There's been a lot of soul-searching in recent years about what a fashion show even means in the internet era, and whether we even need them. This video from the ever reliable Elle España makes a compelling argument pro: there's something intangible about a designer's intent with her clothes that's missing when you…
Scottish designer Christopher Kane presented an in-fucking-credible collection at London Fashion Week yesterday, pounding the runway with conservative silhouettes crossed with a stark, blazing, tactile sexuality.
Suno design duo Erin Beatty and Max Osterweis are known for making bright, richly patterned clothing, displaying a vibe Style.com has described as "a kind of offbeat practicality." All of those elements remain accessible in Suno's fall 2015 ready-to-wear collection, but we're also taken in a darker, more more…
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New York Fashion Week is getting notoriously boring and corpo, so it's already starting at a loss, but now all these poor, beleaguered designers dropping $100k on staging runway shows have another thing to contend with: they have to live up to the promise of the first major show on the schedule. No, not talking about…
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Hypebeasts and their newborn cousins, athleisure stans, have been collectively losing their shit over the impending release of Kanye West's Adidas sneaker, the Yeezy, which looks like the Marty McFly as interpreted by Creative Recreation, and/or something that belongs on the foot of a baby.
The following is excerpted from Maureen Callahan's new book, Champagne Supernovas.
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Fashion: It's quirky, it's fun, it's whimsical while also serious and very frightening. Whenever I think of fashion, I think of Nina Garcia sternly lecturing me about my love for the color green. Meadham Kirchhoff are a little bit more conceptual. (And gross.) (And Awesome.)
Spring 2015, as far as Oscar de la Renta is concerned, is much like the Spring of the mid-fifties: Fit-and-flare shapes, pretty-as-a-picture pastel hues, and a general sense of optimism.
Carolina Herrera's Spring 2015 collection — shown yesterday at New York Fashion Week — is beautiful and graceful, with a modern twist.
New York Fashion Week marches on, and yesterday, Tracy Reese presented her Spring 2015 collection, which had plenty of lush botanical prints, shimmery sequins and some whisper-light sheers.
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Karl Lagerfeld hosted Chanel's recent fashion show in a fabulous market, one with designers teas and other items that would probably fetch bank on eBay. But if you were hoping to snag some Chanel swag from Lagerfeld’s latest foray into luxury grocery-cum-fashion shows, we regret to inform you that your dreams are…
Despite the copious amounts of fur in the fall 2014 collection from J. Mendel, there's something cold about the designs. Pretty, but not a ton of joie de vivre. That said: If you like filmy gowns and plush coats, this one's for you.
While the fall 2014 collection shown today by Ralph Lauren doesn't contain a ton of new ideas, the ensembles — slinky column gowns, sleek power suits, fluffy chubby jackets and luxe tailored coats Olivia Pope would die for — are really freaking beautiful.
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Dr. Danielle Sheypuk made history last week, becoming the first model in a wheelchair to grace a New York Fashion Week runway.
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NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 10: Solange Knowles (4th L) and Anna Kendrick (2nd R) attends the Milly By Michelle Smith fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014 at The Salon at Lincoln Center on February 10, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week)
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Donna Karan celebrated New York by using "real people" in her DKNY runway show on Sunday. As opposed to the animatronic cyborgs that have permeated the modeling industry who feed off designer clothes to fuel their bloodlust before the impending invastion of Earth, I guess.
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While his brother Kevin is off having a baby/renting out his house on Airbnb and his other brother Nick is taking endless shirtless selfies (never stop, Nick), Joe Jonas has moved on from his debaucherous young lifestyle and decided to write a diary about his experiences during New York Fashion Week for New York …
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Forget Sochi, the real competition began today and it’s called gate-crashing New York Fashion Week parties. The only problem is, for folks who aren’t on the guest list, life just got a little tougher thanks to apps like Fashion GPS and ZFace, which is part of Zkipster.
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New York Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn resigned Friday, mere days before New York Fashion Week begins. WHAT?! The fashion world has been rocked to its very core.
If you're the girl who's always learning Clytemnestra/Black Swan/Ophelia/Antigone/Queen of the Night/Medea monologues despite the fact that you weren't even cast in the damn show, this one's for you.
