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September 16, 2018 - 6:00 AM Vancouver Columbian - Robin Givhan - NEW YORK

Inside Tribeca's vintage Square Diner, with its midcentury patina and aroma of over-heated coffee, about a dozen models are not so much posing as loitering.... [Read More]

Fashion is trying hard these days - too hard - and only occasionally making it work

September 14, 2018 - 11:39 AM SFGate - Robin Givhan - NEW YORK

The American fashion industry is desperate to find fresh grist for its mill. The gatekeepers of Seventh Avenue are declaring half-baked ideas ready for consumption.... [Read More]

Fashion is trying hard these days. Too hard. And only occasionally making it work.

September 14, 2018 - 9:38 AM Washington Post - Robin Givhan

Are rule-breaking designers pushing the industry towards the light or sending it tumbling into the abyss? [Read More]

Prairie dresses - yes, prairie dresses - are the most provocative thing in fashion right now

September 13, 2018 - 5:30 PM SFGate - Robin Givhan - NEW YORK

Inside Tribeca's vintage Square Diner diner, with its midcentury patina and aroma of over-heated coffee, about a dozen models are not so much posing as... [Read More]

The most provocative trend out of fashion week: Prairie dresses

September 13, 2018 - 3:21 PM Seattle Times - Robin Givhan - The retro

like 1800s retro - dresses are suddenly hot again on runways and the streets. [Read More]

Prairie dresses — yes, prairie dresses — are the most provocative thing in fashion right now

September 13, 2018 - 10:39 AM Washington Post - Robin Givhan

Batsheva Hay offers Laura Ingalls-style frocks as a vivid rejection of the slickness of contemporary life. And the fashion world is buying in. [Read More]

The time Calvin Klein put 'Jaws' T-shirts on the runway (it was a metaphor)

September 12, 2018 - 1:55 PM SFGate - Robin Givhan - NEW YORK

The show began when a wall-size screen surrounding the audience lit up with the brilliant blue of the ocean and the silhouette of a lone... [Read More]

The time Calvin Klein put 'Jaws' T-shirts on the runway. (It was a metaphor.)

September 12, 2018 - 12:01 AM Washington Post - Robin Givhan

Raf Simons asks: What is America? He eyes our blockbuster culture, and offers scuba suits, coral prints and shark t-shirts. [Read More]

At Proenza Schouler, big, rugged tent-like clothes for the hard times ahead

September 11, 2018 - 1:55 PM Washington Post - Robin Givhan

A big-shouldered Americana that's the fashion equivalent of man-spreading. Disconcerting, sure, but interesting. [Read More]

At Carolina Herrera, clothes so sweet they'll make your teeth ache

September 11, 2018 - 11:15 AM SFGate - Robin Givhan - NEW YORK

When Carolina Herrera was at the helm of her namesake brand, its sensibility was akin to Manhattans and negroni: grown-up, timeless, unsentimental but with... [Read More]

At Carolina Herrera, clothes so sweet they'll make your teeth ache.

September 11, 2018 - 9:38 AM Washington Post - Robin Givhan

Is it possible to be too happy? Many great ingredients in Wes Gordon's debut but too much sugar in the mix. [Read More]

Escada's high-tops belong on 1980s subway, not 2018 runway

September 10, 2018 - 4:52 PM Toronto Star - Robin Givhan

Escada designers have caved to pressure because fashion has declared sneakers cool and created an ugly set of footwear to complement a line of 1980s... [Read More]

Escada's high-fashion sneakers weren't cute or clever - just ugly

September 10, 2018 - 4:10 PM Stuff.co.nz - Robin Givhan

There was no good reason for Escada to send high-top, pastel-coloured sneakers down its spring 2019 runway at New York Fashion Week. [Read More]

Beautiful fashion for real people — and Sies Marjan makes it look easy

September 10, 2018 - 1:13 PM Washington Post - Robin Givhan

Bright, effortless clothes for a range of body types: How designer Sander Lak found the real meaning of "inclusive." [Read More]

These high-fashion sneakers weren't cute. They weren't clever. They were just ugly.

September 10, 2018 - 10:53 AM Washington Post - Robin Givhan

Escada marked its 40th anniversary with a collection that revived the wrong part of the 1980s. [Read More]

'Stop calling 911 on the culture': The powerful message Pyer Moss took to the fashion runway

September 9, 2018 - 12:58 PM Washington Post - Robin Givhan

Kerby Jean-Raymond reflects a moment in which a cookout or summer-night stroll has become a political action. [Read More]

The Kate Spade brand lives on, in the bright, sparkly spirit of its founder. And yes, there are handbags.

September 8, 2018 - 2:26 PM Washington Post - Robin Givhan

New designer Nicola Glass looked back to determine how to move forward. [Read More]

Ralph Lauren's sumptuous 50th anniversary show was the great American dream merchant at his finest

September 8, 2018 - 12:36 PM Washington Post - Robin Givhan

Cowboys, crewnecks, tweed and sequins. He wasn't breaking new ground so much as showing off the breadth and depth of his reach into our culture. [Read More]

Everyone laughed at Thom Browne's short pants. Now they've made him very rich.

September 6, 2018 - 2:30 PM Washington Post - Robin Givhan

How a contrarian designer stuck to his vision -- and won. [Read More]

Bill Cunningham left behind a memoir. It is, to use one of his favorite words, marvelous.

September 5, 2018 - 12:01 AM Washington Post - Robin Givhan

The book, found after his death in 2016, looks at the years before Cunningham became a fashion photographer. [Read More]

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