Denise Williamson’s been a part of New York’s fashion industry for almost twenty years. She made it through FIT, worked in house at Calvin Klein, fooled around with showroom ideas, networked her way into one of the most successful PR and branding companies in the city and now runs the showroom, Williamson PR and Williamson Read more →
John, 25 musician Got Him: At the Tribeca Grand, just after the Made: I Wanna Be a Hipster movie Stalked Him: Because his cross-front sweatshirt was an understated risk that made him look very cool, not very in need of attention. Shot Him: Anyone who can wear slim jeans without looking like a Swedish heroin Read more →
The fashion world is used to underage girls representing its brands: At fifteen, Gemma did Prada and Riley Keough did Dior, and whether Tanya D was fourteen or younger when she shot YSL is often discussed. So Versace’s new teen face shouldn’t be shocking – except that it’s a sixteen year old boy. As pegged Read more →
It’s men’s Fashion Week in Milan, and we’re hearing there was something of an exodus at Versace, when several key buyers actually left the presentation in the middle. Outside the lobby, our spy heard the words “boring” uttered in several languages. Usually we love this sort of thing, because it’s fun when misaligned fashion gets Read more →
In one week, the Victoria and Albert museum in London debuts a new exhibition called “New York Fashion Now” which seems a lot like a Seamless come to life. The exhibit charts “the stories of twenty designers who launched their own labels in the five years between 1999 and 2004″ and details the challenges these Read more →
Dazed and Confused has a hysterical blog post today on the meeting of Gareth Pugh and Karl Lagerfeld, complete with an eye-witness account by Gareth Muse / Dazed Fashion Assistant Katie Shillingford. We can’t help thinking what Gareth Pugh will be like in thirty or forty years, and whether his outlandish presence will build him Read more →
The V&A just announced an April exhibit called New York Fashion Now, which shows the work of young designers coming out of the city. Among those getting curated: Proenza Schouler, Zac Posen, Derek Lam, and Cloak. Not only will their work be shown in the museum, but the designers will also be included in a Read more →
