10 Essentials Elements for (an Unseasonably Warm) New York Fashion Week

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Twice a year, we at FashionIndie raid, ransack and rape our closets in an effort to  put together a compelling look that will have all other fashionistas wishing they had stayed the eff home. In September, the last vestiges of summer make it slightly easier to turn it proverbially out, but February usually requires a lot of layering and the outfit often has to be cruelly covered up to stave off the ravages of winter. This  New York Fashion Week, however, the winter has been suspiciously mild. Temperatures have barely dipped below freezing and nary a snow flake has dropped in weeks. So let’s just ignore our impending doom thanks to the totally buzz-killing reality of global warming and instead focus on what matters: dressing for the Tents. Here are 10 staples — 5 for the guys and 5 for the gals, but feel free to mix and match since we actively don’t subscribe to gender constructs — for NYFW. 

Great Scot!: Jonathan Saunders Wins BFC/Vogue Fashion Fund Award

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Scottish-born designer Jonathan Saunders beat out eight other designers including Mary Katrantzou, Marios Schwab and Nicholas Kirkwood to take home the British Fashion Council/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund award.

British Fashion Council Names 2012 Fashion Forward Winners

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Henry Holland, Mary Katrantzou, Louise Gray and James Long got a little help from their friends over at the British Fashion Council. The four were crowned the winners of the BFC’s 2012 Fashion Forward initiative, the Brit equivalent of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Award. Along with business support from the Council, the winners also get some much-needed cash to help in showing their latest collections.

The Royal Wedding Dress, Olympic Torch and McQueen’s Savage Beauty Vie for Design of the Year Award

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

The Design Museum has nominated the Duchess of Cambridge’s Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen royal wedding dress for its Design of the Year award, along with the 2012 Olympic torch and the Metropolitan Museum of Art‘s Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty exhibit. 

Sarah Burton, Victoria Beckham, Christopher Kane and Stella McCartney Win Big at British Fashion Awards

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

In a rare, and unstaged, show of emotion — public or otherwise — Victoria Beckham wiped away a tear as she collected her award for Designer Brand at the 2011 British Fashion Awards. Thanking her husband and 13 children, Beckham beat out industry vets Tom Ford, Burberry and Stella McCartney – who still managed to win the Red Carpet award – to snatch her first BFA trophy. Alexander McQueen’s Sarah Burton was awarded the Designer of the Year award while Christopher Kane beat out Erdem and Jonathan Saunders to take home the inaugural New Establishment prize, which recognizes “a particular movement in British fashion that is taking the industry by storm.” Gallery and list of the winners follows after the jump.

Inna P is Bold & Bright for Harper’s Bazaar Singapore

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

To celebrate a milestone 10th anniversary with its November issue, Harper’s Bazaar Singapore channeled the art of cinema for the dramatic and colorful spread “Celluloid Couture.” Starring Inna P, wearing the likes of Prada, Mary Katrantzou, Marc Jacobs and Diane von Furstenberg, donned a yellow wig and bright blue eyeshadow for Gan‘s lens. Kenneth Goh did the honors of styling Inna as she prepared for her close-up in Singapore’s own Chinatown neighborhood.

10 Tights To Fall For

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Ooooh these tights are tight! They’re pitter-patterned and textured to perfection. This seasonally necessary bottom layer is turning wild so you can still turn it in tiny shorts in the chill. Our 10 favorite leggalicious tights scream stretch me. What will yours say?

Springing for 2012 Trends from New York and London

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Spring 2012 is blooming before our very eyes as trends fall in fringe, sprout like flowers and actively kick it into hyperspeed. Designers from New York and London are on a wavelength that transcends oceans, and that frequency is tickling our future wardrobes with trends we love.

Photos from Style.com