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explain how ponchos will be the must-have outerwear item in Fall 2011.

"From over-sized to cropped, loose-fitting ponchos were shown in all different proportions (at NY Fashion Week Fall 2011)," says fashion reporter, Allison McNamera.

Tommy Hilfiger showed versions with longer lengths in back, while Max Azria showed an assymetrical version. More traditional ponchos were featured by Rag & Bone while designers Adam and Rachel Roy opted for blanket-style versions.

Watch the video and see how Alexander Wang mixed textures in his version as well as one with rain slicker details.

To see Luxist's full coverage of NY Fashion Week Fall 2011, click here.

From Curbed:
--Metropolitan Home Magazine's 2009 House of the Year in Berkeley, California, shown above, has hit the market for $1.595 million. The property website is here.


From the Miami Daily Business Review:
--Former Miami Heat star Rony Seikaly has sold a custom-built Miami Beach mansion for $11.5 million. He paid $2.15 million for the 0.6-acre 2060 N. Bay Road property in April 2002, tore down the existing home and constructed a nine-bedroom, 10-bathroom mansion in 2005.

From the Real Deal:
--NBA star Zydrunas Ilgauskas and his wife Jennifer have listed their home, Soho's 24 Thompson Street, for rent for $37,500. The home was built by the Novogratzes, stars of Bravo reality show "9 by Design." The Ilgauskases bought the home for for $6.95 million.

From the NY Post:
--Usher has been apartment shopping in New York City at 20 Pine. He checked out an 1,832-square-foot loft penthouse listed for $2.75 million, which is now in contract with Jonathan Reed, the CEO of Spec Entertainment and also looked at a 1,829-square-foot, two-bedroom penthouse that is not yet officially on the market but is quietly being shopped around for $3.1 million. The condo building, designed by Armani/Casa, has been on the market for around five years.
-- Mary J. Blige has also been looking for a New York apartment. She looked at the same $25,000-a-month, three-bedroom rental at 55 Thompson St. that Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner looking at last week.
--Trump and Kushner also recently looked at an eight-bedroom Upper East Side spread on Park Avenue that's priced around $5 million.
--David Garrett, the world's fastest violinist, is hoping for speed has listed his one-bedroom condo at 254 Park Ave. South for $1.35 million. The listing is here.
--Internet entrepreneur Sam Hamadeh is putting his Gramercy loft, at 225 E. 24th St., on the market for $5.5 million. The three-bedroom loft is 3,715 square feet and has been on "Gossip Girl" and "Law & Order." The listing is here.
--Gayle King has moved out of the penthouse at 207 E. 57th St. and recently checked out apartments at 535 West End Ave. in the $9 million to $19 million range.
--Hamptons developer Joe Farrell is looking for a pied-a-terre in the city for his family and wants to trade one of the homes he's building on the East End, in the $3 million to $6 million range, for a Manhattan apartment.
--Recording artist Ivan Wilzig, also known as Sir Ivan, looked at Miami's new $60 million 3 Indian Creek mansion.

From the LA Times:
Movie producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall have dropped the price on their vacation home in Telluride, Colorado. It is listed at $19.75 million but was at $22 million when it was our estate of the day last year.

--Fashion designer Max Azria and his wife, Lubov, have sold their home in the flats of Beverly Hills to Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos and his wife, ambassador Nicole Avant, for $5.41 million.
--Actor Tom Bresnahan and his wife, Elizabeth French, have sold their Paul Williams-designed home in Silver Lake for $2.1 million.

Fans of Hervé Léger by Max Azria, the fashion house behind the ubiquitous, celeb-beloved bandage dress, can take a look at the brand's designer's Autumn Winter 2010 Collection in style. The Lanesborough hotel in London is hosting a special event on November 26 at the Michelin-starred 'Apsleys – A Heinz Beck Restaurant.' The Lanesborough and Hervé Léger by Max Azria Champagne Afternoon Tea provides not just champagne, couture and cake but also expert styling advice as well as a 15 percent discount on the Autumn Winter 2010 Collection. Tickets to the event are £49.00 per person.

From the LA Times Hot Properties:
--Jason Winer, an executive producer and director of the ABC comedy "Modern Family," has listed his three-level Hollywood-area town house shown above for $599,000. Winer is selling because he is moving to a larger house in another Los Angeles neighborhood. He bought the town house in 2006 for $560,000. The listing is here.
--Annette Cook, the founder and chief executive of Barefoot Dreams, and her husband, Stan,have sold an ocean-view contemporary in Malibu for $3 million.
--Actor Conrad Bain has listed his longtime Brentwood home for sale at $3.175 million. The listing is here.
--Music industry executive Mark Mazzetti has sold his Hollywood Hills-area home for $1,089,000
--Actress Sandra Will Carradine has listed her beach house in Carpinteria's gated Rincon Point community for $4.29 million. The property website is here.

