Reminder: Jezebel’s Third Annual Fashion Swap Meet is Thursday

Jezebel's Third Annual Fashion Swap Meet When: Thursday, September 13, 6-8pm. The drinks are on us from 6-7pm. Where: Randolph Beer, 343 Broome Street (between Bowery and Elizabeth) How it works: Open your closet. Look in your closet. Reach into your closet and remove the crap that's been gathering dust, and bring it to the bar on Thursday. Swap it for something new-to-you. Boom. Just trade in one wearable item — clothes, shoes, accessories — and you've gained entry, free to rummage with reckless abandon and take whatever you can carry. The more stuff you bring, the more rummaging for everyone (and we mean everyone: all shapes and sizes, and you too, guys — all it takes is for two for a gentlemen's trade). By the end of the night, everyone wins: Your wallet, your closet, the environment. No RSVP necessary, but this is a first-come, first-serve sort of party. So we encourage you to arrive early; there's no such thing as "fashionably late" when it comes to free stuff. All proceeds and leftover items will be given to Housing Works, our Nolita neighbors who are committed to fighting the AIDS and homelessness crises. You can also shop their annual Best Of sale, or go here to donate to Housing Works. Not in NYC? Gah. But maybe try finding a clothes swap in your area — or at least recycle something on that day, and be there with us in spirit.

Lauren Conrad's "Whirlwind" NY Fashion Week Tour

Out enjoying one of her biggest passions, Lauren Conrad was among the various celebrities that attended this season’s New York Fashion Week in the Big Apple on Friday (September 7). The former MTV reality starlet started off her day at the Kate Spade show where she wore one of the designer’s fun party dresses, before later heading to the Rebecca Minkoff show in a pattern, belted jump suit. After attending the events, Lauren later took to her website to let her fans in on her Fashion Week Diary, writing, “Today was a total whirlwind… I started out at the Kate Spade presentation (which was adorable) and then made my way over to the Rebecca Minkoff show (which was awesome). Truth be told, I am exhausted.” Giving her opinions on each of the new collections, LC penned, “I absolutely loved the Kate Spade Spring 2013 collection. It was sophisticated with a generous dose of playfulness and I adored all of the bright, bold colors and sparkly details.” Miss Conrad added, “Rebecca is one of my favorite people in fashion and she’s a good friend too. The Rebecca Minkoff show was great! I loved all the fun colors, prints and interesting silhouettes.”

Arnault wants Belgian nationality: report

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Bernard Arnault, the richest man in France, and CEO of Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, looking for Belgian citizenship, a move, as the president prepares François Hollande move comes forward with a controversial tax on the richest citizens of the country, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. Arnault LVMH confirmed the request in a statement, said the billionaire would a taxpayer in France, told the magazine. "The potential changes for the granting of dual French and Belgian nationality nothing about this situation, yet his determination, the development of LVMH and the associated job creation in France will follow," the company said, according to the Journal. Arnault application was first reported in the Belgian daily La Libre Belgique on Saturday. Although Arnault denies the move is financially motivated, the time the request is for sure, the debate over whether tax policy are to strengthen the Netherlands led to an exodus of the rich France, told the magazine.

The 12 Best New York Fashion Week Invites

We recycle. We reuse. Hell, we've even composted. Mother Nature lovers though we are (one caveat: We don't have that annoying

disclaimer at the end of our signature), sometimes nothing beats the thrill of opening a thick envelope to find a card that's more

keepsake, less a piece of paper. And, when it comes to New York Fashion Week — those seven days that make our mailman's biceps bigger

—we've never loved the postal service more.

This season, invites crossed our desk in all shapes and sizes (and not all made from pulp), from a plane ticket to a pink toothbrush to

a poster-sized fold-out that's already at the framer. The designers who put a stamp on a Xerox with some Arial font, however? We'd

prefer an email

Chic in Review | Fashion Week Follies

As the first day of shows at Lincoln Center was coming to a close, the FNO festivities uptown were already in full swing. Michael Kors

put on his own version of American Idol, turning his Madison Avenue store into a karaoke parlor for amateur contestants and bringing in

Kate Upton, Nikki Reed, and Debra Messing to judge. Of FNO, Kors said, “It’s a new holiday. It’s Halloween, it’s New Year’s, and

it’s all about style.”

Not far away, a more seasoned performer was taking the stage at Manolo Blahnik: Cyndi Lauper. “It’s kinky boot night!” Lauper said.

