Project Runway Has A New Home

A major dispute between Project Runway producers The Weinstein Company and Bravo TV has led to the turning over of the show to longtime Bravo rival, the Lifetime channel. Although the loss of PR, the most successful of their shows, is a definite blow to Bravo, it turns out pretty sweet for the show's fans: Bravo will air Season 5 in July, but Lifetime will air its first season in November leaving 2008 with THREE seasons of fierce-hot-mess fashion

Be A Fendi Designer

Fendi introduces the Canvas Baguette. A stark white version of their famous bag with a set of ten Pantone markers for you to decorate however you choose. For $1300 a pop, and no returns after a drop of paint hits the bag, you had better stroke carefully.

Out With The Old, In With The Airbrush

I know that photoshop and airbrushing is almost second nature to photography today, but this is such a stretch. The Sex and the City girls are about as natural-looking as Heidi Montag, or maybe a lawn chair. Seriously SJP, we know you're old. But you still influence young women who were born 2 decades after you, so there's no need to hide your seniority.

Harajuku Love

Gwen Stefani has made her absolutely adorable Harajuku lovers come to life. The dolls cap off different scents and represent Gwen (The blonde doll "G") and her backup singers Love, Angel, Music, and Baby. Each doll is crafted with a personal mold and hand applied detail, even down to the bow on Angel's dreadlocks.

The scents reflect each girl's personality, which is printed on the box: Love is described as "sweet, caring, free-spirited and always off in her own little world." Lil' Angel is "constantly looking out for others," but is no saint. Music is "always looking to make someone laugh" and is "charismatic." Baby is "enticing in her frilly innocence." (And, naturally, G is the leader of the pack.)Predicted to do $30 million at retail in the first year, get your hands on your Harajuku lover fast.

Louis Vuitton Monogramoflauge

Louis Vuitton touches its hip side with the much anticipated Monogramoflauge print designed by Marc Jacobs and Takashi Murakami. The products will debut tomorrow at the Louis Vuitton pop-up store at the Brooklyn Museum in 3 shades of green before selling at other LV stores. Will this twist of the luxury brand be a hot, youthful hit or will it tarnish the integrity of the French classic?

Digital Dressing

Continuing the trend of digital-age clothing, Studio 5050 has several advanced fashion products. The Temperature Sweater shows you the temperature outside in Celsius on one sleeve and in Farenheit on the other. The Masai Musical Dress plays music when its beads move on the material. And a row of stars on the Embrace Sweater lights up when someone hugs the wearer. Priced between $400 - 5,000, we are one step closer to the Jetson age.

Gucci Japan: Cell Phone Shopping

Cell phone users in Japan can access the site www.guccijoy.jp by scanning their phones over a digital code in magazine ads and posters in the Omotesando subway station starting April 7. The codes lead to a site where users can download special images i.e. a Gucci teddy bear or the Gucci Joy purse, to use as wallpaper or icons for their phones. Viewers will also be allowed access to view the spring Gucci collection, find store locations, and browse prices.

Chilly Fall

Invest in warm, stylish jackets because come September, sweater and knit prices are going to soar up to 20%. Retailers have done all they can to absorb costs, but due to a combination of higher commodity and labor costs, the weakening dollar, greater shipping expenses due to pricier oil, and heightened labor wages in China they are left with no other choice but to raise knit prices.

With the upcoming top trends however, I’m sure there will still be that urge to splurge. Here’s a sneak peek:

“Completers” including sweater jackets, blazers, motorcycle jackets, cardigans

Saturated colors including plums and greens

Grays continue

Less embellishment, more quality

Prints

Large gauge textures i.e. waffles and cable knits

Cocoon, oval, and boxy shaped coats

Novelty pieces over basics

Knitted accessories

Shop: The Girls Next Door

Someone asked me where to get Holly’s scandalous swimsuit on The Girls Next Door. I love when people think I am a google equivalent, so here you go: the link to the Playboy store Shop the Bunny