For years, New York City has been lauded (by mostly New Yorkers, but still) as the fashion capital of the world, but now NYC designers are casting a westward eye toward the more casual City of Angels. Henri Bendel, for example, has a couple new locations in Beverly Hills — and although NY designers are [...]

The future of fashion is now. Amid the frilly haystack rumpus at Chanel, the sexed-up Grace Jones warrior at Pugh and Balmain, and the return of laid-back sportswear basics at Stella emerged one more new runway trend: the fashion industry’s full-blown plunge into the world of technology. Now that we’re [finally] entering the recovery phase [...]

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced along with Vogue Magazine, the CFDA, and NYC & Co. that this year’s wildly successful Fashion’s Night Out will reprise next fall 2010. Despite an initial tepid response from some merchants, the event proved to be much more lucrative than originally hoped for, with both shopper turnout and [...]