From Cityfile's Buyers and Sellers:
--Washington power lobbyists Tony and Heather Podesta have picked up a New York pied-à-terre, paying $3.247 million for an apartment at the Sohmer Piano Building at 170 Fifth Avenue.
--via the NY Observer, The Sloane mansion, which was once listed at $64 million, is now listed with a new broker and a new lower price, $39 million. The listing is here.

--via the NY Observer, a one-bedroom (plus library) apartment in the Sherry Netherland building has gone on sale for $9.5 million. The listing is here.

--Actress Kristen Johnston has closed on the sale of her duplex at 296 West 10th Street. The two-bedroom apartment with a solarium and terrace was listed for $1.795 million and sold for $1.7 million to costume designers John Orberg and Janet Kuhl.

--via Curbed, Armon Bar-Tur, a managing director at SafeHarbor Capital Partners, and his wife Rebecca, have found a buyer for their townhouse at 92 Charles Street. The four-bedroom home, which the couple bought for $6 million in 2006 and listed for $14.95 million in October, has gone into contract after less than a month on the market.
--Hedge funder Steve Stuart, who left Fortress Investment Group in 2007 has found a buyer for his 35th floor apartment at the Park Laurel on West 63rd Street. The four-bedroom condo, which Stuart bought for $5.4 million in 2004 and put on the market for $10.8 million in October 2008, sold this week to an unidentified buyer for $7.4 million.
--via the NY Post, real estate investor Michael Hirtenstein is the mystery buyer who has agreed to purchase financier Armon Bar-Tur's townhouse at 92 Charles Street for "about $13.5 million."
--via Curbed, Gigi Mahon, an interior decorator, author, and the wife of former Citicorp vice chairman Thomas Theobold, has put her two units at the Plaza on the market for $22.5 million. Mahon bought the two units separately for $3.66 million and $10.02 million back in 2007. The listing is here.
--via the NY Post, Mets outfielder Gary Sheffield and his wife have gone into contract to sell their home in Alpine, NJ. It had been listed for $5 million.

From Newsday's Real LI:
--Jamie Drake, the interior designer who counts Mayor Bloomberg as one of his clients, has put his East Hampton, New York home on the market for $2.9 million. The listing is here.

A Matinecock, New York mansion will go up for auction on November 17 auction. The auction is being held by Grand Estates Auction and the home will be sold to the highest bidder, with no reserves and no minimums and buyers must present a $50,000 certified check in order to bid on the property. The 5.33-acre estate is appraised at $10 million.
--Lands End, the 13.35-acre Sands Point estate which may have been the inspiration for Daisy Buchanan's home in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Great Gatsby," is back on the market with an approval for a five-lot subdivision and a price of $30 million. The property has a 25-room mansion was designed by Stanford White and built in 1902. The listing is here.
--Private eye Bo Dietl has gone into contract to sell his Manhasset home. The former cop and occasional TV commentator bought the home for $2.3 million in 2004, listed it for $3.295 million in August and is reportedly selling for "just over $3 million."


From ShelterPop:
--Ellen DeGeneras has purchased a horse ranch outside of Westlake Village, California.
--Lndsay Lohan and Sam Ronson both recently moved from their leased houses in the Beachwood Canyon area of Los Angeles and into leased condos at the very same West Hollywood high-rise building where Nicole Richie once owned multi-million dollar digs. Sam's previous place on Beachwood Canyon Drive iscurrently available for lease at $4,350 a month and Lindsay's former rental on El Contento Drive is also up for rent for $8,900 a month.

From AOL Real Estate:
--Check out a list of the most expensive homes on the market in the United States.

From the NY Post:
-- Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts have been spotted checking out listings at 120 11th Ave.
--Louise Sunshine, is helping her son, broker Sam Sunshine, sell the One Beacon Court apartment owned by her husband, Martin Begun. The apartment is listed at $6.75 million.
--Singer Frankie Valli has been showing some interest in a $3.3 million, three-bedroom apartment at the Rushmore, a luxury condo development on the Upper West Side. The apartment is now listed as 'in contract.'

