Click through for a recap of the shows, parties, and gossip you've missed at Fashion Week thus far.

When Bryant Park Corporation tried to evict New York Fashion Week in 2006, Anna Wintour wrote to the mayor; the alternative, Lincoln Center, was said too small. Funny how a recession can change things.

Crazy old Betsey Johnson can't afford a runway show during New York's big February Fashion Week, nor can Carmen Marc Valvo. Meanwhile, black is the new black. Depressing.

• Glamour's list of 2008's style dos and don'ts is now online. We'll leave it to you to guess where this outfit worn by Jodi Marsh landed. [Glamour]
• Marc Jacobs chats about his new Stephen Sprouse-inspired collection for Louis Vuitton. [SF]
• Carmen Marc Valvo has decided against staging a runway show at Fashion Week in February. [WSJ]
• Barack Obama has already picked out his tux for the inauguration, but a few designers share their sketches anyway. [WWD]
• Mayor Michael Bloomberg went holiday shopping on Saturday and picked up Diana Taylor a pair of $29.99 fleece gloves at Modell's Sporting Goods. Times are tough, clearly. [NYT]

Soldiers in Operation Enduring Freedom are coming up with creative new ways to pass the time, including a game they call "Fashion Model Bingo." Each participant picks a model from satellite broadcasts of recent fashion shows and the first to get an email back from their chosen wins. Designer Carmen Marc Valvo thinks it's a great idea. "If I were deployed overseas, that's what I would do." [Ed. noteThis sounds remarkably like a game I play as a freelance writer, where I send emails to people who don't know me and aren't likely to write me back. I like to call it "Magazine Editor Bingo."]
U.S. soldiers pass the time with "Fashion Model Bingo" [NCBuy]