news from the other fashionable corners of the web

* The biggest of-the-moment fashion trend? Gotta be the Fashion Week cutbacks. DKNY is the latest to give, cutting their guest list from 1,000 to 400. [ Fashionista ]

* Yes, fashion’s trimming the fat, and now they’re trimming the talk. The Cut asked design’s heavy-hitters to sum up their fall collections in a word, and the answers read like a surrealist poem. [ NYMag.com ]

* Love Rebecca Taylor? Jonesing for a first look at something, anything from Fashion Week? Get your fix with this sketch from the designer’s fall collection. [ FabSugar ]

* Music, scandal, insane stage ensembles—it must be the Grammys. InStyle’s got the stars’ looks. [ InStyle.com ]

* FabSugar has declared 2009 “The Year of the Jumpsuit,” and we have to agree. [ FabSugar ]

* Take a peek inside the T Magazine fashion offices as they prep for an upcoming feature. (It’s like shoe and handbag nirvana.) [ The Moment ]

* Giddyup! Pipeline’s on board with the season’s Wild West trend. [ Pipeline ]

* Let’s pause for a moment to appreciate that eternal spring fave, the trench coat. [ WWD ]

* And finally, if you’re feeling the recession’s pinch, cut out your daily trip to Starbucks and make your own cup o’ joe. Illy’s offering its two-day coffee expert course to the public. [ NYMag.com ]