As September Fashion Week quickly approaches, we keep getting news of fashion designers breaking out into the world of beauty. Charlotte Ronson recently launched her own makeup line at Sephora. Now, Alexander Wang takes a dip into beauty by monopolizing the best fashion accessory ever: nails. Like fashion designers Prabal Gurung and Tracy Reese, Wang will be collaborating with Sally Hansen to produce his own nail color collection. The colors will debut in his spring show, which is less than two weeks away.

Food and fashion are two great loves of my life, but they don’t always go hand in hand. But Lauren Levinger and Michael King are starting a new trend combining food and fashion with their new blog called Thefood-life.com. Think of Coveteur.com, where designer Erin Kleinberg and stylist Stephanie Mark document and photograph some of the fashion industry’s most coveted clothing, shoes, and accessories in their homes.

New York Spring/Summer 2011 Fashion Week kicks off today and Mochi editors will be providing you with exclusive reviews and photos of all the runway glam at the new venue at Lincoln Center. As a recent NYT article brought to light, these days the spotlight is on Asian American designers, who are climbing the ropes and making a name for themselves in the extremely competitive industry.
For instance, last June, the awards for best designers of the year went to Richard Chai, Jason Wu and Alexander Wang. This marks the first …

Last night’s 2010 CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Fashion Awards was a huge night for Asian American designers, as three of the industry’s biggest emerging talents earned the Swarovski Award, which CFDA states is “where the biggest names of tomorrow make their debut.”
Jason Wu, the Taiwanese-born designer who rose to instant fame when First Lady Michelle Obama wore his dress during the inauguration, won the much-acclaimed Swarovski Award for Womenswear, beating out designers Prabal Gurung and Joseph Altuzarra. Wu said, “I was so nervous, I asked Rachel [Weisz] …

—It looks like formerly imprisoned journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee are following the trend of earning a book deal to share (and capitalize on) their experience being held in captivity in North Korea. While Laura is still shopping around for a book deal that will “examine the meaning of sisterhood and journalistic ideals,” Euna beat her to the punches with a six-figure deal to write a memoir of her imprisonment. [via Gawker]
—The infamous “balloon boy” parents plead guilty today, as expected. The father Richard Heene pleaded guilty to a felony charge of …