If there's one thing this past Fashion Month has taught us it's this: street style is here to stay. It's become as big a part of Fashion Week as the presentations, afterparties, and shows, and those swarms of photographers outside the venues only seem to be multiplying by the season. Of course, there are plenty of willing subjects. In Paris we witnessed a particularly curious phenomenon: established fashion folk and gussied-up newbies alike making multiple treks up and down the Tuileries path just to ensure that their pictures were sufficiently snapped. A prime example of Fashion Week peacocking? Yes. Are we complaining? No. In fact, we enjoy a stellar display of style just as much as anyone, and sometimes the circus outside the tent is just as interesting as the show itself.
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That said, there are certain people who manage to knock their show-attending ensembles out of the park repeatedly — and pretty authentically to boot. There's no doubt in our minds, for example, that Caroline Issa — with her well-appointed menswear looks and coolly chic power suits — actually wears these pieces every day; the same can be said for Yasmin Sewell, Giovanna Battaglia, and Julia Sarr-Jamois too. So, in honor of them and others of their stylish ilk, here it is: our rundown of the chicest ladies to hit the streets of the Spring 2013 Fashion Weeks.
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The History of Chanel No. 5, From the Beginning to Brad Pitt
On the same day that it revealed details about its latest project with Brad Pitt, Chanel has introduced an entire website that explores the history of its iconic fragrance, No. 5.
The website, appropriately called Inside Chanel, includes a video timeline of the groundbreaking scent, which highlights No. 5's many firsts. The video ends with Pitt, the first man asked to be the face of the bestselling women's fragrance in the world.
Pitt's first commercial for No. 5, directed by Joe Wright, will debut on Oct. 15. The ad will feature Pitt speaking in a way that will make viewers think he's talking to a woman, and then it'll be revealed that he's actually talking to the perfume itself.
"It is the first time we've had a man speaking about a women's fragrance," said Chanel Fragrance and Beauty president Andrea d'Avack. "We think very much that the perfume is a seduction between a man, a woman and the perfume."
A look back at the history of the perfume in the video below.
Tom Ford and Richard Buckley Welcome First Son (Updated)
Tom Ford and his partner, Richard Buckley, have welcomed a son to their family, according to New York Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn.
Horyn tweeted Friday morning, "Congratulations to Tom Ford and Richard Buckley on birth of their son, Alexander John Buckley Ford!"
Ford, 51, and Buckley, 64, have been together for 26 years. In May, Ford said he and Buckley wanted to have children, but realized that they'd have to do it in the near future.
"I think I'd better get busy soon, though, because I'd like to be able to pick them up," Ford said.
Update: A birth announcement, pictured below, that was tweeted by journalist Jim Shi claims that Alexander was born on Sept. 23.

L'Wren Scott Unveils Spring 2013 Collection on Instagram
L'Wren Scott had originally intended to show her Spring 2013 collection in New York, and then she rescheduled that show for Paris. But the collection found its way to the public through a different means than a runway spectacle: over the past few days, Scott has been showing the world her newest designs on Instagram.
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The looks here are classic Scott: elegant, feminine, and just a little bit over the top. There's an emphasis on dresses and skirts that fall just below the knee, and this season's stripes, lace embellishments, and sparkly finishes all make an appearance. Lots of plaid and floral prints made their way into the largely black, white, red, and deep blue collection, but our favorite pattern may be the jaunty zigzag that snaked its way down the front of a few dresses. It looks as modern as premiering one's designs with social media.
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A look at the full collection here in the gallery.
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Source: Instagram User LWrenScott
Carine Roitfeld's Massages, Jennifer Lawrence's Vogue Cover, and Michelle Obama's New Wu

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Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.
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- Carine Roitfeld sometimes has inner mouth massages — to relax her face. [Fashionista]
br> - In an interview about her new book, The Truth About Style, Stacy London reveals her struggles with eating disorders, plans for a new jewelry collaboration with Sorrelli, and the title of her senior thesis at Vassar: "Nietzsche, Thomas Mann, and Hermann Broch, the Concept of Self and Its Relationships to the Creation of Character in Literature." [The Washington Post]
br> - First Lady Michelle Obama was the first person to wear a dress from Jason Wu's upcoming secondary line, Miss Wu. Mere mortals will have to wait until it hits stores in January 2013. [Mrs. O]
br> - "These are clothes to wear every day that don't cost the earth and make you feel great," says Savannah Miller of the first collection for her new line, Savannah. [Vogue UK]
br> - Talk about a girl on fire: Jennifer Lawrence graces the cover of the November issue of Vogue UK. [Racked]
Paris Runway Recap: The Best Bags of Spring 2013
From Chloé's new colorblocked Amelia shoulder style to Chanel's amazing hula-hoop pouch, the runways of Paris offered no shortage of gorgeous bags. Herein, the very chicest of them all.
