See the video below where Lesley Scott discusses fashion for Spring 2010, and dubs the new trend as "Futuristic Chic". She says "it's very Blade Runner'y, very tough, and in some cases, quite androgynous."

The image above is from Rodarte's Spring 2010 slideshow at Style.com.

For those who want to show their shapewear underwear off to the world, DNKY is coming out with a new shapewear product called 'Smoothies'. They're available in some psychedelic colors. They come in bike short, high waist bike short and Capri styles. By early next year, you'll see them being sold in the hosiery departments for $15.

People in the US spent a whopping one billion dollars on virtual goods in 2009. This virtual shopping habit is expected to grow 60% higher in 2010.

A lot of this spending is by teenage girls who want to dress up their avatars on sites like IMVU, Meez, and IAC's Zwinky's.

See a promo example from IMVU in the video clip below;

Check out more fun kids Halloween costumes in the video below.

In this video Dulce Candy shows us some great ideas on the many different ways to wear scarves of different sizes and shapes.

Pantone has released their Fashion Color Report for Spring 2010. The report features the top 10 colors for women’s fashion for spring 2010, along with designer sketches, quotes and headshots, and is available free-of-charge from the Pantone site.

The top colors for women’s fashion for spring 2010 are:

PANTONE 15-5519 Turquoise
PANTONE 18-1661 Tomato Purée
PANTONE 16-1543 Fusion Coral
PANTONE 16-3320 Violet
PANTONE 16-1219 Tuscany
PANTONE 12-0642 Aurora
PANTONE 18-3945 Amparo Blue
PANTONE 12-1107 Pink Champagne
PANTONE 17-0627 Dried Herb
PANTONE 15-0513 Eucalyptus

Head over to Harper's Bazaar to see some glam photos of Susan Boyle. They've dressed her up in some glamorous clothes and we love her new hair and makeup style. The top she is wearing in this photo is the Donna Karan New York sweater. It's available at Saks Fifth Avenue (though you won't find it listed on their website). The closest related Donna Karan fashion piece shown on their website is the sequined cashmere/silk tank top ($750.00) (as in photo above).

Here's the hamburger dress, crocheted and sewn by Joy Campia. Check out the larger photos and her other wearable art designs here.

Here's an ad campaign we predict great success for. It's Mick Jagger's daughter, Georgia May, in a pair of Hudson Jeans. She's only 17 years old and was sighned on to a modelling agency last year.

See more on this story at the Daily Mail.

See the Hudson Jeans styles available at Amazon here.
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The video of the week at The Cut is a serendipitous run-into Daphne Guiness on the streets of New York. They describe her as

The Daphne Guinness who vacations with Oscar de la Renta at his house in the Dominican Republic. The Daphne Guinness who possesses one of the most impressive collections of fashion items on the planet. The Daphne Guinness whose clothes make her outshine people like Naomi Campbell. We bumped into her on the street, and she kindly stopped to talk to our video camera about her clothes. She was impossible to miss in her seven-inch heels and tight black dress by L’Wren Scott.

See the video (after a brief video ad) below;

H&M, the Swedish affordable-fashion chain, plans to open 159 new stores by November. Worldwide, that is. Only two of the new stores are planned for the U.S. in the next quarter.

H&M retail sales have shown healthy growth during the financial meltdown. See a summary of their recent performance and future growth plans here. Below is a cool video from one of their recent ad campaigns;

This YouTube video is a must see. It really captures the personality of Anna Wintour, editor of Vogue. Anna is known to be very direct and terse, not into small talk.

The September issue of Vogue is always the fattest most exciting issue in the fashion world. And now Vogue has released a video on YouTube they call the 'official trailer of the September issue." But it's all about Anna and it's very juicy.

It's hard to believe Anna is 61 years old. She keeps herself in very top shape. She says she gets up before 6:00am everyday to go play tennis. But when you look at these arms, she's probably got an arm exercise routine on top of the tennis.

Anna seemed to know very early on she would one day become the editor of Vogue. She's been the editor- in-chief there now for over 20 years. See the fab video below;

Robin Givhan writes an entertaining article about the recent decision by Jimmy Choo to make an affordable shoe collection for H&M. She also discusses women's love affair with shoes;

Shoes have always been fashion's great equalizer. A woman is never too fat or too old, too short or too thin to indulge in this singular luxury. She may not wear the highest heel or the thickest platform, but she can always take part in the fantasy.

But a woman who finds herself relegated to a plus-size dress shop can find her shoe size in even the snootiest fashion boutique. Shoes allow a woman to participate in all the status-chasing and snobbery that fashion has to offer.

Check out her story about status and shoes here.

Here's a brief video fashion show of about 15 various bikini styles for summer 2009.

Sarah Palin is back in the news with her interest in the 2012 presidential bid. Here she is in New York attending a Yankee game with ex-Mayor Giuliani and his wife. Those sunglasses really suit her. Anyone know what brand this is?