san francisco fashion show

Coat with stud buttons by Rachel Rachel Roy, the designer’s new diffusion line, exclusively available at Macy’s this fall.

Photography courtesy of Macy’s

Plenty of local fashion-philes have been overheard lamenting their West Coast tethers in recent days, thanks to that special time of year in New York, but we’re happy to report that style salve for runway-deprived San Franciscans is on its way. 

The 27th annual Macy’s Passport benefit and fashion show takes place this week and, unlike the shows we’ve been drooling over in the Big Apple, this one is open to the public.

Marjorie from America's Next Top Model, cycle 11.

Photography courtesy of LOOK Model Agency

That fashion wouldn’t be fashion without change (both the temporal kind and lots and lots of the coin variety) would be reason enough for the Art Institute of California to develop its summer fashion show taking place this Saturday night around the idea of metamorphosis. But consider that the fashion industry itself is in a state of flux this year quite unlike we’ve seen before (Lacroix bankrupt!

Menswear by Academy of Art University alum Chelsea Rae Snyder will be part of tonight’s show.

Photography courtesy of Del Geronimo via The Lab.

A sudden spate of disrobing at the corner of 16th and Capp Streets isn’t something we’d normally want to see on a Friday night, but leave it to The Lab to convince us otherwise.