Madonna's sliding down the style food chain, according to Eric Wilson, who spills an insane amount of ink on the pop star's evolving "look." Or is it devolving?

For a performer who has spent 25 years shocking audiences into submission, through her lyrics, actions and attire, Madonna’s latest stylistic reinvention — timed to the start of a new tour next month — is mostly shocking for not having teeth.

The new Madonna look, as seen in paparazzi photographs taken on the streets of New York over the last couple of weeks, evokes a kind of athletic, campus-casual blandness, as if designed for anonymity at the gym.
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“She doesn’t seem to have found a particular look for this album,” said Clare Parmenter, a 35-year-old biomedical scientist in London who maintains a fan site called Madonnalicious.com. “It’s a bit — I don’t know how to say it — it’s nondescript.”

Well, you pretty much know how we feel about the singer…

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We previously informed you that Tim Gunn sat down with TIME for their Q&A institution, "Ten Questions With…" During the discussion, after being asked which potential first lady he preferred. Gunn took a poke at Cindy McCain's taut face. It was such good fun that we're posting the video, so you can hear it from the homo's mouth. Gunn also dishes on the dreaded sloppification of America, living on a budget and which Project Runway contestant he most loathes: Vincent Libretti.

British singer Amy Winehouse recently ditched her black beehive for this blond number. Here's an internet "conversation" between our editor and Mollygood's Cord Jefferson:

Cord: blond winehouse: hot or not?
all things considered, a major improvement.

Andrew: it makes her look trashy

Cord: so does her face and body
i’m just glad the beehive is gone
can we agree on that?

Andrew: yeah, i’ll give you that.

What do you, our stylishly opinionated readers, have to say about Winehouse's new locks?

Finally! It's the moment we've all been waiting for without realizing we were waiting for it: Pantone Color Institute has announced that the color of 2008 will be blue iris aka No. 18-3943. Via NY Times:

At least one color authority, Pantone, has taken the plunge and announced its favorite color for 2008.
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In a statement, Leatrice Eiseman, the executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, said: “Blue Iris brings together the dependable aspects of blue, underscored by a strong, soul-searching purple cast. Emotionally, it is anchoring and meditative with a touch of magic.”

Just what we need this election season: meditation and magic.

In honor of Halloween, we asked photographer Brad Walsh to concoct a totally frightful photo shoot. Aiming to please, Mr. Walsh enlisted a few of his friends for a living dead spread.

See the horrific results, after the jump.

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Above you see a picture of Tyra Banks popping a squat. After the jump, we've included four NSFW images of artist Jessica Lagunas' newest video. Of his project, Lagunas says:

In the name of beauty most women will put on makeup, do their hair, nails, depilate, diet, fix their noses and breasts. Although few women will reach society’s beauty ideals, they will sculpt their bodies as needed. In this video I play along with women’s beauty routines, performing them in exaggerated ways to reflect the pressures imposed by today’s society.

See what she means, after the jump…

(Again, NSFW and those who really don't like vagina.)

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Tom Ford's cologne doesn't smell like cocaine! It smells like moist vagina!

We're dedicating this edition of "Cruising New York Fashion Week" to Marc Jacobs' economy line: Marc By Marc Jacobs.

Though we'd love some of the pieces, the collection as a whole seems to be inspired by Batman's nemesis, Two-Face. And, as such, we're torn. A little help?

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Anyone who tells you fashion week's all about the clothes should be called a "liar". Yeah, planning a future ward drobe can be fun for a few minutes, but most of us won't remember which pieces we'll buy next spring.

We don't know about you, but we look forward less to the fashion week fashions and more to the fashion week models. Why do you think we do all those photo round-ups? The men of Fashion Week linger in our memories like angels - and sometimes devils.

For those of you looking for a closer look at John Varvatos Bartlett models in their natural habitat, check out some shots over at Made in Brazil. For those of you looking for models strutting their shit, take a peek at our fashion week coverage thus far.

More to follow.

Lab Series set up an Emmy Suite and, for some reason, hired a photographer to chronicle actor Trey Knight's adventures in botox.

Here are some shots of that nonsensical session. Question: who gets botox in their pits?

[Update: Two very clever readers informed us that botox halts sweaty pits, which does nothing for Knight's case...]

For those of you who simply can't get enough fashion, our girl Piera Gelardi of Refinery29 fame offers a more in-depth look at some of the this weekend's independent shows.

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The fashionable hits just keep coming! Dive into that there jump and check out some of the sartorial offerings from Diesel, Edwing D'Angelo, Lacoste, Z Zenga, Narciso Rodriguez (love!!) and Robert Geller, whose designs you see above.

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It's been a flurry of activity here in New York. Bryant Park's packed with tents, models have taken the town by storm and designers are praying to the sartorial gods for a good review. It can be a lot to digest, to be sure.

Luckily, our friend Piera Gelardi from Refinery29 has been keeping track of the last three days of happenings.

Dive into that there jump to see what she had to say about some of her favorite fashion week moments, including Band of Outsiders' sea-faring show.

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We're not sure if you've heard, but it's Fashion Week here in New York. It's absolutely glorious. The streets are absolutely overflowing with scrumptious male models. They're everywhere! Hanging from the rafters, even!

And, of course, these attractive specimens are strutting their shit on the catwalk, speading designer love all over the Big Apple.

We've included some of today's shows - Band of Outsiders, The Cast and Carlos Campos - after the jump. Oh, and Lance Bass does his best model imitation on the Nautica plank.

Don't worry, we included real models, too.

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New York's absolutely, positively buzzing with Fashion Week excitement. To prepare for all the happenings, we had a little sit down with Valerie Steele. If you're not familiar with Steele, you should be.

As a thinker, Steele's elevated fashion from the simply material to the theoretical. Her journal, Fashion Theory, exploded the closet doors to challenge academics and fashionistas alike. Now in its tenth year, FT's just launched Russian and Brazilian edition. In addition to her ever-growing intellectual influence, Steele's published a number of books on fashion, including the titilating Fetish.

Steele's currently the curator for the Fashion Institute of Technology's Museum, which has turned its eye to the ever-present, seemingly contradictory concept of "luxury". Steele took some time from planning the next show - Gothic Dark Glamour - to chat about the connection between queer and fashion theories, who decides what we'll wear and how Calvin Klein shined a light on male vanity.

Read all about it, after the jump.

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