http://www.ezap.me/StyleZAP This is an RSS test part2 en-us Copyright 2009-2010 eZAP.me All Rights Reserved. 240 http://www.ezap.me/images/StyleZAP.jpg http://www.ezap.me/StyleZAP http://www.ezap.me/StyleZAP New York Fashion Week (http://newyork.mbfashionweek.com) runs Sept 9-16. Get the latest at ELLE - "The biggest news is that Tom Ford is finally going to preview his womenswear collection." http://www.ezap.me/StyleZAP Vintage clothing blogger Natasha Bailie (www.natashabailie.com) was taken aback by the latest Boden catalogue - "To my surprise it was full of the sixties trend for this Autumn and Winter with peter pan collared coats, Mad Men cropped cardigans..." http://www.ezap.me/StyleZAP John Lewis (www.johnlewis.com) is going after the high-end fashion market. Following a £10,000,000 makeover, the flagship Oxford Street has all its windows dedicated to fashion in a display "that will be revealed on Friday (10 September)." More at MAD. http://www.ezap.me/StyleZAP Clarks shoes (www.clarks.co.uk/Features/desert-boots) are a hot item after Jamaican dancehall artist Vybz Kartel has been namechecking them all summer. More in The Guardian. http://www.ezap.me/StyleZAP The Lanvin collaboration with high street giants H&M is confirmed! "The collection will go on sale on November 23rd at 200 H&M stores worldwide" - more in The Telegraph. http://www.ezap.me/StyleZAP Word on fashion street is that the next H&M (www.hm.com) collaboration will be with Lanvin (www.lanvin.com). All the teaser vids are at BryanBoy. http://www.ezap.me/StyleZAP London Fashion Weekend (sponsored by Vodafone) takes place September 23-26 within the official London Fashion Week venue of Somerset House - "Shop from over 100 designers all selling their collections at incredible discounts of up to 70% off RRP." http://www.ezap.me/StyleZAP London Fashion Week takes place September 17-21. Menswear day is September 22. http://www.ezap.me/StyleZAP BFC/ELLE Talent Launch Pad - the six winners are Holly Fulton, Irwin & Jordan, Kabiri, David Longshaw, Eudon Choi and Clemency London. More at the British Fashion Council website. http://www.ezap.me/StyleZAP October will mark the final Kate Moss collection for Topshop. Reports suggest that sales are slowing. Kate is thought to have made £3,000,000 from the deal to date. More in the Toronto Sun. http://www.ezap.me/StyleZAP The Cape Crusade - Imogen Fox advises "..carry only a short-handled serious-looking bag...Don't bother trying to work out how to wear a skirt with a cape, it's strictly trousers only for this trend." More at The Guardian. http://www.ezap.me/StyleZAP Capes are going to be big this autumn. Helen Seamons chooses a selection of styles, plus what to wear with them. More in The Guardian. http://www.ezap.me/StyleZAP The Jason Wu for TSE capsule collection of "chunky knits and superfine cashmere pieces" arrives at Harrods shortly. More at Harper's Bazaar. http://www.ezap.me/StyleZAP 'Vivienne Westwood Shoes - An Exhibition 1973-2010' is at Selfridges until September 22. Entry to view almost 200 designs is free. Pictures at OK! http://www.ezap.me/StyleZAP The American Apparel (www.americanapparel.net) look "is fading as fast as summer. Fashion is now much more enamoured with minimalism, camel and grown-up trends. Youthful bright leggings are very much on the sidelines..." More in The Guardian. http://www.ezap.me/StyleZAP "It's heel heaven at Selfridges" with the "ransformation of its women's shoe department into the biggest in the world." All the brands are there, from FitFlop to Tod's. More in The Standard. http://www.ezap.me/StyleZAP "After a long period of flattening the female body — first as a feminist message and then as an obsession with being skinny — are we really at the dawn of a new/old voluptuousness?" - Suzy Menkes analyses the big issue in her NYT column. http://www.ezap.me/StyleZAP Check out the new autumn collection from DUO Boots - "Boots in 21 calf fittings..." http://www.ezap.me/StyleZAP NYC firm Denim Therapy repairs aroound 600 pairs of jeans every month. Anything is possible, from reconstructing the original denim to restoring colour.