The East and West collided together at Jen Kao's Fall showing, resulting in an unapologetic mashup of sexy fringe, baseball caps, and ombré lace dresses. While it might sound a little disjointed, Kao managed to pull it all together creating a carefree attitude with her mixed bag of offerings. Printed floral dresses were decorated with fringe, pleated leather and silk maxi dresses were styled Read more

While the weekend provides a two-day reprieve from the 9-to-5 grind, don't let that infringe upon your styling prowess. We're all for kicking back and donning our coziest layers, favorite worn-in jeans, and old-school sneakers, but that doesn't mean we have to sacrifice our sense of chic know-how. Take it from this ultra-cool street-style crew — you can have your (comfort) cake and eat it, too. Read more

While the week was chock-full of wintry street style inspiration, our greatest takeaways came from your expertly executed layers, attention to detail, and colorful print mashups. Here are our favorites: red white and blue, zebra scarf, spikes and spots, leather and denim, down the rabbit hole, let it snow, Winter white, tartan and leather, baby blue button-up, oversized blazer, and above the bay. Read more

Alice + Olivia's Spring '12 collection is an ultra-feminine mix of flowy separates and expertly draped dresses — and we can't help but think we've happened upon a whimsical Alice in Wonderland garden tea party. We're particularly taken with the shimmery metallic minis, long pastel-hued frocks, and wide leg printed pants for all our future warm weather outings. The line sticks to Spring's go-to Read more

MAC Cosmetics is known for its high-fashion makeup, and Gareth Pugh is known for his avant-garde designs, so it just makes sense that the two would combine for a truly high-fashion mashup. Coming Nov. 23 (and available until Dec. 23) is the limited-edition Gareth Pugh For MAC collection. "When creating my makeup collection with MAC I wanted it to be unexpected — creating something truly Read more

Suno designers Max Osterweis and Erin Beatty took the refined route for Spring at their first show at Fashion Week. While past collections have featured a louder, colorful mixed print mash-up, Osterweis and Beatty toned down the fire in this collection and instead opted for a more refined feel. Prints in the way of plaids, florals, and stripes were streamlined against a predominately neutral Read more

You've been working for the weekend all week and it's finally here, but try as you might, you can't totally detach from your computer. Instead of wasting your time on silly websites (that's what the nine to five is for, right?!) scope out sites that will help you plan an active and exciting weekend. From meet-up guides, sites designed to keep you offline, to mashups that will help you find cheap Read more

Fitness mashups are key to keeping your fitness routine from becoming stale. Aerobarre, a new hybrid blending boxing with ballet moves, is a new way to get your sweat on while working muscles you never knew existed. Yep, those shy muscles are often the deep, supporting ones that give your tush that lifted look. Actress Katie Cassidy (you might recognize her as the schemer from Gossip Girl and Read more

Men's Paris Fashion Week showed a mix of suave and avant-garde looks from favorites such as Maison Martin Margiela, Lanvin, Rick Owens, and Guillaume Henry, who debuted his first men's collection for Carven. In addition to slick suits and bright mashups compliments of John Galliano's new creative director, Bill Gaytten, we even peeped floral prints and skirt options from Givenchy. Yes, skirts. Read more

The BET Awards celebrated the largest names in hip-hop and R&B with wild fashion, high-energy dance routines, and a mini scandal at LA's Shrine Auditorium last night. The show kicked off with a mashup of hits from Mary J. Blige before the awards were dished out to the night's winners. Taking a break from touring with Britney Spears, Nicki Minaj joined Justin Bieber to present the best male Read more