Invite this braided, studded bracelet to an arm party or let it fly solo for maximum effect. ($24, shopsosie.com)
NYFW backstage beauty: The Chinese military meets ’40s Hollywood at Jason Wu
NYFW style snaps: We’re at Peter Som and Jason Wu, and so are Grace Coddington, Kate Lanphear, and Olivia Palermo
NYFW diary: The dispatch from day one including Jason Wu’s updated Mao jacket, Rag & Bone’s granny mishmash, and Suno’s sweet, sweet garden print
They said/We said: Kate Moss battles good and evil (like, really evil!) in a new W photoshoot
NYFW style snaps: We spy many fur coats, lots of studded leather, and is that Waris Ahluwalia?
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Beauty
Runway to red carpet: Jennifer Morrison’s Valentino-inspired braid at The Muppets premiere

Jennifer Morrison photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage. Valentino Spring 2012 photo by Peter Stigter.
Though she has yet to be styled in a fairytale ensemble for an episode of Once Upon A Time, Jennifer Morrison delivered a very medieval-come-modern look on her own at this weekend’s The Muppets movie premiere. The braided style is undoubtedly inspired by Valentino’s Spring 2012 runway, though Morrison’s version is not nearly as complicated. It’s actually unfair for us to position them side-by-side, because it’s hard for anyone, actress or not, to trump the perfect ethereal beauty of the Valentino braid. Read more »
Beauty
Video beauty 101: Braids
If there was one hairstyle we saw everywhere on spring runways, it was the braid. Fish tails, upside down braids, pigtails…you get it. We hit up Toronto’s Blonde salon (82 Power St., 416-363-3131) to have owner Stacey Staley demonstrate two easy styles–the side plait and the braided bang–on the lovely Janel Fordon from Ford Models.
Fashion
Fashion news: Jason Wu’s fashion doll, look like Heidi Pratt, and a new New York Fweek?

Jason Wu, doll maker and darling of the Obama closet, has created a limited edition doll for Paris boutique Colette. But it’s already sold out. Tant pis! [StyleFile, Colette]
As a fashion cred consolation prize, use this handy dandy flow chart to get shot by The Sartorialist. You’re going to need menswear and some good accessories. [Refinery 29]
The German house of Escada could be R.I.P. by summer’s end. [Fashionista] Read more »
