In February of 2001, an ex-model, stylist, and fashion writer named Carine Roitfeld released her first issue as editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris. Today, she announced her resignation. In the intervening decade, she made French Vogue a creative powerhouse. [NSFW]
So what did the Kaiser give us? Color, sophistication, and some really odd suiting. Naturally, this being Fendi, shoes and bags were kind of the stars. For good and bad...
Women with $4,000 to spend on a designer dress who wear sizes 10-20: Saks Fifth Avenue will soon deign to accept your cash. In an unexpected move, the retailer will begin stocking plus-sized women's wear from many top designers.
What makes a successful model? By what process is it decided that Coco Rocha will walk in 55 shows and grace the cover of Vogue Italia, while so many peers languish in models' apartments arguing about who used whose shampoo?
When Rachel Zoe started her newsletter, The Zoe Report, one of the first missives contained an erroneous and hyberbolic statement
If you've opened a women's magazine recently, then you probably know what's in this season. "Investment" fashion!
Fendi, of course, is all about luxe. And Fur. Enter the realm of the furries, if you dare...
Model Amber Rose has her own photo spread in the October issue of Elle magazine, but unlike some of the other celebrity types inside, Kanye's ladyfriend didn't exactly get the "high fashion" treatment.
In today's Times, Stephanie Clifford notes that the average More reader makes about $93,000 — $30,000 more than the average for Vogue, Allure or Bazaar. Yet More has hardly any luxury ads. Because More's for women over 40.
Writer Michelle Tea followed Beth Ditto through the whirl of Paris fashion week, and lived to tell The Believer. What's interesting about Tea's account is that it places front-and-center one of the fashion industry's biggest unstated issues: Social class.
In the summer of 1981, a young British stylist who'd worked at Harper's Bazaar and Savvy landed at New York Magazine. Her job was fashion editor; her name was Anna Wintour. Peep that staff portrait!
