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Is Stacy Keibler Really Worth A $5000 Clothing Fee?

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If you were still looking for proof that Fashion Week is one well-funded exercise in public relations, we think we’ve found it for you. Word has it that Stacy Keibler (the woman you maybe knew as a WWE wrestler who is now doing a stint as arm candy for George Clooney) has been offered beaucoup dollars from clothing companies to wear their drag during New York Fashion Week.

Tavi To Perform During New York Fashion Week

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If there was any doubt that Tavi Gevinson has some serious singing chops (and perhaps aspirations), the 15-year-old editor in chief will be performing live at New York’s upcoming fashion week.

Michael Vick Is Making A Play For Fashion Week Invites

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Fashion Week’s unlikeliest attendee may very well be Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick.

DVF Renews Commitment To Keeping Underage Models Off The Runway

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If you thought Diane von Furstenberg was going to let the modeling industry get away with putting models who can’t legally drive on her runway, you thought wrong. In a letter sent to people who’ll be involved with Fashion Week this fall, the CFDA president reiterated that no one under 16 will be allowed on the New York runways, and models who are noticeably unhealthy should be dismissed.

Franca Sozzani Doesn’t Take Meetings, Doesn’t Like Fashion Shows

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Don’t try to schedule a meeting with the renowned editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia, Franca Sozzani — she’s not interested in doing that.

PHOTO: What A Month Of Shows Will Do To A Model’s Feet

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People really like to complain about fashion week. Because it’s so hard! We have to skip meals sometimes. And work long hours! And watch pretty clothes come down a runway on prettier people while even prettier people sit six rows in front of us. Fashion week is hard! But you know who it’s really hard on? The models.

Carine Roitfeld On Kanye: ‘He Knows Everything… He Could Teach Fashion’

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She might not be the editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris anymore, but Carine Roitfeld is still a front row fixture at Fashion Week. So when we spotted her Tuesday at Diesel Black Gold, we knew we’d have to do whatever it took to get in a few questions with her — even if it meant pissing off a few photographers.

Guess How Much Money New York City Makes Each Fashion Week

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There’s often talk about how much people spend on Fashion Week, but never how much they make from it. Which is exactly why IMG, the company that makes New York Fashion Week happen, commissioned a study to find out just how beneficial the eight days of glamour are for the Big Apple.

Why Are Designers Treating 3D Like It’s A New Technology?

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Fashion presentations are probably the most exciting things we get to see all year. Real clothes on real models walking past us in real time — what could be more thrilling? Apparently, the answer is fake 3D and digital renderings of those very real things.

Meet The Bloggers Tumblr Is Sending To Fashion Week This Season

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Last year Tumblr made waves by inviting a cabal of fashion obsessed bloggers to New York Fashion Week, and this year they’re getting ready to do it all over again. Rich Tong, the social media platform’s fashion director, has unveiled the list of Tumblr users he’s sponsoring for the Spring 2012 shows.

Jane Aldridge Has ‘Never Really Been’ To Fashion Week

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In an age when content management systems pony up the money to send people to fashion week, you’d think superstar bloggers like Jane Aldridge, known better perhaps as the lady behind Sea of Shoes, would be all over fashion week like white on rice. Turns out, not so.

Hugo Boss Teams Up With The New York Knicks

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Thanks to a new partnership between The New York Knicks and clothing label Hugo Boss, Madison Square Garden is about to get a whole lot more fashionable.

PHOTOS: Fiji And Starbucks Battle It Out At Fashion Week

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For those of you who don’t know, Fashion Week has sponsors. Some sponsors, like Maybelline and Tresemme, make a lot of sense. Other sponsors, like the New York Times and Getty, add an extra air of credibility to the shows. This season, no sponsors were more omnipresent (or in-your-face) than Fiji and Starbucks.

Low-Budget Crime At High Fashion Lincoln Center

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The tents at Lincoln Center are a visual smorgasbord of delicious, expensive-looking merchandise — displayed both on and off the models and editors who go to the shows. You’d think that if someone was going to try to steal something, they’d go after the big ticket items that almost everyone in the tents is carrying. As it turns out, whatever criminals there are at Fashion Week haven’t hit the big time yet.

London Adds Min. Age And Mandatory Pay For Models

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Depending on who you talk to, deregulation in business can be a good or bad thing. But in the largely unregulated business of making Fashion Week happen, a few new rules to protect models working during the hectic fashion shows might actually be necessary.

Rachel Zoe To Guest Star On Gossip Girl

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The cast of Gossip Girl is pretty familiar with high fashion, but it looks like this season is going to be especially chic. There were already reports circulating saying that fashion industry giants Karl Lagerfeld and Vogue editors Hamish Bowles and Lauren Santo Domingo would appear on the show, and now it looks like celebrity stylist (and Styleite‘s fave) Rachel Zoe is going to be on the show, too.

Real Housewife Alex McCord To Walk In 5 Fashion Shows

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Real Housewife Alex McCord will be walking in five shows this week. How? Why? What?

PHOTOS: Ellen DeGeneres Closed The Richie Rich Show!

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Richie Rich is a dramatic guy, so it’s no surprise that last night’s show was full of theatrics. Our favorite surprise? Oh, you know, the fact that Ellen DeGeneres closed the show amid confetti-spraying cannons.

Fashion Week Is Christmas Come Early For Reality TV

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“Reality show” is a funny term. Now reality shows are a lot more polished and a lot less, well, real. Now reality shows are a lot more polished and a lot less, well, real. And for many reality stars, there is no backdrop more polished — or coveted — than the shows at Fashion Week.

PHOTOS: A Sneak Peek At Project Runway’s Final Show

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Finalist or fake? It was hard to tell at the Project Runway show, where 10 (!) designers revealed their final collections. And according to this picture from the show, Jessica Simpson is this season’s guest judge.

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