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VOGUE.COM and Splendora NY Fashion Week Finale

Our final reviews - of Zac Posen, Vera Wang, Phi, Calvin Klein, Staerk, Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan and Marc Jacobs - can be found at VOGUE.COM, and the last entry of our Fashion Week blog (with tidbits from all of the above, plus mini-chats with Debbie Harry, Ellen Pompeo, Gretchen Mol, and a pre-show PETA sighting) will post to Splendora on Monday. Hope you enjoyed the Fashion Week coverage here at The Fashion Informer, and please come back soon for up-to-the-minute style news and scoops.

At Ralph Lauren

And, finally, a few photos from the Ralph Lauren show.

Photos © The Fashion Informer/Lauren David Peden

At Vera, Calvin, Phi at Zac

A few shots from the Vera Wang, Calvin Klein, Phi and Zac Posen shows on Thursday, which were inspired by artist Kees van Donken, the idea of "order," Helmut Newton, and the cartoon heroines Minnie Mouse and Olive Oil, respectively...

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Marc Jacobs Fall 2008

Because a picture is worth a thousand words and I'm too tired to write...

Photos © The Fashion Informer/Lauren David Peden

NY Fashion Week News and Reviews

Reviews of Michael Kors, Phillip Lim and Derek Lam can be found at VOGUE.COM, while the latest from NY Fashion Week, Day Five (including celeb sightings, cool invites and exclusive interviews with Rachel Zoe and Isabel Toledo) can be found at Splendora.

Lim and Lam

Why? Why not.

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Because Michael Kors Loves "Mad Men" as Much as We Do

That, or he's been watching a lot of Hitchcock and Sophia Loren movies... Whatever. We loved it.

Photos © The Fashion Informer/Lauren David Peden

More VOGUE.COM and Splendora coverage

Are on tap. Find our reviews of Rodarte, Karen Walker, Marc by Marc Jacobs and Narciso Rodriguez at VOGUE.COM, and the latest scoop on Day Five happenings at Splendora.

NY Fashion Week, Day Five

Some photos from Rodarte (inspired by Japanese horror films and the idea of "spun" women), Karen Walker (Edwardian punk) and Narciso Rodriguez (where it was all about shape and precision tailoring).

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More Fashion Week News and Reviews

Can be found on VOGUE.COM (where you can read our front row reports of Rachel Roy, FutureFashion, Band of Outsiders/Boy, Yeohlee, Heart Truth/Red Dress, Rag & Bone, Erin Fetherston, Tom Scott, ThreeAsFour, Sass & Bide, Juan Carlos Obando, Costello Tagliapietra, Y-3, Tracy Reese, Lela Rose, DKNY, Diane von Furstenberg, Oscar de la Renta, Halston, Carolina Herrera and, posting in a bit, Thakoon, Doo.Ri and Proenza Schouler). On Splendora, meanwhile, you'll find our ramblings of what's happening in and around Fashion Week off the runway.

First Look at Proenza Schouler Fall 2008

Some shots from tonight's Proenza Schouler show.

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Halston Fall 2008 Sneak Peek

Here are some Halston shots from today's show, hot off the presses.

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NY Fashion Week, Day Four

Some shots from Sunday's Lela Rose, Tracy Reese and Y-3 shows (the latter held in a customized igloo on Pier 40), for your viewing pleasure.

NY Fashion Week, Day Three

Check out VOGUE.COM for the latest runway reports (with weekend coverage posting Monday morning) and for behind-the-scenes Fashion Week intel, hit Splendora. Below, a look at Saturday's adventures, with snaps from Tom Scott, Costello Tagliapietra, Juan Carlos Obando, Alexander Wang, ThreeAsFour and Sass & Bide.

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NY Fashion Week: Day Two

Snaps from Heart Truth, Yeohlee and Rag & Bone:

Test Your Fashion Knowledge

Think you know all about the inner workings of the NY fashion biz? Read our little Splendora tutorial to test your own bad self...

NY Fashion Week: Day One

As promised, you can find our fall 2008 Splendora and VOGUE.COM (filed under Report) coverage here. Enjoy! - TFI

A Sneak Peek at Rachel Roy, Band of Outsiders and FutureFashion

Here's a little taste of what we saw on Thursday, from Rachel Roy, Band of Outsiders/Boy, and FutureFashion (FYI, our camera was flaky at FutureFashion, but the haziness at Band/Boy comes not from our incompetence but from a smoke machine meant to evoke the mist of Jumani):

Fashion Week Fun

Beginning tomorrow, The Fashion Informer will once again be covering the NY shows for VOGUE.COM (UK) and blogging on behind-the-scenes Fashion Week happenings for Splendora. I'll link to my posts on both sites throughout the week, so please check back daily to read the latest news and reviews. See you at the shows!

Illustration © Lana Frankel, 2008