We all know that black dresses are hardly just reserved for funerals anymore — they're wardrobe staples! In The Black Dress ($15), Dr. Valerie Steele, Director and Chief Curator of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (my alma mater!), explores the zeitgeist of the black dress and how they've become timelessly chic.

The tome is filled with pages of iconic black dress images pulled from Chanel's collection, Audrey Hepburn's films, and more, plus quotes on the color black from writers, artists, and fashion personalities. Definitely one to check out — especially if you love your LBDs as much as I do.

Folded arms are usually associated with nonchalance and/or moodiness.

While it was somewhat surprising at first glance, it's not entirely shocking that Karl Lagerfeld had the models for his Fall '08 collection walk down the runway with folded arms. It's ironic that the robot-like designer was the one to encourage human qualities in his models.

You will see cue cards backstage telling models to smile and have fun, but you rarely see them mentioning arm movements. It's about time they put those long limbs to use! Karl's girls — Anja Rubik (right), Natasha Poly, Isabeli Fontana, Raquel Zimmermann, Ali Stephens, and Karlie Kloss — all did just that and brought some real-life emotions to the otherwise stiff clothes. So is folding arms a new catwalking trend? I guess we'll have to wait and see . . .

To see more attitude on the Karl Lagerfeld catwalk, read more

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The house of Chanel has gone back to its roots. The carousel-ignited runway was awash with varicolored tweeds, black, denim, chains, and knits — quintessential Chanel. And there were all shades and treatments of Karl's favorite color: black tweed, black leather, black knits, black stockings, black jeweled berets. But, Karl never lets black bore.

To shake things up — and to keep catering to the youthquake of Hollywood, including show attendees, the Olsens — minis were every which where. As well, a rubberized leather dress and Matisse-like patterned vinyl brought a bit of the '80s back to the Chanel runway. The finale dresses even showed some leg and texture, and had dramatic cascading capes. All, will keep the drama-hungry youth happy.

To see what's in store for Chanel this Fall and to see a video of the show, read more

Kate Moss and friends — Sienna Miller and hairdresser James Brown — visited the Make Today Count Auction at the Cancer Research UK shop. Kate outshone Sienna in her black blazer and YSL ostrich downtown tote. I've grown tired of the Wayfarer sunnies, but I do like the shorts-over-tights look. Do you?

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Remember life living in the college dorms? Oh to be young and impressionable. The best part of dorm life was lounging around with new found friends. The worst part? The thought of college cafeteria food continues to haunt me. Back to the lounging, there's a lot more fashionable dormwear from when I was a collegiate, so can you help me find them?

I'll start you off with this Marc by Marc Jacobs Tank ($67) because it's a pretty fun way to start layering.

Let's go Fab Finding for a cozy cute dormwear outfit! Be sure to come back and tell me your Fab Finds are up, or just tag your Fab Finds with cozy dormwear.

Now, you can build outfits by creating a list of clothing items. We have everything you need to build outfits, and you can use your Fab-Find bookmarks, too. This is an even better way to put together an entire outfit when you are completing your Fab-Finding missions.

To learn what a Fab Find is and how to make one, click here. For a more detailed explanation of bookmarks from geeksugar click here.

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