It seems that there is a lot more muscle going into menswear these days, and we’re not sure if it’s the staggering economy or the competition that’s causing the heat in the once second-tier market. The new collection in menswear from Martyn Bal {Swipelife} features styles similar to what we are seeing in other fall [...]

Behold, you are now staring at the future! Pantone Color, long the official color authority for design professionals, has declared turquoise, no. 15-5519, the color of 2010. The choice, in reality, seems fitting and telling of the current signs of time: it is at once soothing and invigorating, evoking water and sky, or your next [...]

2009 has definitely been the year of the vampire. Shows like True Blood and Twilight have taken audiences by storm and infiltrated internet blogs and social networks like wildfire. Naturally, fashion editorials took notice and decided to play up this supernatural craze. Though Ugly Betty’s Wilhemina Slater declared it a stupid editorial idea, seems her [...]

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 after this [...]

Red-white-and-blue is the new black.
In response to the economy (yes, we’re tired of hearing that, too), numerous American designers are going back to their roots and exploring stripped-down, basic sportswear — and several have taken the road of Americana, to a time where life was more simple and things were always as they seemed.
There was [...]

Not content to leave the quad grazing styles to Fall’s over-the-knee boots, it appears hemlines for Spring are staying high, keeping the focus on your Pilates payoffs. From Chanel’s garter tattoos to Rykiel’s ruching all’s fair as long as the focus is between the knee and the knickers. That’s not usually a safe play zone, but what [...]

Animal prints have always come in and out of vogue, but this season we pass on the typical leopard and cheetah and slip into something a little sexier: snakeskin.
But don’t worry, this modern take on snake is not as tacky as we’re used to, as long as you shop smart.  We recommend sticking to tonal [...]

Move over, punk rockers: the fashion world is stealing your safety pin stash.
Continuing in the same vein of the past seasons’ aggressive heavy-metal/warrior trends, designers like Vena Cava and style-savvy people like blogger Pelayo Diaz, shown left, have turned to the humble safety pin for more than pure utilitarianism.
Designer versions of safety-pin-studded duds are of course [...]

Italian designer (and former architecture-trainee) Alberto Marani is rethinking the word “ethnic” in terms of fashion inspiration, choosing to forgo the tendency to lump all “different” cultures together into a muddled mess of commodified exoticism.
The re-launch collection for his main Marani line is inspired by photographer Pieter Hugo’s work in documenting hyena tamers in Nigeria; we [...]