As Fashion Week continues to travel the globe, I continue to be impressed with all of the fashionable people worldwide. I must have some over the knee/thigh high boots now!!

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Seems like the Parisians are also feeling the loss. Paul Smith danced down the catwalk to Thriller yesterday as a little tribute to Michael Jackson. Expect much, much more of this and a couple of Michael Jackson “inspired” fashion collections to be hitting to runway hags everywhere come next season.

QUICKLINK: LDNfashion: Apparently, MJ’s absence is being felt in Paris, too. Paul Smith danced down the catwalk to Thriller to take his bow this afternoon…

Love the sash as a cumberbun look…

Whoever said black and blue don’t go together is royaly fucked on this one. Missoni has pieced together an amazing Fall 2009 collection, that is all about grey, black and blue knits in all sorts of great patterns. The collection has a great color palate for those cold, miserable days spent walking around Manhattan. Could we be seeing a reinvention of army green as well? Make it shimer and you almost have a completely different color. Big fan of this collection.

Gallery:  RUNWAY RUNDOWN: Missoni Fall 2009 Collection

Courtesy of: The Fashionisto

Not to be mistaken for a diesel car, I’m talking about THE Diesel car. That’s right, Diesel has launched a car, although it doesn’t run on diesel fuel, nor is it fuel officiant, nor is it really cool looking.

“Launched at a star-studded party at Milan Fashion Week, the car, the new Fiat 500, has been designed in a partnership between the two iconic Italian brands as an ‘urban survival vehicle’. The hubcaps feature the brand’s mohican logo, the bumpers sport rivet detailing and the seats and steering wheel have been stitched with yellow thread to mirror the jeans that Diesel is so famous for,” as seen in ElleUK.

The limited edition car – only 10,000 are set to be produced – will go on sale on November 9th. Add it to your Hanukah wish list now…

Katy Perry must be kissing more than girls lately seeing as though she landed herself in the spotlight of Milan Fashion Week with Dolce & Gabbana. Apparently she is too good for Mercedes Fashion Week and Fashion Indie Week Brooklyn seeing as though she won’t be participating. She totally sold out on Fashion Indie and her friends at New York Couture by not performing at, what may be the largest event during Fashion Week, the New York Couture fashion show at Mansion! Now since we heard she flaked out on us, we have decided to replace her with a ton of other performers that you won’t want to miss so be sure to come. Until then can we please try to de-throne Katy from the number one song on the charts, lets be honest we’re all over that song. 

This season, we’ve seen some of the most surprising male models hit the runways. First, Vivienne Westwood sends out beef cake bodyguards, then DSquared showcased an almost all ethnic cast, now Yohji Yamamoto sent out several gray-haired models who were over 60, one of whom happened to be artist-turned-filmmaker Steve McQueen, who just won a prize at the Cannes Film Festival. “The situation is, I’m not a skinny white boy, I’m the complete opposite,” McQueen told the AP. “I heard the audience gasp a bit when I came in.”

Is this the designers way of saying that clothes can be worn by anyone, whether hot male model or old guy? I guess it works, but that really defeats the purpose of having hotties on the catwalk!

Source: NY Mag

Calvin Klein: one word neon. Bright, bold, and requiring sunglasses

Ermenegildo Zegna: classic tailoring in classic neutral summer shades – oh and two pink suits.

Belstaff: Lots of shiny patent macs and plenty of colour to end Milan men’s fashion week.

Trends off the catwalk

THE GOOD

Bow ties – and not a dinner jacket in sight. A little ridiculous but harmless. This is men’s fashion week, let them have their fun.

THE BAD

Orange espadrilles – keep them to the beach love.

THE UGLY

Is a Versace Lamborghini too much? Possibly, but it might just have been the best looking fashion accessory of the week.

People

Armani pulled the big shots in again – this time for his mainline collection, Giorgio Armani. Clive Owen and Adrien Brody graced the front row. Full marks for the biggest A list attendees.

Source: TimesOnline

Images: NY Mag

Duckie Brown was all about the lack of music with their recent Fall 2008 show, but Hedi Slimane’s 99 collection for YSL followed the no sound route way before.  In the vintage vid we get to meet the designer and his collection but the lack of music makes me feel disconnected to the collection and more aware of the snapping and coughs coming from the crowd. Fortunately there was no cellular chatter in this round of show.

Hedi being thrown out at the end. Priceless

Hey Indies,

Our wonderful site has been nominated for the 2008 Fabbies (Fashion Blog Awards).

We are up against 15 other sites in the Indie & Niche category, but we all know we’re the best, so go vote (it’s on www.fabbie.org).

If we don’t win, Daniel will never show his face again and we would hate for that, so do it!