From the Wall Street Journal's Private Properties:
--Connie Chung and Maury Povich are in contract to buy a home listed for $8.98 million in the Embassy Row area of Washington. The couple, with their son, plan to move from New York in 2010 or 2011.
--Former Lehman Brothers president Joseph M. Gregory has gone into contract on his seven-acre Manchester, Vermont estate, which he listed for $2.48 million. He bought the seven-acre Vermont property for $675,000 in 1993. His 2.5-acre oceanfront estate in Bridgehampton, New York remains on the market with an asking price of $27.9 million.


From the Real Estalker:
--Hollywood talent manager Jeff Kwatinetz has listed his four-bedroom Malibu home for $7.299 million. The listing is here.
--Sophia Loren's son Edoardo Ponti and his wife Sasha Alexander have listed their four-bedroom Los Angeles home for $2.135 million. The listing is here.
--Designer Max Azria has listed his home in Beverly Hills for $6.899 million. The listing is here.
--Celebrity hair stylist and reality television star Jonathan Antin has listed his four-bedroom home in Toluca Lake for $1.999 million. The listing is here.

From Zillow Blog:
--Curt Schilling has reduced the price of his Medfield, Massachusetts home again. It is now listed at $4.5 million down from an original $8 million.

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On any given minute of any given day, rain or shine, lookie loos crowd the entrance to the Bryant Park tents during fashion week. Who are they hoping to see? Do they see them? And how much time do they spend hanging out?

Here's what a few said as the Max Azria show let out this afternoon:

"I read my fashion magazines and I find it quite fascinating--the whole excitement around it," said Clare Payn, an investment banker and photographer from London.

"I don't know what's really going on, but it's exciting. I just saw [a pair of] super heels." said Jenni Lanfear, a personal assistant in Australia. "New York fashion week is huge...especially coming from Australia.

"I'm hoping to see Anna Wintour [Editor in Chief of Vogue]," said another Aussie Jimmy Mouzakiotis, buyer for a supermarket chain. Mouzakiotis had already seen The September Issue (which, BTW, is more than I can say).

And, finally, I approached Noreen Young, a makeup artist brandishing a camera. "Wait. Wait. I'm trying to get Linda Wells [Editor in Chief of Allure magazine]." She got her shot as well as that of InStyle's Fashion Director Hal Rubenstein. "He was just kissing somebody," she beamed.

Average hanging-around time, according to my informal poll? 10 minutes.

Great sightings like Mickey Rourke and Lucy Liu were at the show, but publicists make a point of letting celebs know how to slip out the back way.

The BCBGMAXAZRIA Women's Bedford Large Shoulder Bag comes in three colors: Oyster (whitish), Raspberry (reddish), and Blue Surf (at right), but our favorite is unanimously this bright teal! "Blue Surf" is not a bad name for this bold shade, which has the eye-catching allure of a deep lagoon.

We love the asymmetrical rectangular front pocket, and the elegantly trimmed cloth strap. The dark metal details add distinction to the simple, 17"W x 12.75"H x 6"D shape.

Teal, or "Blue Surf," goes beautifully with white and black ensembles, and would be an excellent match for this spring's greys, as well.

The BCBGMAXAZRIA Women's Bedford Large Shoulder Bag is available from Bloomingdales for $398.00.

The BCBG Max Azria Origami Shoulder Bag is the perfect bag to compliment the chunky jewelry trend this season.

This plump little purse is crafted from soft, imported cowhide. The first things we noticed (and liked) about this bag were the heavy-handed, deliberate ruching on the strap and the origami-like folds on the body of the bag.

The Origami Shoulder Bag is just large enough to carry all the essentials, but modest enough to avoid that "duffel bag" look. We love the flower turnlock closure; it looks vintage and dainty -- very much in keeping with the style of the bag.

We recommend pairing this with vintage gloves, whether you're carrying it with a casual or dressy outfit, to maximize its well-to-do feel.

The The BCBG Max Azria Origami Shoulder Bag is available from Saks Fifth Avenue for $398.

Max Azria becomes the latest fashion designer to make the fur-free pledge. The Humane Society has announced that BCBG Max Azria Group will go fur-free as of the Spring 2009 collection. The decision effects the portfolio of 15 brands, including BCBG Max Azria, Max Azria, and Hervé Léger by Max Azria. So far more than 75 companies are listed on The Humane Society's list of fur free retailers. They range from mall stores like Abercrombie & Fitch and Anthropologie to designers such as Calvin Klein, Stella McCartney and Tommy Hilfiger.