ever, has revealed its fall lineup. Design-competition reality series The Fashion Show has been renewed for a second season, even though many accused it of knocking off Project Runway. Expanding on its winning concept of turning one successful show’s format into hundreds of different shows, the network will also p...

The final collection Alexander McQueen created before his February 11 suicide has been arranged in a showroom in Paris. We’ve previously shown you photos of the line, which you can also view in full-screen, but the video captures details you can’t see in plain pictures — such as the feathered shoes, with heels of gold filigree, a...

In increasing desperation to boost sales, Abercrombie has pledged to continue marking prices “down quite significantly” for the first half of the year. Prices in February were down 14 percent, and the chain doesn’t care if they lose money as long as they finally start showing sales gains month-to-month instead of the double-digit...

Richie Rich, who just held a fashion show for his A*Muse line during Fashion Week, says he is launching another line called Tabloid Hero. “I am going to do the first infomercial with Kim Kardashian, who even though she has her own line, she says she will support me,” Rich says. An infomercial for tabloid-inspired clothes? We thought in...

Clothes Robert Pattinson wore to shoot Remember Me will be auctioned off online beginning March 13. Items include a Prada suit, an off-white LNA T-shirt, and Birkenstocks. We wonder if they’re able to up the starting bids if they promise no items have been cleaned, thus retaining the musk of Pattz? [StyleWatch/People] Read more posts by Amy ...

Many months ago, rumors would surface periodically about Amy Winehouse doing a fashion line. Turns out they are TRUE — she IS. The line is for Fred Perry, will hit stores in October, and is contracted to go for four seasons. From WWD: In a palette of mostly black and pink, the 17-piece collection includes a girlish twinset; slim, thigh-skimm...

In September, Whitney Port presented her spring 2010 collection at New York Fashion Week in a group show with two other People’s Revolution–represented designers. But she was disturbingly absent from our fall 2010 season. We heard a rumor she would show in London, where her mentor Kelly Cutrone was working for the British Fashion Counc...

Surprise! Yesterday’s Chanel show was just as spendy as it looked. Some facts on that runway centerpiece, the greatest piece of ice since, well, maybe this: 1. It weighed 265 tons and stood 28 feet high. 2. It was imported from northern Sweden just for the show. 3. It was composed of snow and ice, a combination that is apparently called R...

You probably also want to see the First Lady of Greece’s green dress. She and Michelle confabbed the other day. See the full looks in the Michelle Obama Look Book. Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: mobama watch, michelle [....rest of the story....]...