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Runway Looks We Love: Gucci

Feb 22, 2012 @ 6:05 pm

Milan Fashion Week is happening right now, where Gucci’s creative director Frida Giannini presented a darkly glamorous collection for fall 2012. She filled the runway with cocktail dresses, pencil skirts, military jackets and evening gowns in rich textures like brocade, leather, feathers, and pops of rich velvet. Intricate beaded embroidery, stiletto booties, knee-high riding boots, ladylike bags, round glasses and blood-red lips rounded out the moody lineup. See our favorite looks in the gallery now.

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— Violet Gaynor

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Courtesy of Marni for H&M

Marni for H&M: See the Complete Collection!

Feb 21, 2012 @ 7:00 pm

Marni‘s limited-edition collection for H&M is almost here, and we have a first look at what you can expect! “The collaboration with H&M has been an exciting challenge,” says Marni’s founder and creative director Consuelo Castiglioni. “I’m very proud of the result. Everything has the same level of quality, craft, and attention to detail Marni is known for.” The print-centric lineup features silk separates, vibrant summer dresses, chunky resin jewelry, and wooden platform sandals ranging from $10 to $149. Preview the entire collection (with prices!) in the gallery, and get your shopping list ready for when it hits stores March 8th.

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— Caitlin Petreycik

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London Fashion Week: The News Worth Knowing

Feb 21, 2012 @ 6:59 pm

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London Fashion Week took place over the weekend, where fashion editors and celebrities gathered to watch the British crop of designers show their latest collections. Kate Bosworth and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley sat runway-side at the Burberry Prorsum show, where designer Christopher Bailey “made it rain” on the runway, while Stella McCartney welcomed to Rihanna to her star-studded presentation. See these photos and more in the gallery now!

— Sharon Clott

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Diane Von Furstenberg for Current/Elliott: Shop the Collection

Feb 21, 2012 @ 5:55 pm

Diane Von Furstenberg teamed up with denim line Current/Elliott to create a capsule collection full of easy-to-wear pieces splashed with her signature bright prints—and the items are now available for your shopping pleasure. The collaboration, which includes floral skirts and colorful skinnies that are perfect for adding some extra color to your spring wardrobe, starts at $229. See the full lineup in the gallery now, and shop the items at dvf.com.

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— Leah Abrahams

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Courtesy of Vera Wang

Brides, Download This: Vera Wang’s New Wedding Planner App

Feb 21, 2012 @ 5:35 pm

Vera Wang is an all-around go-to for everything bridal—apps included! The designer just launched Vera Wang on Weddings, a new wedding planner-inspired app that features a calendar, guest list manager, vendor organizer, inspiration boards, and more so that you can keep your plans for your big day fully functional (without tipping to scary overwhelming). “I would like a bride to take this app as a suggestion, as encouragement to find out who she really wants to be and how she wants to get married,” Wang said. Download it now on your iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch—it’s free until March 1st, then it’s $10 to buy.

Plus, see memorable celebrity brides!

CELEB WEDDING GOWNS!

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— Rose Walano

Marni for H&M: How Celebrities Wear It!

Feb 21, 2012 @ 12:15 pm

Felicity Jones, Drew Barrymore, Freida Pinto, Jessica Chastain

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The Marni for H&M collection hits stores next month, and we can hardly wait! And we’re not alone in our eagerness for the print-centric Italian label’s lower-price collaboration: Felicity Jones, Drew Barrymore, Freida Pinto, and Jessica Chastain were among the celebrities who suited up in Marni for H&M for an all-out Moroccan-themed bash celebrating the line in Los Angeles this weekend. “It’s accessible and affordable,” Barrymore told InStyle.com of the collection. “I love when people bring high end designers to these stores where you can supermarket sweep it and be crazy and not break your bank.” We agree! See how more celebrities styled the line in the gallery, and shop the pieces at H&M stores starting March 8th.

— Lindzi Scharf

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Courtesy of ABC; Courtesy of Stella McCartney

Revenge Fashion: Emily Thorne’s Lace Top

Feb 21, 2012 @ 11:40 am

Revenge’s Fire & Ice Ball wasn’t the only place to do some designer spotting on last week’s episode. Emily Throne (Emily VanCamp) kept her cool in an olive-green military style jacket thrown over an off-white sleeveless top by Stella McCartney, which sells for $895 on stellamccartney.com. For more Revenge fashion, click through the gallery.

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— Leah Abrahams

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Christian Dior’s 1948 Fashion Show: See the Photos

Feb 18, 2012 @ 2:00 pm

Fashion month is in full swing, and to celebrate, LIFE has opened up its vaults to reveal photos from Christian Dior’s iconic “New Look” collection, originally shown in Paris in 1948. Long before runway shows attracted paparazzi and celeb-filled front rows, Dior’s pivotal 1948 lineup changed the course of fashion—ushering in a new decade of ultra-feminine fitted jackets, nipped-in waists, prominent shoulders and full, calf-length skirts. Go back in time and see photos from the show in the gallery, and visit life.time.com for more.

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— Sharon Clott

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