Isaac Mizrahi Fall 2010 Runway Show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City. With Amber Lee Ettinger. Live music by The Bad Plus.

Russell Simmons takes a moment to deliver a serious message to fashion designers to look into fur alternatives when creating their collections. He did so while being interviewed by Amber Lee Ettinger backstage at the Isaac Mizrahi Fall 2010 fashion show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.

Michael Kors Fall 2010 Runway Show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City.

Irina Shabayeva’s show was amazing, one of the best of Fashion Week so far.  Her abundant talent was on display as she took inspiration from birds and feathers and created new animal prints.  Cats have been done, she says, here’s another animal print for you!  Her clothes made a statement while still being wearable; a rare feat these days.  (Okay, a few dresses where way over the top, yes, but it was a fashion show after all.)  Irina’s blending of fur, feather, and leather worked well in creating a very distinctive line.  No wonder she’s a winner of Project Runway.

Her show featured a runway display, followed up by “casual” modeling where each look was presented by having the models stand on the runway giving long looks at the designs.  A very nice touch we thought, it certainly added to the evening’s impact.  It was both a runway show and a presentation all in one.  All fashion shows should be this way, in our opinion.

Overheard backstage was that one of the models was a no-show, so another model was pressed to show a few additional looks.  Kudos to the model who had to do double duty.  But perhaps the tardy model made it at the last second, because the show went off without a hitch from where we stood.

Thanks Irina and your whole staff for delighting us properly!

Amber Lee Ettinger attends the La Perla presentation as part of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City.  La Pela shows off its latest lingerie styles; haute stuff!  Amber speaks with Susie Biszantz, CEO of La Perla for North America and with Michael Pierce of Hourglass Cosmetics.

The ninth edition of Fashion Week by Berns proudly hosted a full schedule over three days in Stockholm, Sweden.  Seventeen designers broke their A/W 2010-11 collections, among them Acne, Carin Wester, Cheap Monday, Hope, Whyred, Filippa K and Dagmar.

“Sweden and Swedish fashion is unique. We want Fashion Week by Berns to be synonymous with offering something special and Swedish and joining all of our Swedish brands in the same programme is the best way to highlight the existing creative spirit”, says Ann Ringstrand, designer and founder of Hope.

International icon Kate Moss is launching a line of luxury bags under legendary French accessories brand Longchamp. The new exclusive line is called “Kate Moss for Longchamp”. The leather collection includes 25 pieces in seven styles. Included are a stylish weekender, an everyday tote, and an evening clutch. Classic Longchamp colors as well as a zebra print will serve as the line’s signature style. Moss and Longchamp will host a party at the Ritz in Paris on January 27 for the launch of the new line. Kate Moss for Longchamp arrives in Longchamp stores on February 11th and in select department stores during March. This video is a behind-the-scenes peek at a photo shoot for the new line.

Check out Crystal Jin Swimwear! The line is known for its luxurious, European influenced swimwear. Patterns and prints are bold and colorful, yet sophisticated where you will not be mistaken for a cast member of The Jersey Shore. No matter what beach, boat, or blanket you’re on, you’ll look like you belong in St. Tropez, Ibiza, or South Beach. (Assuming you’re not there already!)

The suits feature expert hand finishing and hardware made exclusively for the line. On many on the bikinis and monokinis you’ll find these subtle rings and crimps that add more than a touch of upscale charm. We find these touches to be very sexy and appealing. It is a unique flair that makes you feel like your suit was hand crafted just for you as a second skin.

We at StyFy put together this video that showcases some of our favorite suits from the line. Enjoy!

Ana Ivanovic unveiled the new adidas adilibria tennis dress for the Spring/Summer 2010 season at a recent photoshoot in New York. The Serbian tennis player will make a much welcomed comeback to the tennis tour in January 2010 in a fresh new adlibria Tennis look. The 22-year-old Ivanovic will step on the southern hemisphere courts in a core yellow, dropped waist dress that has been 18 months in the making.

ARMREVOLUTION, luxury designer of cufflinks for men, has launched a new website at http://www.armrevolution.com that makes it easy for customers to find these special gifts and enables e-commerce in 55 countries globally. ArmRev makes cufflinks from steel and gold, and offers them as high-end accessories to finish off a sophisticated look. Call ‘em power cufflinks. Check out their new promo video; viva la revolution!

