Last night, fashion elite from across the globe came together for the second Annual WSGN Global Fashion Awards. Honoring everyone from established designers to marketing to teams to design students, the black tie affair was held at breathtaking Gotham Hall in New York City. Sponsored by Swarovski, the Global Fashion Awards have already picked up momentum since their inauguration last year. With over 2,000 submissions from all over the globe, new and established talents alike were reviewed by a panel of 35 influential fashion experts including June Haynes (Senior VP of retail Valentino USA), designer Lisa Ho, Simon Keen (Executive VP of Design, Banana Republic), Dolly Jones (Editor, Vogue.com), and Graeme Fidler & Michael Herz (Creative Directors of Bally).

Anna Sui’s Fall 2011 runway show at Lincoln Center Wednesday evening took its cues from colorful cultures and daring eras, making for a lively and feminine vibe. Last month, during a panel held in her honor at The Metropolitan Museum, Sui said she was inspired by “an amazing exhibition in London about Diaghilev and the Ballet Russes.” She also spoke about her mood board: “There [are] lots of pictures of Ballet Russes costumes, lots of Léon Bakst drawings. There’s a mixture of Mod too. I’m trying to overlap it. Hopefully the collection will capture that.” For her presentation, Sui also referenced dandyism and romantic dress, feathers and velvet.

Now that you have a few NYE outfit options and party plans, it's time to think about the little things, like what accessories to bring that will make you feel prepared for anything. You know that at some point in time you're going to be outside, which means enduring the freakin' freezing cold weather in your little dress and heels, secretly resenting all the boys walking around in their warm pants without a care in the world. The thought of getting really, really drunk to warm up crosses your mind, but remember what happened last year? You do not want to repeat that midnight kiss ever, ever again. So, what are your options? You could wear pants, but those Camilla Skovgaard heels you really want to wear look so much better with a dress. Hosiery is the next best thing, and although they're not quite as supportive as pants, the thin layer of warmth really does make all the difference. See a few favorites after the jump.

This spring it’s okay to get your panties in a ruffle—in fact it’s trendy! Well, at least for your outerwear. Spring/Summer 2011 brings us all the fun flirtiness of ruffles and frill. Expect to see lots of tulle, ribbons, and lace. Spotted on runways for Valentino (pictured), Anna Sui, Azzaro, Emilio Pucci, and D&G, feminine ruffles will be all the rage this upcoming year.

Anna Sui's new fashion tome, Anna Sui, was recently published, with a shimmering foil-stamped cover and 400 photographs spanning Sui's 20-year career. In honor of the book, she is hosting a winter wonderland holiday bash tonight that includes free gifts with purchase of the book and the priceless opportunity to meet the designer herself. In keeping with Sui's signature rock and roll style, the book is not only a visual retrospective of her career, creative process, and inspirations—it defines Sui as the design icon and global fashion influence that she is. More details after the jump.

Fashion's literary fetish is anything but waning these days. While street-style bloggers have released a slew of tomes in recent months (The Sartorialist, The Selby and the Facehunter included), so have the likes of unemployed sartorial icon Olivier Theyskens and former employees of both Miuccia Prada and Karl Lagerfeld. Now comes news that Anna Sui, Jil Sander and the Sex and the City engine will release their own publications in upcoming months. Notoriously shy Sui is about to go "very public about her 20-year career," says Women's Wear Daily. Come fall, Chronicle Books will release a retrospective that will "recount her working with practically every supermodel around, dressing rock sirens and bohemian chicks and giving the baby-doll dress a lease on life." Although Sui herself can't be credited for actually penning anything more than the book's forward; contributors Jack White (hubby to longtime Sui muse Karen Elson), the Costume Institute's Andrew Bolton and photog Steven Meisel take care of the rest.

Fashion is going prep, and I don't just mean the fact that Harvard is moonlighting as a fashion house. Just in time for "back to school," collegiate nostalgia seems to be sweeping the fashion community here at New York Fashion Week. Saturday, Alexander Wang showed an entire SS10 collection whose inspiration was seemingly sourced from a high school football locker-room, albeit with looks intended for ladies only. (To boot, his after-party was held in a gas station on the West Side Highway -- spending Saturday night partying at a gas station? Hello high school.) Meanwhile, both Opening Ceremony (via a collaboration with Pendleton) and Balenciaga are offering up varsity jackets for FW09.

● Taylor Momsen may cite Kurt Cobain as an inspiration for her newfound music career, but she stops short of a heroin addiction despite rumors to the contrary. [MTV] ● After an eventful two weeks, Michael Jackson’s children were visited by Los Angeles Child Protective Services to make sure they’re doing all right. [Rpulse] ● What started out as a parody has now become the real thing. The "Slap Chop Rap Remix" will soon be used as a real Slap Chop infomercial. [TMZ]

Every designer needs a muse, as this year's Costume Gala and related Met Museum exhibition "Model as Muse" shows. And for Anna Sui, that inspiration comes from the four female leads on none other than CW cult hit Gossip Girl -- at least for her upcoming capsule collection for Target’s Go International series. “When I was in Asia last year, all the young girls kept asking me about the different locations in New York City where the characters from ‘Gossip Girl’ live,” Sui told Women’s Wear Daily of her fictional muses. Sui’s Target collection (her first for the mega retailer, though not her premiere diffusion line) is slated to hit 250 of Target’s US outposts September 13, where it will line racks until October 17.

George Clooney may have Darfur, and Brad Pitt has New Orleans, but Anna Sui has a plight of her own: saving the Garment District. The New York designer is doing what she does best -- designing -- in order to rescue the rapidly evaporating manufacturing center. You can purchase a T-shirt that reads "Save the Garment Center"; on the back are the phone numbers for important NYC government officials. Sui told WWD, "What are we going to do? In my lifetime, I have seen the area changing, but I can't believe New York can't set aside some building designated to preserving the industry here." The root of the garment industry problem is rising cost of rents (what else?!). The T-shirts will be available for $6 through Thomas Miller at Anna Sui; all orders must be submitted by Friday in order to wear by Fashion Week.