fashion week

Last night, VFiles threw their fashion week fête at newly-minted hautespot Bow. Downtown chicsters crowded the Bowery to fight their way through a jam packed door (all the best bashes have them, after all) to party with the style set like V’s Cecilia Dean, Derek Blasberg, Harry and Peter Brant, Caroline Murphy, Raquel Zimmerman, Italo Zucchelli, Kate Lanphear and Brad Goreski. DJ May Kwok spun, and Theophilus London performed to the hyped crowd. Post-performance, London kept the party going with the likes of Hannah Bronfman. The Kills’ Alison Mosshart showed up looking perfectly punk in a leather jacket and multi-colored locks. As for the surprise guest? P’Trique, from S**T Fashion Girls Say, showed up and was the toast of the party. Not to surprisingly, he’s been quite the toast at the tents, too, as far as the Twitter scene is concerned.

WHAT: Nicholas Kirkwood Metallic Leather Slippers…WHY: Celebrate our 10th Anniversary with color popping pink (it’s our fave)! It’s as if Nicholas Kirkwood designed them just for our birthday, right? The metallic slippers contrast a mirror-like pink leather with light-rose trims. The bubblegum hue may inevitably capture the attention of fashion week photogs and garner a compliment or two from fellow chicettes in the process…AVAILABLE: $$710, Net-a-Porter.com…

Consider your cocktail banter set for the week: The Daily to the fash bon mots-filled rescue! Things to Discuss:

Because starving is never chic, we suggest you follow Joe Zee’s lead and make supping at the delightfully old school Ed’s Chowder House on West 63rd a Fashion Week tradition.

(NEW YORK) VIDEO: Victoria’s Secret Angels Decode Love [Telegraph UK]
The Angels offer up valuable lessens in love

New York To Host Debut Standalone Menswear Fashion Week? [Vogue UK]
Move over September and February, there’s a new fashion week in town

A Collaboration We Can Get Behind: The CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund x Nordstrom [Fashionista]
The Seattle-based department store is the latest in the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund collab series

Tumblr is Going Back to NYFW [Lucky]
Once again, Tumblr is sending bloggers to fashion week

Rachel Zoe, Charlotte Ronson, and More Create Fashion Plates for NYFW [ELLE]
Mercedes-Benz has tapped 30 designers and fashion insiders to create personalized license plates to benefit amfAR

‘Twas the night before fashion week and all through the house…Designers are offering teasers of their collection! Take this Milly by Michelle Smith sketch, sent over for our perusal. “Layers of rich textures and saturated colors with modern, precise tailoring,” Smith revealed in a statement. Who comes up with this stuff?

(NEW YORK) Zac Posen Launches New Contemporary Line [Vogue UK]
The designer launches Zac Zac Posen

Marc Jacobs Joins Forces With Diet Coke [Telegraph UK]
Move over Jean Paul Gaultier, Diet Coke has tapped Marc Jacobs

No Man Repelling Here! Check Out Leandra Medine’s New Clothing Collab [Refinery29]
Leandra gives PJK her fashion two cents

Kate Moss Celebrates Her 20 Years Of i-D Cover Shoots With Another Four! [Grazia UK]
Kate Moss graces not one but four i-D covers

Karl Lagerfeld to Pen a Column for WSJ Magazine [Fashionista]
Expect a plethora of “karlisms” to Grace the pages of WSJ Magazine

Macy’s Teams Up With Made for a Pretty Random Collaboration [Racked]
Macy’s moves from designer collabs to fashion week partnerships

Kenneth Cole’s return to the runway involves a digital-savvy fash world. The designer understands that the world has changed since his last show. “Fashion Week is now consumable by everyone, everywhere. Before a look even leaves the runway, people are able to shoot it, post it, share it, pin it, blog it, tweet it, and retweet it.

She’s baaaaaaack! After recently announcing that she was going to sit this fashion week out, Betsey Johnson has changed her tune. The designer announced today that she’s returning to Lincoln Center to show her collection on February 11th. Wouldn’t feel like NYFW without a Betsey cartwheel or two.

How should you behave sitting front row? Cover’s fashion director Carola Niemann brushes us up on FASHION ETIQUETTE 101! What’s the proper time to arrive at a fashion show?
To be on time, someone should show up 10 or 15 minutes before the scheduled time.