(Kinky Boots is the name of the new musical she’s developing, about a drag queen and a shoemaker, which will head to Broadway next

year; Lauper was wearing a red suede pair by Blahnik for the occasion.) “I love fashion, I’m sorry, I do. I like to give it a twist

here and there, a little tug and a pull, deconstruct it a little. I don’t want to look in a magazine and see a 12-year-old in

something I’m being pitched to wear.”

At the Calvin Klein store, Dwayne Wade of the Miami Heat was signing copies of his new book A Father First, while models including

Karen Elson, Hanne Gaby Odiele, and Kasia Struss, fluttered about. “I always like to push the envelope a little bit,” Wade told

Style.com as Ryan Lochte walked by. “With athletes the door is open for us in fashion, and we’re getting into it and enjoying it.”

One block over at Bergdorf Goodman, Aerin Lauder (who was celebrating the launch of her eponymous cosmetics line) kick-started the

retailer’s 111th birthday celebrations, which later in the night included visits from a host of boldface names like Thakoon Panchigul,

Bobbi Brown, and Victoria Beckham and various festivities on the different floors. The scene at Saks was also a multi-story party,

ranging from Oscar de la Renta signing fragrance bottles to manicures with Rebecca Minkoff to ping-pong with Susan Sarandon. Before her

performance on the eighth floor, songstress Vanessa Carlton admitted, “I’ve never played a shoe floor—there’s some really nice

shoes here. And, I’ve never played Saks before.”

It was a night of many firsts. At Bottega Veneta, creative director Tomas Maier was enjoying his first-ever FNO in New York, and over

at Ferragamo, Miroslava Duma, Elena Perminova, and Anya Ziourova were hosting their first fête at Ferragamo, in honor of the Italian

label’s Russian-themed Fall collection. “At first I thought it would be very overwhelming because I’ve never hosted a night before,

but now I think it’s amazing,” Ziourova told Style.com while she clutched her Fabergé egg bag. As waiters passed out latkes, borscht

tartar, and plenty of vodka, Duma said, “You know, Russians really love toasts. Sometimes there are people in Russia that, when they’

re drunk, they’ll go on toasting for 20 or 30 minutes without reason. But tonight we’ll toast by saying good luck to the fashion

industry.” A few guests at the Fivestory party, hosted by Olympia Le-Tan, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, and Arielle de Pinto, could have

used that luck for the cut-throat game of Pictionary that was taking place. “I lost,” Le-Tan reported. “The first theme was

‘fashion people’ and I drew Donatella Versace. I think I did a good job but then someone on my team had to draw Mad Men and it was

terrible so we lost.”

Downtown in Soho, the streets were so packed you could barely move. But the DKNY store, conveniently spacious and air-conditioned,

offered some relief. That is, except where model-of-the-moment Karlie Kloss, who just signed with IMG, was standing. A crowd gathered

around Kloss, who was holding a tray of Karlie’s Kookies (get the recipe here) made in collaboration with Momofuku Milk Bar. “They

are fashion-week approved,” she told Style.com (translation: “There is no butter and no sugar”). And better yet, she swears she eats

them. “I have been eating them all day, I just came from the bakery.” There to support a different kind of FEED was Lauren Bush

Lauren, hawking her do-gooder bags.

Over on the west side at Balenciaga, the line wrapped around the store for an audience with Grace Coddington, Vogue’s longtime

creative director. She couldn’t take all the credit. Some went to Pumpkin, her beloved tabby, whom she’d illustrated wearing several

seasons’ worth of Balenciaga looks for a Steidl book some years back. Her friend Nicolas Ghesquière was so taken with them that the

label printed them on limited-edition bags and scarves, which Coddington happily signed for fans at Balenciaga’s West Chelsea store

for FNO. What does Pumpkin think of her newfound fame? “She loves it!” Coddington reported, though, a more press-shy starlet than her

owner, Pumpkin wasn’t in attendance last night. A few blocks away, black was the color of the evening—as in BLACK, Comme des Garçons

’ popup-turned-permanent store on 17th Street. Only a few shoppers at a time could fit into the minuscule store space, but many more

made an impromptu block party outside, fueled by ice cream from a Brooklyn churner. Near nine o’clock, the designated cutoff time,

there seemed no signs of dispersal—perhaps because the plastic snap-band watches CDG offered gratis as FNO gifts were all showing

Japanese time. Diane von Furstenberg, however, was running on Democratic National Convention time last night. “Let’s all meditate,”

she commanded at her Meatpacking District space. “Today is a little crazy so I’m going to go upstairs to watch the President.” Cue

loud cheers. “I see this is not a Republican crowd,” she quipped. “Good, we have that in common.”

