New York Fashion Week for fall 2012 hovers on the horizon, ready to wreck us with 10 sprawling days of shows, presentations, openings, cocktail parties, and dinner parties. But what you really need to know is what you need to know. This week, eight-season NYFW veteran Shawn Brackbill and Interview head to the shows you won't want to miss.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 02/07/12

Tomorrow marks the opening day of Istanbul Fashion Week, the day before New York starts its own. Undoubtedly, most of the fashion glitterati will have their eyes firmly fixated on the runways of Lincoln Center, but for Turkey-born, Vienna-based Atil Kutoglu, who showed his collection in the Big Apple for nearly nine years, it's now all about Istanbul.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 02/06/12

Blacks, browns, grays, and creams dominated the runways this week. But the Nordic country's long, brutal winters mean that many designers account for functionality first, while Sweden's long history of embracing a spirit of collectivism over individuality is also a reflected in their fashion. The norm is not to stand out, but rather to blend in.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 02/03/12

The 13th installment of Stockholm's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week kicks off this Sunday, Jan. 30, in what promises to be a bit of cultural sunshine in the Nordic city, where right now, temperatures are low and the sun rarely shines. The three-day event will see a line-up of Sweden's best designers presenting their Fall 2012 collections. Audiences will be introduced to rising design star Johanna Pihl.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/27/12

What does it take to dress like a man today? For a generation of eternally young men, it's not enough to slip into a suit anymore. So the challenge for Paris's top menswear designers is to discover just what contemporary elegance should be and how to incorporate the power and seduction of sport in a man's wardrobe.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/24/12

Men's accessories are a perennial problem. Any attempt to deviate from the basics is frowned upon, and phrases like "man-bag" or "man-purse" are uttered in disgust.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/17/12

This will be belated to those editors in Milan, but to everyone else: Happy Men's Fashion Week! To celebrate the inauguration of the fall 2012 season on the Milan catwalks, we have chosen this Marni "M" sweater as our favorite catwalk item thus far.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/17/12

"Danish design is innovative yet very practical and wearable. You should be able to wear it and go anywhere on a bike," explains Anne Sofie Madsen, one of Copenhagen's most compelling talents.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 10/18/11