By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
New York Fashion Week is fading to black.

The luna moth. Oscar Wilde. Eighteenth-century Japanese scrolls. An obscure Bauhaus artist. Antique porcelain. Quick, what do these things have in common?
The luna moth. Oscar Wilde. Eighteenth-century Japanese scrolls. An obscure Bauhaus artist. Antique porcelain. Quick, what do these things have in common?
Katie Holmes greeted well-wishers in a black leather blazer and gold beaded heels as she became the latest celebrity to take a serious stab at fashion with her Holmes & Yang preview at New York Fashion Week on Wednesday.
Layers are nothing new, but New York Fashion Week is showing them in a different way.
NEW YORK AP) _ The blockbuster colors and florals, geometrics and ethnic prints on the runways at New York Fashion Week may feel like game-changers in the moment. Then there's the rest of your life.
Forget the pear vs. apple and curvy vs. curveless shape charts for a minute. There's another divide in the two-piece swimwear discussion: What if you actually have to get up and move around instead of lying on the chaise with a cool drink in hand?

Quilting, lace, fur, leather. Designers are feeling texture for next fall.

If there was a single message to take away from New York Fashion Week, it was this: Take it easy, fashionistas.
"I love the coats. Take the black coat and a hologram handbag, and you're good to go," she said.
She said she found herself intrigued by the surfaces and textures beamed back from Mars by the Exploration rover over the past few months.