Renovierung von historischen Herald Square Macy schafft eine Welt von Luxus mit Neuer?ffnungen Gucci, Burberry, Longchamp und

Macy Herald Square, der allgemein als einer der weltweit führenden Reiseziel für Shopping erkannt, neu zu erfinden seinen majest?tischen Erdgeschoss als Herzstück einer dramatischen beispiellosen vierj?hrigen, $ 400 Millionen Renovierung. Redesign epischen willkommen zu den weltweit führenden Luxusmarken Gucci, Burberry und Longchamp in einem der berühmtesten Kreuzungen in der Welt des Einzelhandels - Broadway & 34th St. Der renommierte Flaggschiff eine spektakul?re Szene für Marken zu schaffen der kultigsten und international anerkannte Mode mit side-by-side, steigende Multi-Level-Stores drei Ebenen und ein Block - ein Novum in einem Kaufhaus. Zweite nur auf der Skala der Lage der jeweils eigenen Marke Flagship-Stores von Luxus neuen Gucci, Burberry und Longchamp haben jetzt eine neue Adresse an die Er?ffnung des Zentrums der weltweit gr??ten Magazin Urlaub 2012 .

, Sagte Terry J. Lundgren, Macys Inc. Chairman, President und CEO, "Macy begibt sich auf, was k?nnte das gr??te und umfangreichste Renovierung eines einzigen Gesch?ft in der Geschichte des Einzelhandels sein. Renovation mit historischen Macy Herald Square, sind wir stolz darauf, der weltweit gr??ten Luxus-Marken willkommen -. Gucci, Burberry und Longchamp Flaggschiff-Produkt für das erste Mal, dass ich mich nicht erinnern, alle H?ndler kündigt einen $ 400 Millionen Renovierung Unser Ziel! Macys Herald Square ist nicht nur das gr??te Kaufhaus, aber die spannendsten, innovativsten Mode-Ziel und das technologisch am weitesten in der Welt vorgerückt zu sein. "

Er fügte hinzu: "Als ein Symbol der New York City zieht Besucher aus der ganzen Welt, Macys Herald Square einen einzigen Schritt zu globalen Marken zu einem globalen Publikum anspruchsvolle Kunden mit Sinn für Stil hervorzuheben. Mit mehr als 20 Millionen Besucher pro Jahr, werden diese Workshops ein "must see und Shop" Luxus-Reiseziel sein. Ich freue mich besonders, dass diese Boutiquen er?ffnet offiziell seine Türen als Teil unserer Erdgeschoss neu erfunden, wenn K?ufer für Handtaschen, Schuhe und Lederwaren für die Weihnachtszeit suchen. "

Das Ausma? deutlich erfinden Verbesserung der allgemeinen Shopping-Erlebnis, um das gr??te Kaufhaus der Welt weiterhin weltweit bevorzugte Shopping-Destination. Macy Herald Square werden transformiert und neu gestaltet werden für die Zukunft mit kühnen architektonischen Konstruktion und ?sthetische Elemente mit technologischen Verbesserungen, die das Luxus-Shopping-Erlebnis für ihre Kunden zu verbessern gekoppelt. Nach der kompletten Renovierung der Mainfloor Macys, Mezzanine und zweiten Ebene wird die umkonfiguriert Grundriss eine visuell atemberaubende Detail mit side-by-side-Shops über mehrere Etagen, die den Haupteingang am Broadway umgeben.

Gucci, Burberry und Longchamp - Ground in Macy Angebote Luxus mit den neuesten Kollektionen von Handtaschen zu den begehrtesten Marken der Welt zu starten. Das Shop-in-Shops Luxury offen im Boden der weltweit gr??ten Schuh auf 2 schaffen eine deutliche Unterzeichnung Erfahrung im Einzelhandel.

Jedes Gesch?ft wird auf die feineren Details, die strukturelle Shopping-Erlebnis auf eine neue Ebene der Unterhaltung zu transzendieren angepasst werden. Der Umfang der Generalüberholung bringt geschwungenen Treppen und Aufzüge, die Verbesserung der Kundenzufriedenheit in jedem Gesch?ft. Die neue Boutiquen geh?ren das beste Design der einzelnen Marken und Shop-Sortimente von Waren im Rahmen der ersten Phase des Macy vier Jahren Renovierung.

Mit der Entwicklung des Broadway Geb?ude, wird das Erbe Ladengesch?ft historischen Schaufenster für Exzellenz in der Kleidung und Accessoires beispiellos in seiner einzigartigen Pr?sentation von renommierten Marken.

