StyleSpy with Katrina Szish

The masterminds at InStyle.com have come up with the perfect pre-Election Day pasttime....fun with ELECTION HAIR!   That's right, you can amuse yourself for hours (or even five weeks!) by uploading your picture into our wildly popular Hollywood Hair Makeover tool to see how "red" or "blue" suits you.  Try on the Sarah, the Cindy, the Hillary and the Michelle.

CNN's Naamua Delaney and I tried a few on for size...and a chuckle.

Check out the clip (you'll also learn more about In Style's October cover girl, Meg Ryan!)

I loved Zac Posen's Spring 2009 collection.  Not everyone shares my opinion on the clothes Posen sent down the runway, however it seems the catchy song looped through the speakers as the models strutted their stuff made quite an impact.

Bloggers everywhere demanded to know who sang the "jungle drum" song.  My friends and I spent the remainder of the evening chanting "doonga-doonga-doonga-doonga-doong" (or something like that).

And last night, while watching the season premiere of "Grey's Anatomy," (LOVE) the very same song popped up during the scene in which Christina was impaled by a wayward icicle (odd choice of timing perhaps, but...).

The song?  "Jungle Drum" (from the Me and Armini album) by Emiliana Torrini,
up-and-coming Icelandic sensation (how cute is she?!). 

Download it and you won't be able to get it out of your head.

"Hey, I'm in love..."
 

Many of you already know that I'm a huge Reem Acra fan, but after checking out the Emmys, it's clear that many of Hollywood's red carpet standouts are also part of the club.

Acra has outfitted myriad celebrities in the past, but last night her designs bedecked not one, not two, but FIVE stylish stars.

Christina Applegate stepped out in an asymmetrical pale aqua, silk organza, jacquard draped gown fresh from the Spring 2009 Collection.

"Desperate Housewives'" Felicity Huffman's newly-cropped bob added extra flair to her gorgeous embroidered and beaded pale peach tulle floor-length gown.

The dazzling Olivia Wilde of "House" made jaws drop in a pearl grey, silk satin-faced chiffon twist-front gown with jewel encrusted cap-sleeves.  The fit was flawless...

Outstanding Drama Series nominee, Julie Benz of "Dexter," looked like royalty in a deep purple, embroidered-waist gown from Acra's 2009 resort collection; actress Lisa Rinna also found her knockout number from the resort collection, and channeled her inner goddess in a one-shoulder, ivory crepe gown.

As always, Acra had a distinct aesthetic in mind when dressing these women:

"At this year's Emmys my designs blended a Parisian sense of elegance and fine tailoring with iconic Hollywood glamour. The result is a look of 'Hollywood Couture' that offered an edge and freshness to the red carpet." --Reem Acra      

You know you're an A+-lister when you score a dress straight of a designer's runway the week after it debuted.  Renee Zellweger is one of those lucky gals.





At the September 17th L.A. premiere of "Appaloosa," Renee donned a black silk organza dress straight from Carolina Herrera's Spring 2009 collection.  Lest you forget, our favorite Herrera loyalist was seated front row (and spotted eyeing this very dress!), during the show at New York Fashion Week on the September 8th.

Betsey Johnson is the pop-culture princess of New York Fashion Week...not to mention the fashion industry's fountain of youth.  I stopped by the celebration -- and spoke to some celebs -- just 10 minutes before Betsey's Spring 2009 runway show...

As always, Betsey ended her show with a running runway cartwheel...she admits she always practices the morning of the show.  Pretty impressive for a grandmother of two !

Style Spy sends a huge XOXO to Betsey Johnson!  SMOOCH!

I broke it all down with my pals at CNN.com...

Check out more fab celeb pix from Fashion Week HERE!

I spoke with Michael Kors just before his runway show Wednesday morning...

Just as New York Fashion Week ends, another style marathon will begin -- this one about fashion's past rather than fashion's future. 

On Saturday, September 13th, Lifetime Television debuts "Coco Chanel," a three-hour original movie starring Oscar-winner Shirley Maclaine.

Talk about pressure for costume designer Pierre-Yves Gayraud, having the task of re-outfitting one of the best-outfitted women of all time.  Raid the archives, you say?  One would think, however no vintage Chanel garments were used in the film.

"I created around 70 costumes," Gayraud explains.  "All the photographs documenting her work were a huge source of inspiration.  I prepared a large look book of Chanel designs and created the wardrobe according to the different periods in the script."

ABOVE LEFT: Barbora Bobulova portrays a young Chanel.

ABOVE RIGHT:  One of Gayraud's sketches.

Gayraud adds:  "I hope the audience who did not know her before will now realize that the beginning of what we think of as ‘street wear’ came from a brilliant and inspired poor little girl from Aubazine, France.  The viewer should know that the sweatshirt of ‘today,’ is just the child of the jersey sailor blouse of Chanel."

New York Fashion Week is hard work.  Twelve hour days, minimal sleep, spotty meals, sore feet...BUT, besides getting us geared-up to tackle the new trends, it's also the perfect time to catch up with the most fabulous and fashionable people on the planet.

I hung out with Justin Timberlake and Trace Ayala backstage before William Rast...

Renee Zellweger lit up the front row at Carolina Herrera...

Leighton Meester was pretty in pink at Julie Haus...

I posed with Miss J Alexander in the MAC Cosmetics Lounge...

...and ran into Olympic gymnast Alicia Sacramone at Alexandre Herchcovitch (she had the best accessory of the week -- and I got to hold it!).

Leigh Lezark of the Misshapes (and the face of Gap's fall ad campaign) gave me the scoop on spinning (and her hip haircut...fashion designer Benjamin Cho is also a master with scissors)

Blogging bombshell Julia Allison (who is live-blogging all week) was my front-row-mate at Tony Cohen...

...and my backstage buddy at Betsey Johnson (along with Patrick Macmullan's son Liam, who provided comic relief on the runway).

I chatted with Kelly Osbourne at Betsey Johnson...

...who agrees that fashion week is simultaneously inspiring and exhausting.

Yep, it's a tough job but someone has to do it. 

Catch you later -- am off to Zac Posen!