I just don't get it.

In the lightest shades of pink and gray, Richard Nicoll's fall collection hardly reads cold-weather practical, but I love it so much, I don't care.

Remind me again when my white tights are splattered in slush.

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It's the most wonderful time of the year. Well, actually stocksales happen twice a year, but the Fall/Winter stocksale dates just happen to fall closer to Christmas gift-giving time. Or, self-gifting time, in my case.

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Accessory brand Avril Gau succeeds in being both unique and wearable, which too often in fashion are convergent goals.

It is not unique in an 'out-there' kind of way, which can detract from wearbility, nor is it wearable in a 'creative surrender' way either.

He may have already found an investor, but the symbolic bankruptcy of Yamamoto is a disheartening reflection of the current industry.

You may not know Carey Mulligan now, but her performance in the new movie 'An Education' is generating big Oscar buzz stateside.

And if she keeps dressing like this (see Prada gladiator dress), we fashion observers will be rooting for her just to see her red carpet moment come Oscar night.

Was it the clothes themselves or the fact that Rihanna just attended Margiela's spring show that prompted Renzo Rosso to finally admit that the man behind the label was no longer designing behind-the-scenes?

Margiela, a notorious recluse, after all, hardly seems likely to conform to celebrity outreach.

As fashion week nears its close, its time not only to review what we saw on the runway itself but on the more famous of spectators. They are, after all, soley invited to generate publicity. So, let them serve their purpose, and lets us break it down.

The name Alexandra Verschueren may not resonate now, but as the latest recipient of the Antwerp Academy's grand jury prize and Flanders Fashion Institute (FFI) award, two honours also bestowed recently on Peter Pilotto, she may be one to watch in the years to come.