Here’s your chance to rub sartorial shoulders with Tim and Heidi, gain national prominence and possibly have your collection (propped up by 100K in seed money) show at New York Fashion Week! Deadline: April 15th.

THREAD, our favorite traveling indie designer showcase is back this Sunday at the Horton Event Space from 11am to 6pm, and this time, with MORE fab giveaways, art, a nail and massage lounge and a blogger style off. Your truly will be competing with four other bloggers by styling models on model blocks with designer swag from participating designers, so if you’re in S.D., come by and say hi! (And shop! Check out the illustrious list of designers here.)

RSVP here.

This Armani Jeans video is all about fashion, NOT about gratuitous shots of Rafa’s impeccable ass. You’re welcome.

Loved this video in the Armani Jeans Style Guide… check it out!

It’s time to play Hip or Homeless? with some of the looks from the Alexander Wang Spring 2011 lookbook, where we determine if a look is hip (good job, Alex!) or homeless (ouch). We all love Alexander Wang, of course, but you know that some of his looks walk the fine line between casual and homeless. They bypass hanging-out-at-home sweats straight to the street, literally. (Disclaimer: I’m not making fun of the homeless. Homelessness is serious, but so is the problem of rags posing as designer fashion.) With that said, let’s play!

Hip: Perf for running to the bodega or hanging out at dog park.

Homeless: Grandpa sweater over grandma’s house dress.

Homeless: Three words — sweats under skirt.

Hip: Luxurious fabric, relaxed, but not oversized and all buttons intact!

Homeless: What’s happening with the sleeves?

Homeless: Can we scrunch anything else?

Hip: Great proportions and well-fitting.

Hip: DIT-TO!

Homeless: Frumpedy-frump!

Hip: Great formfitting silhouette and zipper detail.

Homeless: What the eff is that flap thing at the back?

Hip: Silky charcoal skirt + Relaxed tunic with pushed-up sleeves = winning.

Homeless: No waist, no shape, no good.

Hip: Not your nana’s bridge-playing leisure suit!

Homeless: Grandpa cardi, dress and sweats (another sweats-under-dress combo! Why, God, why?)

Homeless: How many layers are there here, exactly?

 Out of the looks we examined, it’s Homeless for the win with nine versus Hip’s seven! Better luck next collection, Alex!

Gisele’s the face (and body) of H&M’s spring 2011 ad campaign for their ‘Bohemian Deluxe’ collection, looking fresh and pretty in flowy florals and neutrals. I’m digging the long-sleeved tangerine floral number (though the material may be iffy close-up) and the nude, wide-leg jumpsuit. The rest are just meh, could-be-from-the-Wet-Seal-clearance-rack quality.

Yeah, sooooo, we didn’t exactly cover Paris Fashion Week, so why not just enjoy this Style.com highlights video? Shots of fashion shows, interviews with insiders, with no pesky airfare to Paris, no annoying invites to champagne-fueled celeb parties (you were busy anyway) – all in a tidy four minutes.

Check out this dramatic wide cuff from Yves Saint Laurent. The fingerprint embossing, while showstopping, makes one wonder whose finger was used to impress the pattern. At any rate, I just hope it was clean.

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Blake Lively’s reppin’ Chanel‘s new line of Mademoiselle bags in a fab new ad campaign which features her accessible beauty, youthfulness (she IS young, duh) and THE COVETABLE Mademoiselle BAG! With sensually curved structure, the classic chain strap and discrete size, it packs a punch in the way only Chanel can.

M. Dot Design Studio is presenting its spring/summer 2011 collection at the Se Hotel’s Siren Lounge next Saturday, March 19th.

Sold at The Basement Boutique, Cecilia Boutique, Bcatthreads.com, Etsy, Make Good and Just Love, M. Dot’s been making waves due to the meticulous handsewn genius of Michelle Aquino. And from the sneak peeks we’ve seen, we can look forward to the characteristic mix of textures, color, prints and florals.

Check out the Spring/Summer 2011 fashion film by Prada. It’s a dance-party-meets-Michel-Gondry-film film (sorry, I don’t know what just happened there). A quirky color explosion of stripes and brights directed by James Lima and featuring one of our fave models, Mariacarla Boscano, it may just make you dance in your Prada.