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We knew that Sofia Coppola was getting married this weekend, to Phoenix’s Thomas Mars, in a palace her father had bought and renovated, but the most important question—what would she wear?—remained unanswered. The odds boiled down to Marc Jacobs and Azzedine Alaïa. The former because they’re close friends and the latter because she’d been one of the few celebrities to sit front row at his couture show last month—and because he’s Alaïa. In the end, Coppola wore an Alaïa that looked like a Marc Jacobs. The soft lavender and white silk dress gathered at the neck and cinched at the waist before poofing out into a skirt that hit just at the knee. Her hair was down and she looked as naturally gorgeous as we’ve come to expect from the director. Click through to see her with her husband and her father, Francis Ford Coppola, post-ceremony.

Alexander Wang, 3.1 Phillip Lim, fall 2011 Photo: Imaxtree

Big chunky sweaters may be the last thing on your mind with the remnants of the summer sun still beaming down your neck, but with back-to-school shopping winding down all we can think about is keeping warm, and chic, of course. Enter the snug-fit sweater dresses. Alexander Wang is the purveyor of making simplicity into big-statement silhouettes, like his yellow sweater dress above. Wang’s interpretation of the gray winter sweater dress included an elevated fur collar, bubble sleeves, and an ombre satin finish at the hem—genius design. Phillip Lim took a similar route in transforming a classic sweater dress into something more interesting, but unlike Wang, Lim played with color. Lim’s bold green sweater dress is sure to stand out in a mob of dark fall palettes. And besides, who doesn’t want to play with color? Here’s how you can cozy up this fall:

The last couple days have been crazy to say the least: between dealing with all the work for the production of the show, the samples for the Spring ’12 season, and all the orders for the Fall ’11 season, it seems as though there is never enough time in the day. My office has really been at the factory this week because between supervising the production and making sure all the Spring samples come in correctly. I spend my day constantly running around the garment district. It seems like we are always running out of some fabric or there in confusion in one note or another. So on nights like tonight I am at the studio until well past midnight catching up on emails and work that I wasn’t able to get accomplished during the crazy day. New York City is great, especially for my business with everything at your finger tips, however days like the past few have definitely make me appreciate when I am able to be in CT and work from one desk. I always make sure to work at least one day during the work week from my apartment in CT otherwise I would never be able to stay on top of emails. Unfortunately that day was Monday so there is no slowing down for the rest of this week…

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Rain is probably the least desirable of all weather conditions when it comes to staying stylish and looking your best. Besides your disheveled hair and runny makeup, it can be tricky and annoying to find clothes to put together to look descent in. Lucky for you, we’ve found some super-cute options so you can look put together and stylish, even in the pouring rain—or in today’s case, a hurricane.

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Fashion week starts in 14 days—assuming New York City survives Irene—and after scouring the official calendar more than one out of the ordinary event caught our eye.

Zac Posen

Almost two years ago Posen decided to move his collection runway show to Paris. He said the Parisians, “understand my clothes,” and stuck it out for three seasons. Meanwhile, he showed his newly launched Z Spoke collection here in New York City, and opened his first store in the Meatpacking District. This season, he’s bringing the collection back to New York and showing at Avery Hall in Lincoln Center on September 11th.

Karen Elson

The model, who’s giant Tanqueray billboards have stopped us dead in our tracks twice this week, will celebrate her collection for Nine West with a concert at Beauty & Essex—so many things we never thought we’d see/say in one sentence!

St. John

The latest in a string of news from the ladylike brand is a presentation during New York Fashion Week. They’re still riding high off their well received fall campaign, starring Kate Winslet, and if the starlet shows up at their 5th Avenue presentation it’ll be quite a coup.

Barneys

If you haven’t yet read Amy LaRocca’s New York Magazine story on Barneys’ regime change, do so this weekend. Then get excited for the not one, but two parties the store is set to host during Fashion Week, including one in honor of Lisa Immordino Vreeland’s new book, Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel.

Helmut Lang

Now that Theyskens’ Theory has become one of the hottest tickets of the week, the Theory group is ready to champion Helmut Lang by showing their spring collection on Manhattan’s west side.

Photos: People

When Kim Kardashian got married last weekend she didn’t wear just one dress—how commonplace! Instead, she wore three custom made Vera Wang gowns and People scored the pictures ahead of the E! News broadcast. The strapless ivory gown at left was worn during the ceremony and blended in best with her troop of bridesmaids. The all white gown in the center is the most “Barbie gets married!” and the slinky mermaid dress at right may be our favorite. Which one’s yours?

The original MAC & Milk logo

Fashion week mania’s kicked into high gear—invites are arriving, rumors are spreading and Milk Studios is gearing up for its fourth season, except that starting with the spring summer 2012 season it’ll be known as Made, Presented by MAC. Starting in September, the partnership will also benefit from CAA’s sponsorship. Together, they’ll host 37 presentations (which continue to be free of cost to the designers showing at MILK) ranging from Pamela Love’s presentation to Proenza Schouler‘s runway show. WWD reports that MAC has  seven figure budget for New York fashion week, which makes them the biggest sponsor. The brand’s president John Demsey, says the week “hones the craft of our makeup artists and keeps the skill set of our makeup artists at a high level…No brand has the depth of involvement with the fashion brands, and we’re the ‘go-to’ brand for emerging design talent.”

Meet Christine Sunyoung Lee, a 20-year-old junior at New York University. While she’s interned for fashion greats such as Alexander Wang and Issey Miyake, she credits an internship at a small fashion company for giving her the necessary experience and teaching her the skills to be a great intern. Here’s her take on interning for some of the industry’s biggest names, the best advice she’s ever recieved, and how she survived an interview flop.

When we heard that OPI’s Holiday 2011 Collection was in fact a Muppets line, we nearly didn’t believe it. But OPI has done it again and will be debuting their Muppets collection this December. And it totally just made us fall in love with them all over again. With names like “Warm and Fozzy,” “Fresh Frog of Bel Air,” and “Meep Meep Meep,” it’s pretty hard not to-especially when their following in the steps of their fabulous ‘Miss Universe’ Collection. Can’t wait to see Miss Piggy, Kermit, and the rest of the gang in full action for OPI. Here’s a sneak peak for what’s in store: