All stories about "Fashion Week"

By 2010, Bryant Park will no longer hosting NY Fashion Week. The 10th Avenue rail yards are the next locale in line. In related news, the Council of Fashion Designers of America President Diane Von Furstenberg will be honoring Mayor Bloomberg at this year's Board of Directors Special Tribute, "in part for Hizzoner's long-range pledge to von Furstenberg that whoever wins the bid to develop the rail yards will have to ensure that the complex can host Fashion Week." [NYDN]

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Paris fashion week is by far the most theatrical of any fashion week, thanks to age-old design houses and the eccentric faces behind them -- most notably John Galliano at Dior and Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel. In honor of Gridskipper's editor-at-large Chris Mohney's propensity to document frenzied and jawdropping fashions as they premier around the world, here is a collection of the craziest frocks and facepaint that graced the catwalk for Paris's ready-to-wear collections. "Ready-to-wear" typically signifies increased production, less expensive garments, and. . . . shocker of shockers . . . wearability, but these looks don't exactly scream "PUT ME ON YOUR BODY AND STRUT ME DOWN FIFTH AVENUE!"

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If I don't get around to creating a roundup of photos from Milan Fashion Week, I just wanted to say: I love this hat.

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For the most part, this year's New York Fashion Week has been a bore. But, wait, there's more! (And we don't mean K Fed's appearance in Marc Jacobs' front row tonight, or MIA on the decks at the after-party, though if you have a plus-one, call me.) On Friday, February 15, five Williamsburg-based designers -- Mandate of Heaven, Sovereign Beck, SDN, French Me, and King Gurvy -- will debut their A/W 08 looks across the water in the haven of all things hipster. Officially titled "The Williamsburg Fashion Weekend," the presentation, which is open to the public, is atypical in the sense that designers are "barred from using runways and encouraged to parade one-of-a-kind and locally made garments as models strut accompanied by live music."

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I was all set to craft another gallery mocking excessive Fashion Week tomfoolery, but New York's version (which wraps up Friday) has been extremely disappointing. With the possible exception of the Native American weirdness of designer Anna Sui, the week's runways have been largely restrained and -- dare I say it -- borderline tasteful. Not even as edgy as the other Mercedes-Benz fashion week in Berlin, and of course, it doesn't hold a crazy-candle to Paris. Sure, there were a few funny hats, pointless umbrellas, and a strange glut of horn-rimmed glasses, but nothing worth getting huffy about. Check out Jezebel's Fashion Week panopticon if you insist on more. Oh yes, the gentleman above comes courtesy of designer Phillip Lim, Getty Photos, an Aryan eugenics lab, and the year 1962.

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