Beth Ditto Performs Madonna, Dolly Parton Covers at Fashion's Night Out

September 9, 2:20 PM ET

| By Colleen Nika

The Gossip's music has always been as indebted to dance as it is to the blues, so when frontwoman Beth Ditto struck out on her own for an EP of dynamite Nineties-tinged house jams, it wasn't as much an uprooting of styles as it was a savvy deviation from audience expectations. "First of all, house music, especially from the Nineties, is the gayest music ever," she told Rolling Stone last night. "It's all drum and bass, which is perfect for parties."

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The Music Fan's Guide to Fashion's Night Out

September 8, 5:30 PM ET

| By Colleen Nika

Fashion's Night Out is an opportunity to check out some truly inspiring music in intimate settings. Here are some of the standout performers going live and all-access for fashion tonight. (All performances are in New York City.)

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Designer John Galliano Found Guilty For Infamous Anti-Semitic Rant But Will Serve No Jail Time

September 8, 5:20 PM ET

| By Colleen Nika

Today, a Paris court found designer John Galliano guilty of racist and anti-Semitic conduct in light of a heated verbal dispute that occurred between he and two patron... | More »

Fashion's Night Out Spotlight: Cults for 3.1 Phillip Lim

September 8, 4:15 PM ET

| By Colleen Nika

Cults' debut album, Cults, was a bittersweet update of the mascara-stained Fifties-prom-melodrama that bands like the Jesus and Mary Chain and Strawberry Switchblade perverted so well in the Eighties. Frontwoman Madeline Follin hase already become a talking point on New York-based fashion blogs; it turns out designer Phillip Lim is also a fan. Cults will be playing his Fashion's Night Out event at his Los Angeles flagship store tonight.

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Sponsored: Fashion Insider: Meet NICOLE a Gap 1969 Women's Designer

September 7, 6:20 PM ET

| By Julie Wolfson

Exploring the ‘sexier side of tomboy', Nicole King-Burroughs, Women's Designer for Gap 1969, fuses boyish casual with feminine silhouettes.  Inspi... | More »

Designer Playlist: Costello Tagliapietra

September 6, 5:10 PM ET

| By Colleen Nika

In today's Thread Count interview with New York City design duo Costello Tagliapietra, we discovered that their love of organic shapes, florals, and eco-friendly fashion protocol does not preclude them from loving all things dark, synth-fueled and industrial. As they prepare for their Spring 2012 show, which presents at Manhattan's Milk Studios next Friday, some old school Nine Inch Nails and Jesus and Mary Chain is guaranteed to be in the inspiration mix. In addition, there will be some of their most recent musical obsessions, both old and new, which they've compiled for us below in this week's Designer Playlist.

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Costello Tagliapietra on Costuming NIN and 'Shoegaze Dressing'

September 6, 5:10 PM ET

| By Colleen Nika

"Have dressed Nine Inch Nails. Madonna. And Depeche Mode" isn't a bragging right likely to be listed on most New York fashion designer resumes, but that's part of what makes Costello Tagliapietra's pedigree so unique. There's also the fact that, in only six years, the Brooklyn-based, CFDA-honored duo of Jeffrey Costello and Robert Tagliapietra have established one of the most progressive eco-conscious high fashion labels in the world. 

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Meet the Designer: Carol Beadle on the Out-of-This-World Styles in Katy Perry and Kanye West's 'E.T.' Video

September 2, 2:55 PM ET

| By Colleen Nika

Katy Perry and Kanye West's VMA-winning "E.T." immediately stood out as unique this year, for both its brooding production and its intergalactic video, which ende... | More »

Brazilian Electro-Rockers CSS Return With New Sound and Style

September 2, 12:15 PM ET

| By Colleen Nika

Brazilian band CSS brought their wisecracking brand of party rock to an international stage in 2006, just when rock bands were commanding audiences to dance. Aside from a band name inspired by Beyoncé and big tunes chock full of novelty topical value — "Meeting Paris Hilton," "Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above" – frontwoman Lovefoxxx's arsenal of wacky clothes and onstage humor ensured they stood out from the rest of the neon-hued nu-ravers. After CSS's second album floundered commercially, the band took some time out to regroup, and are back this summer with La Liberación, an 11-track collection of brash electro-rock.

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Pharrell Pays Tribute To Japan In Palladium's 'Tokyo Rising'

September 1, 6:45 PM ET

| By Colleen Nika

For its Fall 2011 campaign, Palladium places Pharrell Williams front and center in Tokyo Rising, a short documentary series directed by Thalia Mavros that chronicles t... | More »

Lil Wayne's Leopard Jeggings Provoke Media Frenzy

August 31, 5:55 PM ET

| By Colleen Nika

Lil Wayne wore leopard jeggings to the VMAs the other night and, understandably, his wardrobe choice caused a media sensation. A Twitter account in the jeggings' honor was quickly erected, while speculation pondering the origins of his attire mounted in the style blogosphere. Soon, the finer details emerged: Weezy wore ladies' jeggings from legendary punk brand Tripp NYC, and you can buy them at Karmaloop for $44. Is this a trend about to take off?

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Petra Nemcova, James Frey Remake Iconic Maxell's Commercial

August 31, 5:10 PM ET

| By Colleen Nika

Cassette culture is revived and well: all it needed was a supermodel, controversial author and ironically, an iPhone app to breathe new life into it. A new ad from Booktrack features Petra Nemcova and James Frey in an uncomfortably provocative master and servant scenario while paying sly homage to Maxell's classic "Higher Fidelity" commercial, which blew people away in 1983. 

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