To those of us outside of the tents, Fashion Week looks like one glamorous spectacle after another. Behind the scenes, it's a whole other story. This year, Samsung Mobile and Next Model Management are partnering to bring that story directly to you, straight from some of the fashion world's biggest talent – all thanks to the revolutionary Samsung Galaxy Note.

With over 50,000 designers creating more than 650,000 designs, FashionPlaytes, the leading online clothing design experience for girls, announced today the launch of FP World, an exciting set of new interactive features for tweens. The new features combine social gaming and interactive content with its popular design-it-yourself fashion studio, creating a more exciting online destination for today's fashion-oriented young girls.

On Friday, March 9, 2012, the third annual DVF Awards will take place at the United Nations in New York during Newsweek & The Daily Beast's Women in the World Summit held March 8-10 at Lincoln Center. The DVF Awards were created in 2010 by Diane von Furstenberg and The Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation to recognize and support women who are using their resources, commitment and visibility to transform the lives of other women. These are women who have had the courage to fight, the power to survive and the leadership to inspire.  Each year, five awards are given to women who have demonstrated leadership, strength and courage in their commitment to women's causes.

Neiman Marcus announces Susan Sarandon and Eva Amurri Martino as the artists featured in The Art of Fashion campaign for Spring 2012. The campaign includes 14 portraits of mother and daughter and will appear in the March edition of the newly refreshed Neiman Marcus publication, the book.

Debuting nearly 20 years ago, The Art of Fashion was a revolutionary step for a retailer as the campaign was designed to feature cutting-edge fashion and provocative photography.

Valentine's Day is by far one of the most romantic days of the year. But what if you have just started dating and want to be sexy without sending the wrong message? What if you are a little conscious about your curves, but still want to be seducing? Can you be sexy for your Valentine without showing too much skin?

Created with the critically and commercially acclaimed Danish designer, David Andersen, the stylish new Endomondo sportswear line is aimed precisely at those people who are committed to fitness and peak performance, and want to share their dedication with others—just as Endomondo helps them achieve. The line is designed to build a bridge with this motivated market, and enables other Endomondo users to identify their fellow enthusiasts. In using the Endomondo app, they can share their experiences and spur each other onward.

Search Twitter for "Dress Pant Sweatpants," and you'll wade into an endless stream of chatter about a garment that's sure to either save or utterly destroy civilization.

These polarizing pants — extra-comfortable terry cloth trousers that resemble classic dress slacks — popped up on the Internet just a couple of weeks ago. Thousands of tweets, likes, WTFs, and LOLs later, they're a bona fide hit for small S.F. clothier Betabrand, with production runs sold out through March.

S.L.A.T.E., MAGIC's home of all things action sports, will amp up the energy in February 2012 with a broad selection of new and returning boardsport brands and adrenaline-fueled onsite events, seminars, concerts, competitions and a new blogger lounge curated by lifestyle and fashion journalist, Marcus Troy.

H&M today announced the company's marketing plans for the David Beckham Bodywear collection including full disclosure around the impending Super Bowl ad featuring iconic superstar David Beckham.  The new spot, which marks Beckham's inauguration into Super Bowl advertising lore, is now available for preview at www.YouTube.com/hm.

Sperry Top-Sider, the leading nautical performance and lifestyle footwear brand and inventor of the world's first boat shoe, continues to build on its market momentum through strategic product category expansion beyond footwear. Today the company announced that it has signed five new license agreements to expand Sperry Top-Sider branded products in such new areas as belts, bags, hosiery, eyewear, swimwear and cover-ups, headwear, scarves, gloves and shoe care, among others. The new product collections will launch in Spring 2013 in the brand's wholly owned Sperry Top-Sider specialty retail stores located across the nation, sperrytopsider.com and at premium department stores and additional specialty retailers in the U.S. and Canada.

Nikki Beach Lifestyle, the retail division of global luxury lifestyle group Nikki Beach, is pleased to announce its newly designed polo shirts for men and women.  A versatile shirt, Nikki Beach polo shirts look fantastic in any situation: by the pool, during a casual afternoon of shopping and can even go from day to night.  These new, 100% cotton pieces are super soft with genuine Nikki Beach details.

StyleCaster Media Group has teamed up with Ford Motor Company and 92nd Street Y to launch the inaugural State of Style Summit on February 7, 2012.

Kicking off New York Fashion Week, the summit will unite industry leaders and tastemakers to discuss the relationship between style and design, consumer purchase behavior and trends in the digital age. At the summit, StyleCaster will debut the State of Style report, in partnership with Empirica Research.