FAB Exclusive: Byron Lars - First Lady Favorite

Byron Lars is one of Ms. FAB’s fashion idols. He is also on the FLOTUS short list of go-to designers. Our most fashionable First Lady, Michelle Obama, wore Byron Lars Beauty Mark to a high profile concert event held at the White House in June. PBS will air Paul McCartney: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song In Performance at the White House" tonight on your local PBS station.FAB...

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Sharise Neil's Rock n' Roll Kandy Wrappers

The artsy Sagamore hotel in Miami beach was host to the Kandy Wrappers cocktail party for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim. Designer Sharise Neil was on hand to present the sexy collection to the Ms. FAB team.The vivacious Neil told us that the line took inspiration from imagining the progeny of a rock star and a surfer girl. Of course, that is more than a tag line. Sharise Neil was married to and...

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Kim Kardashian, Kelly Ripa in Disguise for Cancer Research

Kelly Ripa, Kim Kardashian and QVC have collaborated on a fashionable way to raise awareness for Ovarian Cancer. The celebrity fashionistas are putting out a PSA wearing fun disguises to educate women on the very serious way that the illness has of disguising it symptoms. QVC is presenting Super Saturday on July 31st. Donated designer items from Theory, Jacqueline Kennedy and others will be on sale...

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FAB Sales Alert: Alexander Wang, Dolce and Gabbana,Kooba,Diesel...

In NYC:Kooba's stylish handbags. A favorite of young celebs and socialites. When: Tuesday, July 27 - Thursday, July 29, 2010. 11 am - 7 pmWhere: 261 West 36th street, 2nd floorDiesel Warehouse Sale! Slick designer denim at binge-shopping pricesWhen: Tuesday, July 27 - Thursday, July 29, 2010. 10 am - 6 pmWhere: 220 West 19th Street (between 7th/8th ave), 2nd floorOnline:Alexander Wang is HOT all over...

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The Dressmaker's Art - Bruce Museum, Greenwich CT

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MIAMI SWIM WEEK: True Religion Preaches American Style 2011

The True Religion Swimwear show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week looked great on Saturday. The Americana motifs were translated into swimwear in the form of horseshoe prints, denim styling and surf silhouettes. Western-style hardware like antique brass studs or rings gave a bit of equestrian influence. Corset tops and lacing added to this look.Props included surf boards, guitars and cowboy hats. ...

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MIAMI SWIM WEEK: Mara Hoffman Spring 2011 Swim

Mara Hoffman chose iconic American rock songs evoke a cool bohemian feeling for her 2011 Swim Resort collection show in Miami during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Miami. Ms. Hoffman is a New York based designer with schooling from Parsons School of Design and the renowned Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and DesignPretty looks at Mara Hoffman Spring 2011 presentationThe theme of California girls...

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Michelle Obama Awards Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award to Rodarte

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MIAMI SWIM WEEK: Boys! Naila at Swell Suits Spring 2011

For all of you who have seen enough svelte female models at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Swim, I present the very buff, very tan boys of Miami.The Naila collection is handmade in Italy and designed with an eco-conscious slant. The cuts were decidedly more European than the urban board shorts of the other shows. Shorter shorts with bright color palettes and smaller geometric prints flattered these...

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MIAMI SWIM WEEK: Boys! Parke & Ronen Spring 2011

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim gave guests a treat with the Swell Suits group show of men’s swimwear. Anyone who needed some eye candy were satisfied by the end of the presentation.Designers Parke Lutter and Ronen Jehezkel came from different backgrounds (One from Parsons School of Design in NYC, the other from Italy’s Instituto Europeo Di Design). Together, they created Parke & Ronen, a men’s...

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FAB Sales Alert: Proenza Schouler,Helmut Lang

In NYC: Proenza Schouler started today and reportedly causing mass hipster hysteria (at least according to Racked NY) Prices are actually starting at $20 for tissue tanks, $125 for bandage dressesWhen: Wednesday, July 21 through Thursday, July 22. Daily 9am—6pm.Where: 495 Broadway between Spring and Broome Sts, eighth floorTheory and Helmut Lang is doing a second run of an earlier sale. The samples...

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MIAMI SWIM WEEK: Beach Bunny and the Kardashians Spring 2011

The Kardashian sisters, in collaboration with Beach Bunny Swimwear’s Angela Chittenden, debuted their swimsuit collection - Kardashians for Beach Bunny in Miami at the elegant Raleigh Hotel Friday.This was a collection where it was easy to imagine the Kardashian ladies wearing. Some unusual color combinations were saffron yellow V-cut suit with a plunging navel neckline held with a gray toggle belt....

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MIAMI SWIM WEEK: Dolores Cortes Spring 2011

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