The Park Avenue Armory went pitch black Wednesday night at precisely six o'clock. The first model appeared in the spotlight - standing dramatically alone in...
[Read More]America does not like to ponder its dark side. It likes red, white and blue kitsch, swaggering cowboys, moonlit cityscapes and "amber waves of grain."...
[Read More]People are wearing blackface it for the same historical reason they always have: It amuses them. It's an opportunity to dabble in otherness and then...
[Read More]It can be tough explaining the difference between fashion and clothes. The terms are used interchangeably but there is a distinction. Clothes are pragmatic and...
[Read More]A new designer came to town and reminded the fashion industry that there's a lot to be said for pure joy and color and brightness....
[Read More]A new designer came to town and reminded the fashion industry that there's a lot to be said for pure joy and color and brightness....
[Read More]Rachel Comey's quilted pants are cozy yet sophisticated (and we really need them in Seattle right now).
[Read More]A lot of designers talk about the strong women who inspire them but so often those women are celebrities whose lives seem far removed from...
[Read More]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]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]Are rule-breaking designers pushing the industry towards the light or sending it tumbling into the abyss?
[Read More]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]like 1800s retro - dresses are suddenly hot again on runways and the streets.
[Read More]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 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]Raf Simons asks: What is America? He eyes our blockbuster culture, and offers scuba suits, coral prints and shark t-shirts.
[Read More]A big-shouldered Americana that's the fashion equivalent of man-spreading. Disconcerting, sure, but interesting.
[Read More]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]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 designers have caved to pressure because fashion has declared sneakers cool and created an ugly set of footwear to complement a line of 1980s...
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