Scott Sternberg

On Sunday, September 7, the Moeller Snow gallery space on Bond street played host to a group of young, playfully disheveled, downtown types who had gathered there to hear the Swedish indie singer, Lykke Li perform, an event that was thrown together by Justin Kern of the Los Angeles-based boutique and event space, Not To Be Reproduced.

While guests like designer Erin Wasson and stylist Anastasia Barbieri awaited Ms. Li's performance, actress Kirsten Dunst arrived with Scott Sternberg, the designer behind Band of Outsiders for whose Saturday evening show Ms. Dunst was a model. This appearance was hardly unusual for the actress, who has become a regular at these sorts of events.  read more »

Also on Saturday, Sept. 6: the scene in the lobby of the building at Scott Sternberg's Band of Outsiders show at Milk Studios in the Meatpacking District was, in a word, miserable.

Since the elevators were only allowing 15 people in at a time, a near riot was forming as security asked the damp crowds to "step back, step back, step back."

Upstairs, instead of using models to present his Spring '09 collection for women and men, Mr. Sternberg, a former Hollywood agent, had enlisted downtown darling Kirsten Dunst, rapper Charles Hamilton and British actor Max Minghella. They had been pre-filmed for several large scale video installations that were projected onto the walls as guests thumbed through the racks of clothing.  read more »

Phoebe Philo, who was the creative director of Chloe from 2001 to 2006, has been named creative director at Celine. [Vogue UK]

Topshop has pushed back its Soho store opening to November. [WWD] 

Everyone wants to know who will be this year's Fashion Week darling. [NY Times]  

Prps, the baggy boyfriend jean worn by Katie Holmes, will have its first Fashion Week presentation on September 10. [FWD]     read more »

Spotted at the Band of Outsiders show, which took place on Tuesday night aboard a sailboat docked at Chelsea Piers: former New York Times film critic Elvis Mitchell, sipping a drink with GQ multimedia editor Andy Comer on the starboard side. The waters were rough, and the boat was rocking to and fro as its passengers—including a bunch of models looking like jaded Andover escapees—clutched the railings for dear life.

Mr. Comer was wearing a Band of Outsiders blue skinny tie and button-down, and Mr. Mitchell was wearing a khaki cotton two-button Band of Outsiders suit. Is it standard practice during Fashion Week, we wondered, to wear a designer's clothes to his/her show?  read more »