New York Fashion Week

(Getty) Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight series, backstage at Carolina HerreraCelebrities at New York Fashion Week run the gamut—from reality television stars (Nigel Barker) to teen icons (Shenae Grimes) to '90s pop stars (Paula Abdul) to... authors? Besides Salman Rushdie, who for years, eons ago, parked himself front row at fashion shows with then-wife Padma Lakshmi, we can't, off the tops of our heads, think of another author who's made a celeb-type-appearance at the tents.Until...Read Full Story

(Top left Getty; Main Eric Wilson Twitter) Don't call it a comeback. Liberty Ross, the jilted wife of Rupert Sanders—who cheated on the model with Twilight star Kristen Stewart and broke Robert Pattinson's heart—made a surprise triumphant return to the New York Fashion Week runway today at the Alexander Wang spring 2013 show.A major face back in the early 2000s, Ross had previously entered near-retirement, only working once in a while shooting special covers and spreads for high-fashion...Read Full Story

(Photo by Getty) Ryan Lochte and Anna Wintour celebrate Fashion's Night Out at Calvin Klein. Ryan Lochte deserves a gold medal for a lot of things: his swimming skills (obv), his catchy lingo (Jeah!), and—this goes without saying, but it still needs to be said—his smoking hot bod. But we regret to inform, being a fashion correspondent is not one of Lochte's gold-worthy tributes. According to a report in Page Six, E! producers are less than thrilled with Lochte's on-camera performance at...Read Full Story

(Photo courtesy of Rebecca Taylor) Rebecca Taylor poses with Louise Roe and Katharine McPhee before the show.Fasten your chic belts—we're going on a trip to destination fashion paradise, courtesy of Rebecca Taylor's getaway-inspired spring 2013 collection.Like every other human being on earth, this past summer, New York-based Taylor found herself yearning for a vacation—and she couldn't get one thing off her mind, the ultimate escape, Hawaii. The result? A spring 2013 collection rich in...Read Full Story

(Photo by Getty) Mandy Moore and Gabriel Mann attend the Billy Reid spring/summer 2013 fashion show.Last night we were hanging out with male models backstage at Billy Reid's New York Fashion Week show (check back on Monday to see why!), and we happened to bump into a familar friendly face—the amazing Mandy Moore! The singer-turned-actress was totally killing it in a textured floral pencil skirt, a distressed white tank and an ultra-trendy cobalt motorcycle jacket. Her hair and makeup were...Read Full Story

Tim and Dagmara playing Wii Fencing. (Tim Morehouse)You might know Fashion's Night Out for its exhausting crowds, free cocktails, and celebrity sightings. Well, last night we stepped over to the other side, and tagged along with a featured guest instead of trying to snap a really fuzzy Instagram picture of one. Cue Tim Morehouse, Olympic Silver medalist in Beijing (2008), and US Olympic Fencing team member in London (2012). He's also a fashion industry favorite—seriously, that guy must have...Read Full Story

(Getty)People who usually don't come to New York Fashion Week who are, very visibly, everywhere at New York Fashion Week this season: Pippa Middleton and Ryan Lochte. It is our most heartfelt wish that, at some point this week, they're seated in a front row somewhere next to each other. You know what would happen? The internet would explode.Anyway. First things first—our first Ryan Lochte-spotting of the week was at last night's Joseph Abboud spring 2013 New York Fashion Week show, which took...Read Full Story

(Getty) Right before Finnish label Marimekko's first-ever New York Fashion Week show, we caught up with creative director Noora Niinikoski, who's in charge of designing the iconic, print-heavy collection.Here's what Niinikoski had to say about the brand's 60+-year history, how she tries to incorporate heritage into her present collection, and the label's plans for US expansion.StyleBistro: Your prints have been really well-known for over sixty years—are any of these old prints or all they all...Read Full Story

(All images Getty)Mara Hoffman's Spring 2013 New York Fashion Week show was all about the aloha—sweet highlighter hues, trendy tropical prints, and leafy headpieces. There were even ukuleles!After a few minutes of being serenade by the ukuleles, happy Hawaiian-inspired prints and knits floated down the runway. It was like we left the mayhem of the tents and went on vacation for a solid 15 minutes, for real.Here are our five favorite looks from Mara Hoffman's spring 2013 collection: Cropped...Read Full Story

(Getty) Backstage at the Erin by Erin Fetherston showFashion week kicks off today! This season, follow us, your fearless StyleBistro editors—Danica, Tanya, Dominique, Lindsay, and Lauren—as we plumb the depths and wade in the shallow waters of New York Fashion Week.We'll be bringing you the best in clothes, trends, celebrity front-rows, gravity-defying hairstyles, iPhone-unfriendly talons, cat-eyes, red lips, rosy cheeks, girl models, boy models, makeup artists, hairstylists, designers...Read Full Story