Burda Style For people who sew

Fashion week has started here in New York City, and the city is buzzing with style and excitement! We are bringing you daily recaps and coverage of the city’s most fashionable week. New York based designers are showing all their Spring 2013 collections at Lincoln Center in Manhattan. Check out below to see which designers and styles we love that showed on Monday September 10th.

Fashion week has started here in New York City, and the city is buzzing with style and excitement! We are bringing you daily recaps and coverage of the city’s most fashionable week. New York based designers are showing all their Spring 2013 collections at Lincoln Center in Manhattan. Check out below to see which designers and styles we love that showed on Sunday September 9th.

Fashion week has started here in New York City, and the city is buzzing with style and excitement! We are bringing you daily recaps and coverage of the city’s most fashionable week. New York based designers are showing all their Spring 2013 collections at Lincoln Center in Manhattan. Check out below to see which designers and styles we love that showed on Saturday September 8th.

Fashion week has started here in New York City, and the city is buzzing with style and excitement! We are bringing you daily recaps and coverage of the city’s most fashionable week. New York based designers are showing all their Spring 2013 collections at Lincoln Center in Manhattan. Check out below to see which designers and styles we love that showed on Friday September 7th.

Fashion week has started here in New York City, and the city is buzzing with style and excitement! We are bringing you daily recaps and coverage of the city’s most fashionable week. New York based designers are showing all their Spring 2013 collections at Lincoln Center in Manhattan. Check out below to see which designers and styles we love that showed on September 6.

The fashion runway is filled with dresses, tops, skirts and even jackets with peplums! We love this trendy style and how it adds flattering volume to any garment. Check out below for peplums spotted on the runway, and how we added our own peplum to a dress.

Check out what the celebrities wore to the fashion shows during Haute Couture Week in Paris and how you can easily achieve a similar look!

Check out the highlights from Paris Haute Couture Week, where all eyes were on Dior as Raf Simons showed his first line as new creative director for the fashion house.

With the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival underway this past week, we took a look at what the stars are wearing on the red carpet and how you can get the look with our patterns!

Pantone has picked the official color of 2012: Tangerine Tango! Orange was a huge presence on the Spring 2012 runways and we pulled together a few of our favorite tangerine tinged fashion moments to get you inspired to try this shade in your future sewing and design projects.

If there is one time of year where you are free to pull out all the sparkles, fur, shine and 4 inch heels you’ve been stashing in the back of your closet, it’s New Year’s Eve. There are no rules on the last night of the year, so long as you feel and look your best. Are you making your ensemble to help you ring in 2012? We pulled together loads of suggestions to get you inspired to stitch up your dream party look.

If you’re looking to update your wardrobe or add a trendy element to your sewing projects, look no further than the peplum. Designers like Jason Wu, Sarah Burton at Alexander McQueen and the girls from Cushnie et Ochs were putting a little extra oomph into their runway collections by adding peplums to jackets, dresses, skirts, and tops. Check out a few of our favorite designer interpretations from the spring 2012 shows and download great BurdaStyle patterns to try the trend yourself!

With temperatures dropping and winter (sort of) starting to sweep in – it’s time to think about how you’re going to stay cute while bundling up for the next few months. Sure bulky coats and a million layers seem like the best way to keep warm, but we pulled together a few other great ideas to make sure you stay both chic and toasty during winter’s chilly months.