GUCCI

Gucci, die italienische Luxusmarke weltweit bekannt für mehr als 90 Jahre Erfahrung in der Luxus und unvergleichliche Handwerkskunst, wird seine erste Filiale im Inneren Macys Herald Square in Aktion auf drei Ebenen des Raumes zu ?ffnen. Gucci kommen zwei weitere neue Destinationen York Heritage lokalen 5th Avenue. und Madison Ave., wird die neue Filiale Anforderungen des Kunden einzigartige internationale berühmten Platz Herald. Eine Anstrengung beeindruckende architektonische abdeckt 6,200 square feet, wird der Speicher verfügen über eine Treppe und luxuri?se zweigeschossige Fassade. Die neue Gucci Store bieten eine vollst?ndige Palette an Zubeh?r für au?ergew?hnlich wie Handtaschen, Kleinlederwaren, Frauen und M?nner Schuhe, Schmuck und Uhren.

BURBERRY

Mit über 156 Jahren Erbe, Innovation und Handwerkskunst, wird Burberry Einen Raum auf drei Ebenen zu ?ffnen. Die 3600 Quadratmeter store geh?ren Lederwaren, gro?e und kleine, sowie Regenkleidung Erbe. Advanced Digital und wahr zu bilden, wird der Speicher bieten eine zweist?ckige Fassade, die Integration der neuesten Technologien, um Live-Stream von Paraden und saisonale Branded Content-Streams zu projizieren.

Burberry, mit Sitz in London ist, wurde im Jahre 1856 gegründet. Es ist an der London Stock Exchange (BRBY.L) notiert und ist Teil des FTSE 100.

LONGCHAMP

Das Grundnahrungsmittel der Franz?sisch Mode ist auch eine neue Erg?nzung zu Macys Herald Square. Die 2-Niveau-Raum bieten die beste Auswahl an Marken-Handtaschen und Lederwaren seiner 1.500-Quadrat-Fu?-Shop Shop.

Longchamp wurde in Paris im Jahr 1948 von Jean Cassegrain gegründet. Das Unternehmen ist immer noch im Besitz und betrieben von der Cassegrain Familie. Diversifiziert in Gep?ck, Handtaschen und Accessoires, hat Longchamp behauptet, seine Mode Anmeldeinformationen mit gro?en Werbekampagnen, die Schaffung von international wünschenswert It-bags und die Einführung der vollst?ndigen Schuhe und ready-to-wear. Die Kombination von Know-how und Innovation, besitzt Longchamp mehr als 236 exklusive Boutiquen weltweit und ist in mehr als 1800 Multi-Brand-Stores in 100 L?ndern verfügbar.

über Macy

Macys, die gr??te Retail-Marke von Macys, Inc. (NYSE: M), bietet Mode und Luxus zu erschwinglichen Preisen an Kunden in mehr als 800 Standorten in 45 Bundesstaaten, dem District of Columbia, Puerto Rico und Guam. Macy und macys.com bieten besondere Sortimente einschlie?lich der begehrtesten Familie von exklusiven und Fashion-Marken für sie, und das Haus.

Macys Herald Square Gesch?ft in kultigsten Abteilung in New York, die mehr als 20 Millionen Besucher jedes Jahr weltweit. Der Leuchtturm ist ein weltweit renommierten Institution für seine Mode-Einzelhandel und epischen Ereignissen bekannt - einschlie?lich der j?hrlichen Flower Show Macy 's ?, Macys 4th of July Fireworks ? und des Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade ?. Erbaut im Jahr 1902, "das gr??te Gesch?ft der Welt" beherbergt derzeit mehr als 1 Million Quadratmeter Verkaufsfl?che. In 2011, Macys Inc. gab bekannt, dass der Speicher seine Verkaufsfl?che von 1,2 Millionen erh?hen Quadratmeter als Ergebnis einer umfassenden Vier-Jahres-, $ 400 Millionen Renovierung. Renovierung wird das Gesch?ft zu einem der technologisch fortschrittlichsten, modernste Destinationen und spannend in der Welt mit den Ministerien Designer verwandeln , lukullische Erlebnisse und Boutiquen Multi-Ebenen.

