The best way to follow Fashion Week(s) online

The 2010 fashion calendar is gathering pace, and the womens' ready-to-wear collections are nearly upon us. For those wishing to follow the action online, here's a list of the sites, bloggers and Twitterers I think cover the action best.

Runway reviews:
Cathy Horyn, The New York Times; Suzy Menkes, The International Herald Tribune; Robin Givhan, The Washington Post. For incisive, unbiased comment which looks to the bigger picture, look no further than this triumverate of old-school fashion hacks, all of whom pen (or rather type) lively copy.

Catwalk pictures:
Style.com is still the go-to site, offering all the pictures from all the on-schedule shows.

Party pictures:
Style.com again; Handbag.com is good for red carpet shots.

Street style:
Jak & Jil (who also shoots as Tommy Ton for Style.com and does street style for Handbag.com), especially if you like shoes; The Sartorialist

Off-duty models:
Altamira. I think this a brilliant idea for a blog. Who doesn't like checking out what the girls are wearing?

Front row / backstage pictures:
Handbag.com has comprehensive coverage of show attendees, while Style.com has an edited selection.

Blogging:
Cathy Horyn, On the Runway; Robin Givhan, Off the Runway.

Twitter:
Cathy Horyn, Fashion_Critic, womensweardaily, sartorialist, LiveFashionWeek

Fashion news:
Nearly every fashion site seems to cover the same news stories, but as far as I can tell Fashion Copious seems to get all the gossip / pictures / news first. Also Refinery29 is good (Women's Wear Daily gets the best access, of course, but I do worry about its impartiality as it's owned by Conde Nast, and also you do need to subscribe.)

Suzy Menkes on fashion and the internet

Here's an interesting video of Suzy Menkes being interviewed by what looks like Alexa Chung, about fashion and the internet (not so keen on all the tedious comments by fashion bloggers like Facehunter and Fashion Copious, though). She has some sensible things to say, like how fashion has "become a dialogue, rather than a monologue". Her comments about "this thing called "seeding" are very sweet!"
http://www.premiumexhibitions.com/

What 2010 looks like

There's only so much shimmer, lace and frou frou a girl can take. It's like we've been stuffing our faces with rich gateaux for the past few years, and suddenly we feel like switching to green tea and a much-needed detox.

Phoebe Philo's SS10 collection for Celine, which is so subtle it passed virtually unmentioned at time of showing, seems to be becoming the collection that defines the new mood, with the likes of Suzy Menkes using it as an example of a return to chic sportswear.

2010: It feels so fresh.