Who Will Join Deborah Needleman at T Magazine?
Newly appointed T Magazine editor Deborah Needleman is settling into her office at The New York Times, and she's bringing some of her old staff at WSJ. with her.
Sources have confirmed to WWD that WSJ.'s creative director Patrick Li and fashion features director Whitney Vargas will join Needleman at T. Whether they will replace the magazine's current features director Jacob Brown and creative director David Sebbah remains to be seen.
Needleman had also reportedly been negotiating with the Times about her role before Sally Singer packed up her desk. Among her demands for the job were for T to have its own publisher, for printing of the magazine to be scaled back from 15 issues a year to 12, and to stop doing themed issues in favor of general interest issues that cover fashion and a range of other topics.
A spokeswoman for the Times wouldn't comment on these requests or the prospective new hires.
"It's her second day and she's focused on getting herself settled here. She's not ready to talk to the press and likely won't be for a while," the spokeswoman said. "Similarly, it's too early to talk about who might stay, who might go, who might join."
Be that as it may, Needleman told Daily Front Row before the Chanel show that she already has her first cover idea in the works — she's just keeping it a surprise.
This Again: Hedi Slimane Responds to "Catty" Horyn's "Silly Nonsense"
Hedi Slimane batted back against Cathy Horyn on Twitter once again Wednesday night, responding to her comment that his reaction to her critique of Saint Laurent's Spring 2013 show was "silly nonsense."
"The perfect integrity of The NewYork Times, and its writers, is not precisely 'just silly nonsense,'" Slimane tweeted. He continued, "What is a 'silly nonsense' to me is Catty [sic] Horyn still singing her tired bias tune for the nyt. This is an embarrassment for the newspaper."
The volleys started Monday, when Horyn wrote a post about Slimane's debut show for Saint Laurent (to which she wasn't invited), calling it "a nice but frozen vision of a bohemian chick at the Chateau Marmont. . . . Mr. Slimane's clothes lacked a new fashion spirit."
Slimane responded with an open letter Tuesday, calling Horyn "a schoolyard bully and also a little bit of a stand-up comedian." The letter continued to say that she would never be invited to a Saint Laurent show. Horyn told WWD on Wednesday that the war of words was "just silly nonsense to me."
Photo courtesy of Yves Saint Laurent.
Chanel's Hula Hoop Explained, Alexa Chung's Book, and Insiders' Big Breaks
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Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.
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- Remember the hula hoop bag from Chanel's Spring 2013 show? "It's for the beach," Karl Lagerfeld says. "You need space for the beach towel, huh? And then you can put it into the sand and hang things on it, and things like that." [Styleite]
br> - Alexa Chung is writing a book that will be released in September 2013. We wonder if it'll debut during Fashion Week? [Vogue UK]
br> - Cathy Horyn has responded to an open letter from Hedi Slimane, in which the designer called her a "schoolyard bully" for her critique of his debut at Saint Laurent. "It's just silly nonsense to me," she says. [WWD]
br> - Fashion Week founder Fern Mallis got her first job in the industry by winning a contest at Mademoiselle magazine. "I was the guest editor. I won that contest, and that really started the whole ball rolling," she said. [Teen Vogue]
br> - Victoria's Secret has asked Rihanna, Justin Bieber, and Bruno Mars to perform at the 2013 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. [Jezebel]
Elie Saab Spring 2013
Lebanese designer Elie Saab was feeling monochromatic for the Spring 2013 season. He sent down a bevy of all-blue, head-to-toe turquoise, and entirely blush looks in all silhouettes and styles: dresses, silk blouses with trousers, shorts suits. Each look even came with its own matching bag. But after a matchy matchy start, Saab switched things up with a handful of colorful printed pieces that lit up the catwalk. Then it was more monochromatic styles in red, black, and white before the designer finished strong with what he's best known for: dramatic, jaw-dropping, red carpet-worthy gowns.



