This is totally a nod of  to Madame Claw$ (congrat on the  bundle of joy!), who at one time,  made us all want to rock  peacock Nike Vandals. Leggings via Fashionbyhe available at Black Milk. Fierce!

A sneak peak at jewellery designer Melody Eh$ani’s latest creation, Swarovsky “Lightning Bolt” earrings, available on her etail site this Friday.

Images from Elle magazine’s “Women In Music” issue showed up online yesterday and the first cover shot featured Gwen Stefani. Nicki Minaj revealed on Twitter late yesterday that she, too, had landed a cover shot. The knit minidress she’s wearing above is by Mark Fast and the bodysuit is by Mason Martin Margiela.

After the flip, additional Minaj shots from interior editorial.

Alexander Wang is profiled and interviewed in Barney’s weekly “Big Bang” column, which is dedicated to the early days of designers the department store is fond of. In Wang’s case, the relationship is special because they were the first big retailer to recognize his talent and provide him with a springboard. Here’s Wang’s response to one of the questions–as is often the case, an unwillingness to be deterred was part of the DNA for his label’s eventual success:

Barneys:  So, who was the first to pick up those wares in the suitcase?

Wang: In the beginning, we tried calling every showroom to represent us, nobody would return our calls or give us even a meeting.  So, we took the collection ourselves to the tradeshow and signed Barneys on the first day.

And on another note, how about the fabulous black and white shot of Wang used to accompany the article?? We’ve always thought he was a looker, but wow, he’s almost alien-beautiful in this image!

Baby-G has gotten together with New York women’s brand Married to the MOB on a watch for Summer 2011. The watch comes in pink with MTTM and the signature lip logo placed on the strap. Furthermore the watch comes in custom packaging and will be released soon.

Take a further look at the watch after the jump.

From the good women at 2BD, some very fly, see-through running shorts, designed by Jeremy Scott for Adidas Originals.

Elle has made available images from its “Women In Music” issue, and the lineup this year includes cover girl, Gwen Stefani, plus Nicki Minaj, Robyn, Jennifer Hudson, Adele, Feist, Stevie Nicks, Aretha, Florence Welch and Hillary Scott. If you visit the Elle site, there are short interviews as well as info on the featured fashion accompanying the photos.

More images on the next page.

We visited Catherine Malandrino’s showroom last week and got a look-see at both her Malandrino and Catherine Malandrino lines. Designer Malandrino’s talent, which we appreciate greatly, is her ability to design garment after garment that subtly celebrates the power of grown-woman sexiness. The designs are complex yet somehow still easy and relaxed. While there, we snapped images of the shoes and some of the accessories for Autumn 2011. Malandrino takes some very current silhouettes, but makes them special with braided leather. See more on the next page.

Speaking of the strength of denim this year, this awfully cute denim smock dress by Current Elliot is already sold out on a bunch of sites. And note the lace-up boots…..don’t know about your city, but they are so hot right now in NYC. It’s like they’re almost required wearing!

High performance active wear with boudoir sensibilities? The Snobettes are in heaven upon the discovery of this label  created by Michelle Watson, who produces activewear so stylish and sexy you want to wear it in the streets out and about. All we have to say is, Stella x Adidas, Michi is coming for you…On the next page a closer look at Michiny.We Luv!