New York Fashion Week: Swim Week’s older, pushier sister. But without that push, where the hell would Swim Week be? Would it even exist? The answer, presumably, is no. And as much as we hate to admit it, a nod of appreciation is due in part to our contemporary neighbors…

Some say beauty comes from within, but we all know that’s not entirely true. That’s why on Sunday, pro hair stylists, barbers, and artists will unite at the Doubletree Hilton, Miami Airport Convention Center (711 NW 72nd Ave., Miami) to teach and be taught at the Beauty and the Barber…

This fall, luxury multi-brand boutique the Webster will roll up its sleeves to partake in a flurry of artistic undertakings, starting with its first-ever men’s boutique, which has staked out land in the kingdom of luxury, Bal Harbour Shops. The awakening boutique is the Webster’s third emporium to hit Miami’s…

Through September 14, Miami Beach Cinematheque (1130 Washington Ave, Miami Beach) will teem with fashion cliques trekking from near and far for the return of the Miami Fashion Film Festival. The five-day event, now in its second year, is hosted by Fashion Inspires More, a nonprofit organization paying it forward…

Despite what some might argue, fashion is art. But when exotic, skin-covered handbags start becoming paint-covered canvases, the art in fashion gets taken to a whole other level. For Jason Salstein of South Miami’s luxury brand boutique, Capretto, and Miami-based artist Alex Mijares, such levels should be challenged. The unveiling…

When it comes to the latest and greatest in menswear coming off of Paris and Milan’s runways, the average Miami dude just doesn’t get it, nor does he give two shits. But when it comes to the very touchy subject of their kicks, however, Miami men could school the best…

“OK, we’re here,” my Uber driver murmured as we pulled up to the South Beach fitness studio Barre Motion. “Ugh,” I groaned, slowly opening my eyes one at a time, allowing the day’s sunlight to pervade my vision, accelerating the throb of my headache. It was not yet 11 in…

What’s better than a local pop-up shop poppin’ off in downtown? A whole colony of trendsetting pop-up shops poppin’ off in downtown! And this Sunday, Brickell Fashion Market will open its doors and your eyes to a whole new world of local and up-and-coming vendors. The purpose of the bazaar:…

Forget the smile; for women, you’re never fully dressed without the right lingerie. What clings to your frame underneath can either make or break your outfit. And to those fearless few, lingerie has even started transmogrifying from underwear to outerwear. It started with a movement blamed on Madonna and has…

Women’s soccer uniforms typically don’t make headlining news on the front page of Women’s Wear Daily, but for erstwhile professional soccer player of the LIU NY Apollos and founder of the Women of Soccer Fashion Show, John Stavros, they really should. At the very least, they deserve a runway debut;…

We know, we know: All this Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim talk has become really out-played. One more mention of anything with the word swim as its root, and it’s lights out for your sanity. But before you reach for the bottle of Skyy and firmly woven noose, we have one…

Honestly speaking, sadly, this year’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim collections failed to tickle our fancy. Maybe the bar was set too high last year. Maybe we’ve come to the end of the road of conjuring up creative, new trends and stirring the pot of innovation in the swimwear department. Whatever…

Swimsuits leave very little to the imagination. Think about it — it’s pretty much like wearing a bra and underwear out in public (sometimes even more so than their intimate, interior cousins). So it’s only natural that spending a weekend looking at bronzed models in tiny, little Lycra things, strutting…

Miami neighborhoods couldn’t be more different from one another. You might even say they have personalities of their own: some more tumultuous and provocative, and some baring a more modest and/or hoity-toity personality. From Hialeah to the Beach, their traits run a wide range. It’s safe to say that the…

Your typical man doesn’t get that excited about fashion. While many women might have trouble choosing between a fashiongasm and an actual orgasm (believe us, it’s debatable), the fashion appreciation gene just doesn’t seem like it’s in the average male makeup. Men in Miami, however, have been trained differently. There…

Fashion Week is a momentous occasion; essentially, it’s a merry-go-round of back-to-back runway shows enticing audiences with what’s yet to come for the next season in major metropolises worldwide. And for anyone who cares, if just alittle, about what he or she puts on his or her back, it’s kind…

Folks in the fashion industry aren’t as vain as you think. Sure, they fancy a good fashion show of bronzed beauties gliding down a white, cold runway in swimsuits baring minimal coverage — but it’s not always about envy and Lycra monokinis for them. Sometimes, it’s about what happens after…

In Miami, clothing is optional, but swimsuits are a must. And unlike people in the rest of the country, Miamians live in an eternal staycation of transparent, warm waters and sauna-like temperatures — so walking around half-naked seems like the only logical thing to do. No wonder the folks at…

In Miami, creative-minded party people tend to fall into two camps: Art Baselites, and those who hold out all year long for its chicer cousin, Swim Week. This year marks the 10th year that Mercedes-Benz will hoist its tents at the Raleigh and other major hotels around South Beach to…

At this time of year, even the thought of donning an innocent, inconspicuous tank top seems too overbearing for South Florida’s muggy humidity. And when that happens, the women of Miami resort to anatomical liberation, a physical freedom of expression done in the most sexy of ways: the swimsuit. Of…