It never goes far out of style, but Saint-Tropez enjoyed a renewed moment in the sun this past Resort season, when Karl Lagerfeld led the troops there for his collection presentation. Didn’t make it? Neither did Jeffrey Kalinsky, owner of New York and Atlanta’s Jeffrey boutiques—so Chanel is setting up a six-week pop-up shop modeled [...]

Last night, The tony Pierre hotel in New York got more action than we’re guessing it’s seen in quite some time. Two hundred of fashion’s nearest and dearest—from Sofia Coppola and Andie MacDowell to half the editors currently working in New York—packed a private salon for a Lanvin ♥ H&M “haute couture” runway show, graced [...]

The holiday season, apparently, begins now. Christmas is fast upon us, and two of Paris’ best are leading the charge: Lanvin’s Alber Elbaz was at Printemps to debut the his-and-hers puppet windows he’s created, while John Galliano’s designs for Claridge’s Christmas tree have just been released. His “Under the Sea” tree (left) will go up [...]

The Met’s Costume Institute will stage a full-scale exhibition in tribute to Alexander McQueen next year. Curator Andrew Bolton prefers not to call it a “retrospective”: The show will look at the themes underlying the late designer’s work, from his earliest pieces, created at Central Saint Martins, through his tenure at Givenchy, to the heyday [...]

The wait’s over. This morning, the first images and the full video preview of Alber Elbaz’s Lanvin ♥ H&M collection hit the Web. A who’s who of the hottest models—including Natasha Poly, Tati Cotliar, and Hannelore Knuts—square off over love and dresses in the most fabulous hotel we’ve ever seen. How can we check in?The [...]

Over the course of a century in a print, Women’s Wear Daily has had given a ton to the designers it covers. And for its centennial celebration, those designers are giving back—and doing a turn for charity, no less. Starting tomorrow at 11:59 p.m., the WWD@100 Auction launches online, featuring exclusive, one-of-a-kind items sold to [...]

You could wait around for the department stores to have an 85 percent off sale, but our guess is, you’d be waiting a pretty long time. Or you could just swing by Lucky’s seventh annual Lucky Shops next week. The shopping bible has rounded up some of its favorite designers for a deeply-discounted shopping event [...]

The first uncensored pic of Lanvin’s collection for H&M is ready for dissection. Will you go for Elbaz’s signature one-shoulder frock, a sleek tux top, or (who are we kidding) the whole lot? [Fashionologie]
The First Lady wore—who else?—Donna Karan at a fundraising party last night in the designer’s Central Park West pad. Unaffiliated designers, take [...]

It didn’t take long for Alber Elbaz’s Spring ‘11 Lanvin collection to make its real-world debut. Blake Lively donned the opening look from the new collection—one of the tone-setting long, slit-skirt numbers, complete with Elie Top’s fabulously bedazzled bug at the neck—for this weekend’s Spike TV Scream Awards. She dressed up the look with a [...]

Today in fashion field trips, part 1: Todd Selby visits Jeanne Lanvin’s personal library in Paris, comes away with shots like the one above. [The Selby]Today in fashion field trips, part 2: Patrik Ervell heads to Detroit to take in a new Matthew Barney performance piece. Sadly, no snaps are allowed in the performance, but [...]