Perhaps you’re a little too tough to wade in the velvet sea, or maybe you’re not beginning to see the light… Worry not, AW10′s spawned another trend: power dressing. It emerged first in New York and again this weekend in Milan, turning away from Working Girl (good movie, bad clothes) and toward a less ostentatious, Read more →
The last time I fully embraced forest green–heck, the last time I wore forest green–had to be in 7th grade. My favorite outfit that year was a green cable knit sweater with navy trim at the v-neck, paired with a green and navy kilt from Kaufman’s (a now defunct department store in my hometown of Read more →
A lot of brands show during fashion week that really don’t need to. Some are smaller labels that should be spending that money on look books or upgrading textiles, etc. For others like accessories-heavy Kate Spade and Tory Burch, market week is much more important than fashion week. However, for outerwear brand Moncler and athletic Read more →
Walking into a room full of Mongolian goat-herder warrior princesses, I checked the program to make sure I was actually at Malandrino. There was nary a flirty Parisian frock in sight. Instead there was leather. Goat hair. Long printed dresses. Chunky tribal jewelry. At the back of the room were two chairs made out of Read more →
We were front row at Calvin Klein today, so we’ll let the pictures do the talking. But before you start clicking, hear us out for just one moment, please: More exciting than cameos by Ryan Phillipe and Mr. Crawford was creative director Italo Zucchelli’s return to the palette he knows best: Black, brown and white. Read more →
CFDA winner Scott Sternberg was a filmmaker before he was a designer. You can tell by his fashion week presentations, which look like a mini-movie set season-upon-season. This year, the LA-based designer’s scene moved from the classroom–with desks and vintage typewriters galore–to the parking lot–where models reclined on a vintage Mercedes–to the deep woods, where Read more →
While United Bamboo and Peter Som have uniquely different audiences–the former courts Brooklyn’s arty set, while the latter appeals to Upper East Side ice blonds–both labels did yesterday what isn’t always the most important thing in high fashion: They made pretty clothes. At Bamboo, the look was very 1940s, with lots of bows and high-waisted Read more →
Unlike many of Lacoste’s earlier runway pieces that never made it to the racks, we’re told a dozen or so looks from yesterday’s Christopher Lemaire collection–in which the designer transformed the label’s signature polo into oversize sweater dresses and cropped jackets–will actually be sold in several of the brand’s own stores come fall. This change Read more →
Tim Hamilton may show his eponymous collection in Paris, but he maintains a New York presence with diffusion line Redux, sporty menswear that combines elements from the designer’s all-American archives with an emphatic nod to streetwear. While Redux’s Fall 2009 debut was just 15 pieces, this sophomore effort–which debuted last night at Milk Studios–runs the Read more →
The last time I went to a Costello show, I wasn’t blown away. In fact, I was pretty disappointed. These guys–who live in my neighborhood and are known for working the lumberjack look long before it was popular among Brooklyn’s finest hipsters–are also known for draping a dress like no one else. But instead of Read more →
Immediately after the Charlotte Ronson show, I turned to Britt and said, “That was everything Erin Wasson should have been.” Charlotte Ronson doesn’t try to do anything but what she’s known for: cute, flirty clothes with a rock ‘n’ roll edge. And this season, that mix worked perfectly. Unlike Ms. Wasson’s nightmare–a ratty mix of Read more →
