If color is any guide, we’ll be moving into vacation mode in 2010 with the world awash in tropical turquoise, forecasters say.

Turquoise was selected as the color of 2010 by Pantone, a company that supplies and tracks color for fashion and home decor, among other industries. Fashion insiders agreed the color is on the rise.

“Turquoise is universally appealing. It puts everyone... [Read more]

By Valerie Monroe

This is one of those questions I get asked with startling regularity—like three times a day. And I think there’s a good reason: Unless you’re a haircare zealot—by which I mean you see your stylist without fail every six weeks for a trim, you never overshampoo or overstyle with heated tools, and you wouldn’t go near a chemical treatment—some breakage... [Read more]

For some clothing brands, the summer of 2010 looks a lot like the summer of 1910, and 1949, and 1957 — basically, any time but now.

Eddie Bauer is reintroducing jackets that the company supplied to World War II pilots and 1950s mountaineers. Jantzen’s ruffled halter bikini is modeled on a pin-up-girl style it sold in the 1940s. Sperry Top-Siders is selling white buck shoes based on archival... [Read more]

Simon Kneen, creative director of Banana Republic, explains how easy-breezy, consummately American khakis have become the new everyday pants. Again.

“I don’t think there’s anything sexier at the moment than a woman wearing khakis rolled up around her ankles with a pair of heels,” says Kneen, who admits to plundering history when designing Banana Republic’s annual... [Read more]

Memorial Day weekend is almost here, but don’t let the heat melt your judgment when it comes to dressing for the office.

Regardless of the warm temperatures and casual feel of the season, InStyle fashion director Hal Rubenstein says, “The important thing to remember is that you’re at work. It’s not the beach and it’s not the weekend.”

Therefore,... [Read more]

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MILAN — The great strength of the Italian fashion industry is its ability to speak so eloquently and democratically to a woman’s many strengths. The designers who presented their fall 2010 collections here focused on intellectual rigor, sexual power and professional strength. They did so without judgment, never suggesting that one was more valuable than the other. Italian fashion, so... [Read more]

Fashion’s Night Out, the kick-off event for New York Fashion Week, has announced it will stage the largest fashion show in New York City history on September 7th, 2010. The event, co-produced with Vogue and SPEC Entertainment, will boast 200 top models showing trends for Fall 2010 as identified by Vogue.

“We felt it is important for people see what wonderful fashion will be in... [Read more]

(InStyle.com) — Think of a swimsuit as your strategic dare-to-bare ally: Find one in a flattering color and cut, and it can give you the confidence you’ll want when it’s time to drop the towel.

There’s no getting around the fact that swimsuit shopping can be a major drag, but if you put your mind to it, you will find a suit that downplays what you don’t love... [Read more]

Eva Herzigova is a multi-hyphenate. The Czech beauty has a résumé that includes supermodel, mother, philanthropist, and designer. After 20 years in the fashion industry, she’s still opening runway shows and nabbing highly coveted ad campaigns and, just last month, launched a clothing line for French brand Etam. Now, she’s teamed up with DKMS to spread the word about simple ways to help children... [Read more]