These conceptual sketches from Custo Barcelona is enough to cause instant salivation. No one has command of color and the ability to make it outlandishly fabulous like Custo Dalmau. So this Sunday while normal red blooded American males will be sitting in front of a TV watching football, I will be marvelling at the collection [...]

LONDON, July 14, 2011 — Debenhams has revealed that the reason why women shop so much is down to nurture as opposed to nature, as women are taught to shop so much by their own mothers. Debenhams commissioned a study into the shopping gene following sales figures showing that baby girls’ clothing is out selling [...]

It’s a mad rush here at PD. With the relaunch of all of our sites, a $500 giveaway and an exciting foto series on the magazine/blog site, it’s just a wonderful time to be fans of all things fashion. Even if you’re a mild observer or just trying to see all types of fashion items [...]

Series hosted by GQ Style Editor Adam Rapoport—upcoming episode to feature Simon Doonan and Jonathan Adler NEW YORK— Fall never looked this good. Plum TV is leading fall trends with Style Innovators, a 4-part docu-interview series presented by Cadillac and hosted by GQ Style Editor Adam Rapoport. The show follows Adam on a journey inside [...]

Hintmag.com recently interviewed Chanel’s Jacques Polge. For those of you living under a rock or other type of crevice, Polge is Chanel’s perfumer. If you’re wearing some type of Chanel perfume right now, chances are Polge came up with it via Alchemy and quite a bit of perfume sorcerers magic. In the interview he explains to [...]

If anyone doubted John Paul Gaultier’s dedication to creating beautiful pieces for all women, Beth Ditto’s appearance should assuage those doubts. Gaultier created a couple of pieces for the size 28 woman in us all and Ditto proudly wore it. Ditto of rock group, The Gossip, fame made her appearance during Gaultier’s Paris show in [...]

Immersed in an intimate hall at Lincoln Center, models seemed to illuminate the dark room wearing long dresses designed by Diego Binetti. As goddesses, they were put on pedestals for all to take a closer look at the fine details of the evening wear. The static display enabled editors and buyers to more fully contemplate [...]

If there’s any doubt as to the differences between London fashion week and the rest of the fashion weeks out there, Charlie le Mindu’s collection should illustrate. Check out the review here and the full photo gallery here.

Is Jose Duran ready for primetime? Is he the next (insert major designer here)? Not quite yet, though that’s not to say it won’t happen, it will. Duran shows flashes of brilliance challenging normal conventions of design. He constructed a collection of solid monotone colors with a red thrown in here or there. The collection [...]

Going to a Ports 1961 show is an experiment in pushing the limits of claustrophobia in wide open spaces. Onlookers at the show were nearly hanging off the seams of the tent because there was literally no room in the large space. This may be a testament to the popularity of the brand and it [...]

Jenny Packham showed mastery at creating dresses, gowns and formal wear. Packham displayed her collection bright and early Monday morning to a full audience. Packham has shown in London in the past and is no stranger to New York and decided to put a strong collection dresses, shorts and… more dresses. Strong pieces included the [...]

There’s no doubt in my mind that the Venexiana collection has it’s ardent supporters. Each season we see a collection from Kati Stern that speaks to this audience. This audience is not the Hollywood starlet stumbling out of a club at 3am. Kati Stern’s audience loves big voluminous gowns. The woman wearing Venexiana appreciates a [...]

Custo Dalmau created what has to be one of the definitive spring collections of this New York fashion week season. Custo Barcelona is a collection that never shies away from color. Last season our writer went looking for the Custo Barcelona customer. This season it must be said, the Custo Barcelona customer may end up being [...]

French writer Rachel Lebeau had the pleasure of attending an offsite (away from Lincoln center) show during New York fashion week. She details her experience here: What is good with New York fashion week, is that there must be at least thirty runways shows per day. Certainly there major names that are displayed at Lincoln Center, [...]

During Fashion Week in New York, several adjacent events are held such as Couture Fashion Week which takes place at the prestigious Waldorf Astoria on Park Avenue. The purpose of this event is to promote designers from all continents, working in the field of haute couture, evening dresses, accessories, etc.. The organization of Couture fashion [...]

Getting entrance into a Catherine Malandrino show is at times like trying to have an audience with the Pope. This season though the designer gave the general public a real treat. As evidenced from the video above, onlookers were able to view the entire collection, Malandrino decided to show her collection at the reflecting pool [...]

There was a blogging, facebooking and twittering going on all over Manhattan and pretty much anywhere you went to in New York City (this includes our cherished 5 boros). Roxanne and I were looking for nuggets though. There were so many events and places to be finding a diamond in the rough wasn’t exactly going [...]