The man himself explains how The Board will work. After his Fall 2012 show yesterday, Oscar de la Renta introduced “The Board,” a creative new concept to get your input on his design process.  Anyone can join the online pinboard to post aesthetic ideas they think would suit the label.   The haute fashion house’s [...]

Six seasons ago, Milk Studios and MAC launched fashion week shows to complement (and compete with) Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.  Now Made Fashion Week, as the institution is called, has launched an app to go with its 50-plus shows — and it’s a must-have for editors, buyers, designers, and mere onlookers. The Made app, which runs [...]

The words eco-friendly, sustainable, and green have all entered fashion industry lingo as buzzy terminology in recent years.  However, what’s really going on when it comes to those terms as real-world applications?  Are any of these practices truly entering mainstream style?  More importantly, is even possible for them to do so?  In order to get [...]

Suzy Amis Cameron and James Cameron for Red Carpet Green Dress. Have you ever seen an up-and-coming actress wear the same thing on two red carpets?  Neither have we.  Couture though they might be, all those one-time-use gowns aren’t particularly ecologically sound.  And thus, Suzy Amis Cameron (wife of James Cameron) founded Red Carpet Green [...]

A sampling of Lucky Brand looks for Spring 2012. Have you ever wondered why some of your jeans with stretch keep their shape and others don’t?  Or how a label even gets started when it comes to designing your denim?  We wanted to find out — and luckily, we had the chance to sit down [...]

On Wednesday Liz Claiborne Inc.’s Bill McComb appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” to announce the company’s eagerly awaited new name: Fifth & Pacific Companies. McComb, who stepped in as CEO five years ago, has guided Liz through significant restructuring since then, including the sale of the Liz Claiborne name brand to JCPenney last fall, which [...]

Gogobot, a social travel site that offers users tailored travel recommendations from friends and kindred spirits, based on information provided via their social networks, is amping up its stylish side.  The site introduced travel guides and tips put together by several site members who also happen to be denizens of the fashion industry. The celebrity [...]

Just in case you’re celebrating the holidays, well, after the holidays, these items will make great, belated gifts.  And don’t fret — our favorite style curation sites offered up fashionable finds for both men and women this week.  Read on for all our top picks: This set of five bangles on L-Atitude would make a [...]

InStyle‘s January 2012 issue.  Photo credit: Andreas Sjödin. It’s a magazine, it’s a store, it’s a….shoppable window installation?  InStyle‘s forthcoming midtown New York retail outpost will be all of those things.  The magazine is taking the editorial leap into retail up a notch with its pop-up store, set to debut on March 1st. Though the [...]

Fashion start-ups have a new way to lure investors, Italian fashion editors will advise you online on your (weekend) outfits, and the National Advertising Division is getting strict with cosmetics companies.  Read on for all the fashion tech news to emerge this week. Of a Kind is one of a number of popular fashion start-ups [...]