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Judging from the long line-ups at the Gelato stands I whizzed by today, Paris is doing Summer: Part Deux. While the temperatures continue to soar, the PFWers continue to get creative with the contents of their luggage in an attempt to beat the heat: Knits are paired with shorts and summer dresses with suede knee-high [...]

By Gillian Pryor Dutch designer Erik Frenken knows a thing or two about manning a high fashion label. After working as the head of womenswear at Viktor & Rolf, the designer relocated to Amsterdam to take the helm at Avelon early last year. The label, which was on the brink of bankruptcy when Frenken took [...]

Everyone loves a Canadian designer in London. From Erdem to Mark Fast to Thomas Tait, it’s a whole new boys’ club over there. But they better make room for one serious creative force of a girl: Kat Marks. The Calgary native graduated from the Ryerson School of Fashion in 2008. I’ve never forgotten her work [...]

Andre Leon Talley, Marc Jacobs, Isaac Mizrahi and the inimitable Anna Wintour make an appearance on P. Diddy‘s latest album Last Train to Paris. [The Cut] Jack McCullough and Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza Schouler will sell 45 per cent of their label to Andrew Rosen, chairman of Kaplan Inc. [Vogue UK] British designer Roland Mouret [...]

Phoebe Philo’s second ready-to-wear outing for Celine was full of sleek navy, plum and moss-coloured pieces. Dresses and jackets had low-slung leather patch pockets. Standout pieces were leather and sheepskin cocoon coats, cutaway jackets and shirts, blouses with trailing scarves, and a pair of clustered-sequin pieces. Click the images below to read up on Viktor [...]

Last night, in a packed ballroom at the Hotel Le Meurice, Viktor & Rolf celebrated the 5th birthday of their Flowerbomb fragrance with a surprise performance by Grace Jones. The 61-year-old diva opened with “La Vie En Rose” against a backdrop of, you guessed it, roses. Read more from Paris Fashion Week Fall 2010

Model Maggie Rizer has been tapped for accessories makers Dooney & Bourke’s fall ads. This after a string of celebs, including Lindsay Lohan and Hayden Panettiere, fronting the line. Rizer’s had some well-publicized troubles in recent years–her stepfather drained her of her modelling money in 2003, a case she won three years later–and though she’s [...]