AP - Rob Thomas says he spends more time primping than his wife, model Marisol.

AP - At New York Fashion Week on Wednesday, the designers weren't just looking to their muses for inspiration — they were raiding the muses' closets.

Fashion Wire Daily - When the lights dimmed and Betsey Johnson stepped onto the star-patterned runway in the Bryant Park tents, carrying her two granddaughters and holding helium-filled balloons, you knew that the show would be a playful one. Then again, when hasn't a Betsey Johnson show been like that?

Reuters - A woman can never be too rich or too thin, as the saying goes, but not so with her accessories.

Fashion Wire Daily - Max Azria - the collection - has positioned itself since its debut nearly three years ago as the premier expression of Max and Lubov Azria's vision, with more luxurious fabrics and design sensibility, whereas BCBG is the group's contemporary, youthful line.

Fashion Wire Daily - Proenza Schouler - over the past half decade America's best young designers - undertook a radical shift in direction Monday evening and, like any new birth, the delivery was the occasion of some considerable joy and great excitement.

AP - Elizabeth Banks, who portrays Laura Bush to Josh Brolin's George in the upcoming film "W," considers the first lady an underrated beauty.

Fashion Wire Daily - John Ford, for whom, ironically, character and not attire mattered most in the creation of his canon, would have loved the latest collection from Marc Jacobs , a wacky yet wonderful vision that recalled a Sunday afternoon walk to service in a prairie town; albeit one were the churchgoers boasted tailors with a sophisticated understanding of Chinese embroidery and enough money to pay for large quantities of passementerie.

Reuters - A weak U.S. dollar may be the hit accessory at fashion shows in New York this week, luring British and other European buyers and offering newer designers a chance to impress U.S. retailers hoping to buy locally.

AP - If you think the easy, loose styles that have dominated New York Fashion Week mean a return to comfort, don't hold your breath: The corset is back.

Reuters - Australian fashionistas plumbed new depths on Wednesday, staging an underwater fashion show with lots of flailing arms and a mass bad hair day.