While Michael Vollbracht might be gone from the Bill Blass house, his fingerprints are all over the company’s fall collection and with good reason, he designed it. The resurgent fashion house owes a lot of its success to his forward thinking. Will it be able to carry on without him? Only the Spring collection showing at New York fashion week this September will be able to tell. Until that time we leave you with Ali Manning’s photography of his Fall show. To see the full collection click here.

Plenty of choices from Blass this fall

The flowing gown revisited, albeit in a completely different way.

With summer beginning to wind down and only about a month left here in the northern hemisphere its hard not to take a look at items that we may want to keep in the closet for resort or timeless accessories like a handbag. In our most recent photo story with singer/model Leah Renee, we did just that.

photography Reka Nyari
styling Johanna Laracuente
hair Dennis Bailey
makeup Yisell Santos
fashion editor Michelle Bell

Click this link to see the whole photo story.

Racist stirring from L’oreal, a look at Amy Winehouse, Trapeze dresses evaluated and a lot of interesting posts on fashion hit the blogs this week. We look at all of them here for your viewing pleasure.

Nichelle is up and running again at 55 Secret Street with a Q&A with Novelist Min Jin Lee.

Miracle product that makes even the highest heels comfy, or just a bunch of hype? Stiletto Jungle’s Girl Talk Panel test drives Insolia– the revolutionary, biomechanically engineered shoe insert– and tells all.

Bag Bliss doesn’t want you to forget about the Marc Jacobs Stam Purse and Apple iPhone Giveaway!!

Get the lux look of croc without breaking the bank with Miu Miu St. Cocca Bugatti from Bag Snob!

L’Oreal France is racist- Cosmetic Giant found guilty of racial discrimination in landmark case from Beauty Snob.

Coquette loves a good summer sale and the flirty dresses at Le Train Bleu.

Fashiontribes suggests adding some Chanel-inspired spats add spice to summer’s gladiator sandals, and later, on your fall booties.

Fall 07 fashion collage - Girlawhirl’s thoughts turn to fall fashion

Kristopher Dukes shows you where to buy Victoria Beckham’s sneaker wedges. And where to buy a bosser alt.

Check out Haystack.com’s satirical profile on Lindsay Lohan’s first sober birthday with some jabs at other celebs in the tabloids suggests LA-Story.

Looking for a lipgloss that does more than make your lips glossy? Check out the review of Rimmel Underground’s new Light beam lipgloss at My Fashion Life

Don’t miss Second City Style’s snob’s guide to shopping Overstock.com. Hey, we are not cheap, just savvy!

Are Trapeze Dresses Hot or Not?SheFinds’ Jen is not a fan….

Not sure what to wear today? Check out StyleBakery.com’s 8 Rules of Summer Style for tips on how to look cool when the temperature soars.

Styleaholic Najwa Mosestakes us on a photo journey right into the heart of Kelly Rowland’s album launch party with Lifebeat!

Stylehive Hive5: Whether your tot is the diva-in-a-diaper type or the king of the sandbox, we give you our top 5 celebrity baby fashion.

The Jewelry Weblog asks, What’s black and white and fashionable all the time? Answer: silver, onyx, and white agate jewelry.

eBeautyDaily talks Amy Winehouse beauty and demos how to make a gorgeous cat eye.

Rick James reference aside, Simons is truly head and shoulders above many a male designer. Checkout his recent Fall/Winter collection. The designer du jour at Jil Sander just updated his website and I went over there today. It’s like beautiful male heaven. Then we take a look at his recent women’s super business chic fall 2007 collection and it’s obvious there’s genius oozing everywhere from Simons. His new site is here.

I’m practicing my advertising copy writing and I’m using something that inspires me. Critique, if necessary.

Sometimes you look at a shoe and you realize that it’s not just a shoe. It is art. It is multiple orgasmic sex. Christian Louboutin introduces the multiple orgasmic sex peep-toe. @ Net-A-Porter for $780.