As the Web has made us a nation of bargain hunters to fashion designers

The Web has changed the face of fashion, and how we shop. But, says Harriet Walker, we have transformed into a nation of bargain hunters online to If the first model in fall 2012 Prada in Milan diamond-print shorts released in February last, I felt my hunger levels up and my wallet itch. . From the archives "at home, they refer to a similar design for the spring of 1996, and that evening took me some random eBaying directly to a pair of originals - cut to a different time, of course, and a bit too small , but I bought it anyway. For 50 pounds. six months prior to the latest version even appeared in the shops. I am not staying up all night and tender, I'm not much of a strategy. But last year, I ran a selection of designer items from eBay and similar sites - Gucci pants (they do not fit), a skirt Comme des Garcons, Ann Demeulemeester blazer one Nineties - all very easy to transport, all in very good condition and all for much less than you might expect to pay in a store. The role of the Internet in the democratization of high-end fashion is well documented, street-style blogs, listen to live broadcasts. But it also brought a generation of bargain hunters informed. Innovative and affordable new stores and retail concepts mean that even though traditional retailers re-adaptation to a cold climate, buyers can come around the clock to cyberspace cheap goods. Alex Fury, editor of LOVE, agrees: "I love eBay and discount websites, because you're a second chance to get the clothes that you missed the first time to buy back a wonderful thing for fashion, you know. often do not know how much you love something until you can no longer get. " How is the development of websites, hand-pass and the second season of high-end designer clothing with what is often confirmed only a fraction of the original price. Lian Michelson is the founder of the site Then and Now (thenandnowshop.com), sells the latest collections from labels like Rick Owens, Yves Saint Laurent, as well as parts of their back catalogs. "Fashion is cyclical and trends are often repeated," she explains. "Find the items in the last season for discounted rates that are consistent with what is not on the podium more difficult. "Then and Now consumers can during the season and the search through the latest trends to buy and offers to those who are more price sensitive with a piece of luxury for less." The Outnet (theoutnet.com) was the first to start one of these concepts, in April 2009. It takes more than 250 labels up to 70 percent off and clearance sales, which often hosts the crash site, the demand as by consumers. "You used to have to go out of town or to be taken in the sample of sales expertise," says managing director Stephanie Phair. "But the Internet has changed everything. I think there for our customers is an element of pride in finding fabulous designer piece spent the season at a good price." Names on the list include Alexander Wang, Marni and Martin Margiela, all for their aesthetics visible directional known. Usually these items reveals a no-no when it comes to shopping sale, but attitudes about whether parts are new or have not changed in appearance. Are "last season" is used to select one of the worst insults you could start in any way, "said Alex Fury." But today, people seem to like a dress to be beautiful rather than a knife-edge appeal. There is a sense of longevity luxury clothes that really mean you buy them in any season. " The abundance of discounted designer clothing site, which is six months old (or more) does not mean is exceeded, instead it was the smartest way to shop. If fast-fashion was with Bear Stearns to the tsunami of the credit crisis, then collect and cannily done with caution (not to mention an eye on your wallet whole) is that which has taken its place. And these kinds of sites have cashed in this very spirit of the times and offers affordable alternatives and the possibility to withdraw money from your existing wardrobe to earn. Stylesequel.com has a "Closet Concierge" service that collects your unwanted designer items and sells them online and never worn a cup awarded to the owners and the community. "There was an explosion in the online marketplace for second-hand in the last two years," says founder Emma Allen. "You can have a amazing selection of upscale fashion bargain at any time in each country to find. You do not have to pay thousands for a designer piece, you can get one to hundreds. I like to call" to the style of the Second Chance " . Allen started in 2005 by selling designer items on eBay, the site first hand and auction of its kind, the auction began in 1993. There is a thriving trade in second-hand designer items and box-fresh, from the classical name of the magazine continues: Type 'Rick' and 'Owens is the first term of the proposed research. There is a cult of buyers and sellers in the community, looking for relatives that the labels are often at prices far beyond their budget. "I'm good enough for eBay," admits the fashion photographer in Atlanta Rascher, "I have basically all my clothes for a while, then sell it again, I do not wear designer, but never spends a penny - I hate high street because.. to buy children's work and I can not afford a new one. "But I have a really nice coat of camel's hair Balenciaga 2005 collection recently purchased for 23 pounds. And a Lanvin fur coat for ￡ 350, down from ￡ 4000. I think sells the lady who has been through a divorce and needed money." Incredibly, an article of clothing sold on eBay every second, is a designer handbag every seven seconds, and over 700 dresses on the hour to sell. "People no longer walk into a store and buy a one-on-foot search of a mannequin," says Carrie Bienkowski, head of eBay UK fashion. "Shoppers have their own style and inspiration to win all over the internet. EBay allows people everything they need, to find high street must-haves this amazing bag from last season to find an excellent vintage." Fashion on the Internet is then one of the few cases of encouraging increased consumer choice and the power of the people in this regard. This does not mean that the observed stress, tendering and tender-cons is for everyone, but the Web has opened the way to a much wider audience. Beware of the heat of the hunt and a limit - many an avid eBayer end up paying a high price for something they do not really want. And Prada pants that be a warning: Ensure that you have to actually fit through.