Sustainable Fashion hits the catwalks in Copenhagen Denmark. Designers show fashions made from post-consumer content. Trashy? Hardly. According to the design student Karin Eggert, people have to get used to materials made from recycled things and the word sustainability in fashion. She was one of the participants in the Innovating sustainable Fashion Show where design students from Denmark were competing on their ability to combine corporate social responsibility and fashion in an innovative design. Green is the new black!

Operation Ocean Shield, developed from Operation Allied Protector, is a wider net to provide maritime security in the area of the Gulf of Aden, to protect the main shipping route. 22,000 odd ships are transiting through this area every year, so it is a main bloodline through to Europe and the East.

A look at Copenhagen and how dominant bikes are as a primary mode of transportation.

A report on the Truck 2020 initiative to bring hybrid trucks online and onto our roads.

Google Earth helps the researchers of Project Kaisei track and clean up garbage in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

This video features the entire runway show, plus a few comments from Mr. Hilfiger himself.

Wolfgang Durheimer, Executive Vice-President Research and Development, Porsche AG, goes over some of the new features and technology of the new Porsche 911 Turbo. This car is All-Star Style! Sex on wheels, fast wheels.

Now considered the world’s largest electronics fair, the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition) for this year included more than 4,400 booths and more than 2,800 exhibitors from 25 countries and regions. Together with the concurrent electronicAsia 2009 fair, the events have drawn more than 3,400 exhibitors and well over 5,000 booths at the newly expanded Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Among the latest innovations on offer, are an increasing number of products which reflect growing environmental awareness and a boom in energy-saving technology. Some really cool, stylish new gadgets and technology are featured at this show and in this video.

The complexities of the legendary Nürburgring race track.

Bentley Continental Supersports test drive at the Nürburgring race track. This is what 621 bhp and 800 Nm looks like. 3.7 seconds 0-60 mph, 8.9 seconds to 100 mph, 204 mph top speed. That’s motorcycle superbike numbers.

Derek Bell shares his impressions of the Supersports’ performance.

StyFy loves this machine; super style and super sport all in package. All numbers are killer, including the price.

Another insightful video from NATO TV regarding the war in Afghanistan. We figure that the Afghan Army is more likely to bring stability to Afghanistan than the Iraqi Army will bring to Iraq. Why? Because the Afghans are less likely to cut and run than the Iraqis. The Afghans fought off the Russians, while the Iraqis are notorious for surrendering.

Hong Kong waters will soon be home to four new solar-powered hybrid ferries being built by a local shipyard using a design and expertise provided by an Australian company called Solar Sailor. The vessels are being purchased by the Hong Kong Jockey Club as part of a HK$350 million (US$45 million) drive to make the city more environmentally conscious, but are also seen as a way to help the world chart a course toward a future where green technology makes good business sense. And they are very stylish, futuristic, and high-tech cool!

Diarrhea. It kills more children worldwide than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined. What can be done to reduce diarrhea from killing one out of every five children under the age of five? This video provides some answers. Knowledge is style.

AT&T Williams Racing returned to Moscow on Sunday 19 July for the second successive Moscow City Racing event to takepart in the Russian capital. Together with a variety of other high octane bikes and cars, the team once again stormed the streets of one of the most historic cities in the world as Kazuki Nakajima drove his 2007 FW29 on several demonstration runs around the 4.5km temporary street circuit.

New port security measures enacted in Croatia produce results.

IBM video that explains the fundamentals of Smart Grid technology and how it will save energy by increasing efficiency of the energy grid. Energy consumers can expect to see significant cost savings by the deployment of Smart Grid technology.

The 2009 MOBO Awards (Music of Black Origin) took place in Glasgow, to a 7,000 capacity audience. The prestigious awards, one of the most highly anticipated events in the UK’s calendar, went with a bang at the Scottish Exhibition + Conference Centre (SECC) with stars turning out in force to celebrate their craft and pay tribute to Michael Jackson, who was honoured with a lifetime achievement award.

This video features fashion designer Deryck Walker.

The 2009 MOBO Awards (Music of Black Origin) took place in Glasgow, to a 7,000 capacity audience. The prestigious awards, one of the most highly anticipated events in the UK’s calendar, went with a bang at the Scottish Exhibition + Conference Centre (SECC) with stars turning out in force to celebrate their craft and pay tribute to Michael Jackson, who was honoured with a lifetime achievement award.

US Department of State taps IBM to extend telemedicine in remote regions
of Pakistan.

