It's one of the oldest moneymaking games in the book: convince tourists that the bags they're traveling with aren't safe enough, or convenient enough, or stylish enough, and sell them a more jaunt-friendly bag. Very very soon however, all this could be put to rest by the release of the fruit of the labors of a fashion designer-airline combination.

Whether you're of the type that prefers the sixteen zippered pockets and multitude of snaps, or the type that wants only a simplistic tote, V Australia is asking you to help them design "the perfect bag for the perfect trip." ]]> JetSetCD 2009-10-28T12:12:53-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/10/25/144940/47

Irony! Just when we vouched for the safety of travelers in Madrid last week with our "Bad Rap Cities: Madrid" story, a high-profile woman fell victim over the weekend to the city's thieves who prey on tourists.

It all went down on yesterday evening in front of the Thyssen Museum in Madrid, when beloved fashion designer, contemporary of Andy Warhol, and legend in her own right Diane von Furstenberg twittered: ]]> JetSetCD 2009-10-26T08:53:43-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/10/22/15231/018

Ahh, New Years in Paris, what a fantasy trip that would be. Although we got the dream New Years vacation out of the way a few years ago in Venice, it doesn't mean that we can't lust after the combination of fashion and free travel that the new contest from Yves Saint Laurent offers.

Here's the details, for all you wannabe holiday jetsetters: YSL is launching a new fragrance called Parisienne and they've devoted a mini-site to it, complete with a blog of Paris travel tips. To win a trip for two to Paris for New Years, you must also share a story and photos, specifically "about how you have experienced the spirit of Parisienne in your own life." There's also a chance of winning a YSL handbag and Beaute products, but we'll just take the trip thanks. ]]> JetSetCD 2009-10-22T16:38:42-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/10/21/102835/87

The courtyard at The Getty Center, Los Angeles

Today, street style dominates the blogosphere and the foremost fashion websites. We're a culture of voyeurs: If it's being worn by Anna Wintour or a MOD (that's insider-speak for Model Off Duty), or photographed paparazzi-style, then we'll sit, stare, and come back for more. But before The Sartorialist and Bill Cunningham were all the rage, a different kind of street style was of interest: real people, wearing layman's clothing, photographed against a neutral backdrop rather than the hustle and bustle of a big city.

Los Angeles' Getty Center is currently celebrating photography vanguard Irving Penn, who recently passed away after a storied career working for magazines including Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. Irving Penn: Small Trades is an exhibition of Penn's photographs from the early 1950s featuring men and women in their work attire. A milkman with a checked shirt and pants riding high, a steel mill firefighter in full protective regalia, and prim and proper ballroom dancing team are just a few of the highlights from Small Trades. ]]> Heidi Atwal 2009-10-21T14:33:41-05:00 34.0778720 -118.47375 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/10/20/141610/14

Just like dineLA's recently extended Restaurant Week, Los Angeles Fashion Week has turned into more of a Fashion Month. We're the first to admit that Los Angeles is no New York when it comes to carrying fashion heft, but there's talent floating around the 405, especially in the Downtown Fashion District. Since early October, various shopping events, trunk shows, previews, and the like, have been taking place around town in celebration of the city's well-known and emerging designers.

Edgy denim label Rock & Republic recently held a collaboration launch party with Essie, and former Robertson Boulevard super-boutiques Madison and Diavolina celebrated their West Third flagship store launch last Thursday with stylists and respected denim designers Emily Current and Merritt Elliott of Current/Elliott. But as Los Angeles is all about what's new and what's next, one of the more anticipated events coming up this month is Gen Art's Fresh Faces in Fashion show on Thursday, October 29th from 7:00 to 11:00 PM. ]]> Heidi Atwal 2009-10-20T15:38:47-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/9/29/125510/410

The City of Lights will become the City of Photographer Flash Strobes in the next 24 hours as Paris Fashion Week officially begins tomorrow and runs through Thursday, October 8. Although this means that Paris will be on its best behavior with gleaming-clean upscale restaurants, the best window displays, and serious eye candy walking down the street, it also means that private parties and fashion shows will possibly clog up some of the sights that tourists regularly hit.

Since we want you to get the most out of Paris in the autumn, with a dash of the glamor of the Fashion Week thrown in, we'll let you in on the places to either hit or skip—depending on how much you love big crowds of pretentious people—in Paris for the next ten days:

Top 5 Paris tourist sites affected by Fashion Week, after the jump]]> JetSetCD 2009-09-29T13:49:45-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/9/10/185/72946

It's that time of the year again, when, in New York, the models come out the play and everyone shines off their fancy shoes for the biannual Fashion Week. Since this is the last season for the shows in the temporary tents at Bryant Park (which this season have a travel theme), expect there to be all kinds of hubbub in Midtown, but other bits of the city as well.

For the first time, another Fashion Week has risen up to challenge the dominance of the IMG Fashion/Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, which is the one held in Bryant Park. This new contender is MAC and Milk Fashion Week; MAC being a cosmetics company and Milk a collection of event spaces on the edge of the Meatpacking District. Thus, with all of the venues scattered about town, we thought we'd help those of you who'd rather go about your week without models, or with models if that's your thing.

Here we go; The Top Three NYC Places To Avoid During Fashion Week... ]]> JetSetCD 2009-09-10T09:28:50-05:00 Search Jaunted string http://www.jaunted.com/search/