New York Fashion Week is in full swing. Even if you aren't attending the shows, its easy to feel like you're sitting in the front row if you're following the right people on Twitter.

You can count on round-the-clock trend-spotting, insider spying, and lots of mobile uploading directly from the tents.
Envious of the countless exclusive dinners and after parties (to which you weren't invited)? Not to worry, insiders will be talking about them incessantly, and sharing it all with their Twitter devotees.

Fashion journalists, industry heavyweights, and a bevy of cultish bloggers will be recounting the details.  Some have already started chronicling, so check out our guide and start following immediately. More»

Can you believe some jerk left his iPhone ringing during the NY Philharmonic last night? It's making news today along with Michelle Obama joining Facebook and Blue Ivy Carter hitting the Billboard chart before even speaking. Plus, there's the outrageous details on Facebook's IPO, Sh*t Nobody is Saying and photos from the basement of the Louvre.

Vanity Fair names the top 10 sneakers of all time, a Birkin sells for over $200k, Rihanna gets a grill, y'all, Oscar de la Renta is making clothes for toddlers, pretty much the entire Theyskens' Theory Pre-Fall collection belongs in my closet—get all this and more in our roundup of today's top fashion stories you, you, you, oughta KNOW. More»

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The prolific Downtown charity organization "Housing Works" opened the doors of their Tribecca Thrift Shop on Chambers street to eager New Yorkers looking to score some end of the summer deals on designer items.  Allure fashion editor Michael Carl, along with Charlotte Ronson and Shoshanna Gruss, donated a wealth of beachwear and accessories by designers like Gucci and Marc Jacobs in the name of the charity.  More»