Scott Sternberg brought a taste of his SoCal stomping grounds to Milk Studios Saturday for his SS10 Fashion Week presentation for Band of Outsiders and Boy. Models were outfitted in Sternberg's classic Americana-meets-prep-meets-California cool. Blazers for women were shrunken, while cuffed khaki shorts and cropped trousers were cut on the loose side. For men, suit jackets, relaxed button-up shirts, slim-legged pants, and bomber jackets were fashioned decidedly more trim. Thanks to a jam-packed crowd, the beach scene was matched by notably warm interior temperatures. But that didn't dissuade the likes of Jason Schwartzman, Kirsten Dunst, Leigh Lezark, and Rachel McAdams (the latter of which has been attending shows with Anna Wintour, generating rooms of a Vogue cover in the works) in a Boy bandage skirt fresh off the SS10 line among other A-listers from paying their respects to Sternberg.

Sonic Youth is still ever so relevant within the world of music. Thank God! With only flickers of promising hope from young musicians, one is always prone to retreat to familiar and sublime melodies. That being said, I was so happy to say yes to an invite to hear the band’s new album, The Eternal, out June 9 on Matador Records. Coincidentally, my best friend -- the lovely and always chic Miss Kristin Vincent -- hosted the listening party at her Lower East Side bar, Home Sweet Home -- submerged within the confines of the building’s basement, speakeasy style.

An icon of empowerment and artistic integrity for generations of music makers, Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon influences the world well beyond rock. Just ask Rodarte designers Laura and Kate Mulleavy, whose fragile, handcrafted fashion masterpieces take inspiration from the formidable bassist/singer/artist. Here, the Mulleavy sisters talk inspiration and idol crushes with one of their personal heroes.

Rock goddess Kim Gordon is no slouch when it comes to style. She can perpetually be spotted sitting front row at shows like Marc Jacobs season after season, not to mention she always looks stunning. So, it’s little surprise that the Sonic Youth frontwoman has focused her inimitable fashion sensibilities in the form of Mirror/Dash, a label that borrows its name from a band Gordon once had with husband, and bandmate, Thurston Moore. So far, the line only includes one limited edition look: The Hardy Jacket (as in French chanteuse François Hardy).

“The spectator makes the picture,” said Marcel Duchamp. We didn't really get it either, mind. But, in her latest art show at K.S. Art in TriBeCa (across the street from Knitting Factory, appropriately), Sonic Youth bassist and Otis Art Institute graduate Kim Gordon makes sense of the dadaist statement.