This is the world famous Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi way up in the north of Sweden. The guests are journalists from all over Europe, with particular interest in writing about exciting recreational activities, outdoor life and sports. They have been invited here by Ispo which is the world’s biggest sport, recreation and leisure Trade Fair in Germany. Here in Jukkasjärvi, quite some distance north of the Arctic Circle, the idea is for them to be able to experience a new and somewhat different side of winter life here in the north of Sweden. SYNK + SYNK Test driving on ice is a new and exciting experience for most of these journalists. Here they are taught how new safety systems work. SYNK/ For Volvo Cars, who collaborate with Ispo, this is a great way to show a new side of the company.

Good news! Vaccines provided by the UN, the WHO, GAVI, and charitable NGO’s have dramatically decreased the number of rotavirus deaths in children in Nicaragua.

In young children, rotavirus disease is characterized by diarrhea, vomiting, fever, and severe dehydration. Death is caused by dehydration due to rotavirus infection, not by the virus itself. Diarrheal disease caused by rotavirus is the second leading cause of death worldwide in children under 5 years of age.

(The leading cause of death worldwide in children under 5 years of age is Malaria. It kills one child every 30 seconds. That’s the bad news.)

The show at the Rootstein Hopkins Parade Ground at the Chelsea College of Art and Design in Westminster, London celebrated the new Burberry headquarters at Horseferry House in Westminster as well as the 25th anniversary of London Fashion Week.

The show was attended by over 1300 guests including Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts, Emma Watson, Liv Tyler, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mary-Kate Olsen, Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Agyness Deyn, Alexa Chung, Mario Testino, Victoria Beckham, Maggie Cheung, Na Young Lee, Douglas Booth, Samantha Cameron, Donna Air, David Walliams, Jamie Campbell Bower and Jaquetta Wheeler.

Music at the event was provided by British band The Kooks as well as British model Agyness Deyn and British TV presenter Alexa Chung who DJ’d at the event.

With Amber Lee Ettinger.

Isaac Mizrahi returns to New York Fashion Week with a big splash. His show, which he tagged “Astaire Case or Obstacle Course” was styled after the backlot of a movie soundstage circa 1936. Think of the Golden Age of Hollywood, of RKO Pictures, of Astaire and Rogers and you’ll have the right image. The show used up all the space between the seats, and sent the models down the catwalk in slow, swooping curves. It was by far the best staged show of the entire week. Mizrahi eschewed the usual straight walk down the runway and back, and had his models enter by climbing then descending a set of stairs. Then they followed intentionally obvious blocking lines and marks, like you’d see on a soundstage during dress rehearsals. One model had to cross under simulated rain, with a stage hand deploying an umbrella and escorting her through the sprinkles. The last model was shuttled out in an “EZ-GO” golf cart like a leading lady starlet traveling from her trailer to the set. The entire production was set to a live jazz ensemble that perfectly matched the action and mood of the theatrics. Bravo Mr. Mizrahi! Welcome back to the big show!!

Fern Mallis created “7th on 6th” while at the CFDA.  Later it became New York City’s Fashion Week when IMG bought the event from the CFDA.  Fern moved along with the event from the CFDA to IMG where she still works.  Today Fashion Week is called “Mercedes Benz Fashion Week”.  IMG is very big on having Fashion Week spoken/written with its main sponsor attached before it.  They even sent out a press release to media outlets to refer to it that way.  Fern has been described as the most influential person in fashion for all that she has done with Fashion Week.  It occurs twice a year in New York City.  Most major cities throughout the world host their own Fashion Week as well.  These shows collectively generate billions of dollars, most of the revenue benefits the local economy of the host city.  Well done Fern!

Founded in 2005, Le Doux blends Brazilian sexiness with a relaxed California attitude to create a unique swimwear collection. Inspired by the passion, sensuality and beaches of Brazil, all suits are cut Brazilian style, but “culturally adjusted” with a little extra fabric. Each suit is made in a facility in Brazil by expert seamstresses in either crochet or lycra fabric, and hand-embellished with beautiful semi-precious stones, crystals, wood, shells, mother of pearl, or embroidery. The Brazil/California combo definitely works!

This video is comprised of a series of stills shot at the “Sun, Fun, & 21″ swimsuit contest held at the resort & casino Atlantis on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. The competition featured some of the hottest bikini models from all around the United States. The celebrity judge was Kendra Wilkinson. All swimwear is by Le Doux.