Fashionista 50: The Slideshow
The Fashionista 50 slideshow. Click through for a bio of each of our picks.
The Fashionista 50 slideshow. Click through for a bio of each of our picks.
Today, the New York Times published what is maybe the most hilarious pre-Fashion Week story ever about something that isn’t actually supposed to be that hilarious: The flu.
Let’s just say the fashion world’s idea of flu prevention is a little different from the rest of the world’s.
The Barneys New York bi-annual warehouse sale is the stuff of legends, and easily one of the most anticipated shopping events in NYC every August and February. But now you can get deals on designer duds all year round, minus the aggressive shoppers throwing elbows at you: Barneys just announced it’s launching a full time off-price website.
Alexander Wang is looking for some fresh ideas for his next It bag. And he’s turning to Samsung, of all places, to get them.
Wang’s friend and fan Carine Roitfeld, who just seems to be lining up jobs left and right lately, may be joining him there as a stylist.
The amount of fried food involved may surprise you.
From Raf Simons’ appointment at Dior, to Nicolas Ghesquiere’s departure from Balenciaga, and the arrival of several new ‘It’ girls (or ‘It’ felines, anyway), 2012 brought a lot of big changes in the fashion industry. And, of course, we were on hand to report every single one of them.
n Friday, French perfumer Frederic Malle cut through the evening’s fog to make an appearance at his longtime home, Barneys New York.
“I see Barneys as sort of my second wife,” he told us of the store. And just like any good husband, Malle has done something special for his better half: He’s retooled the bottles of some of his most famous fragrances to include his abstract sketches on their labels.
The yet-to-be-officially-confirmed news of Alexander Wang’s appointment as creative director at Balenciaga has been met with mixed emotion by many fashion industry insiders and enthusiasts this week. While the die-hard ‘Wangophiles’–you know them: stud-bottom bag carrying, open-toe bootie rocking ‘Trainas in training’–couldn’t be more excited, skeptics have already begun to question whether or not Wang possesses the gravitas necessary to make him a success at his new gig.
Cyber Monday may soon overtake Black Friday as the #1 day for bargain hunters to shop. This year, according to cloud-based analytics findings from IBM, sales increased by 30.3% from last year, making it the biggest online shopping day in American history. Whoa.
No one does holiday windows like the NYC department stores. In most cases teams of 30-100 people start planning and conceptualizing the windows a full year in advance.
It’s Thanksgiving! The one day a year the fashion world puts aside its fad diets and smizes in favor of that extra slice of pumpkin pie and some awkward yet so-necessary family photos. To keep things light on this day of heavy feasting, we asked some of our favorite people in the industry what fashion things (what else?) they’re thankful for.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!