On Thursday, Sept. 4, before hitting the Bryant Park shows, I made a beeline for my neighborhood optician to check up on business. I had expected to see hordes of women snapping up those smart-lady Tina Fey glasses, the very same ones that had endowed Sarah Palin, the Republican candidate for vice president of the Read More
On the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 5, a black SUV pulled up in front of an abandoned industrial warehouse on 12th Avenue and 54th Street. Out stepped Bergdorf Goodman buyers Linda Fargo and Roopal Patel—delicately, because Ms. Fargo was wearing high, white, gladiator-inspired sandals; Ms. Patel’s were severe, black, and dominatrix-looking.
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Over the summer, Council of Fashion Designers of America president Diane von Furstenberg sent letters to Fashion Week designers beseeching them to start their shows on time this fall, rather than offer the traditional wait of 40 to 45 minutes.
Ms. von Furstenberg’s edict—coupled with Marc Jacobs’ shocking, almost arrogantly prompt 20-minutes-late start last Read More
For two years, Kelly Cutrone, the brash headmistress of public-relations firm People’s Revolution and frequent guest star on MTV’s The Hills, has banned Julie Fredrickson, editor in chief of Coutorture.com, from her fashion shows. In a well-publicized incident that was covered from MSNBC to MediaBistro.com, Ms. Fredrickson said she quietly asked Vogue editor in chief Read More
On a recent sunny Thursday, Simon Spurr, men’s wear designer, was at the Denise Williamson Showroom in Soho, perusing the garments that will be included in his debut New York Fashion Week presentation on Sunday Sept 7. Among these were a slim, dark gray three-piece suit with a four-pocket, eight-button vest; several pairs of jeans Read More
The young designer and downtown socialite Catherine Holstein was surveying a rack of clothes in her publicity company’s showroom the other day, planning out looks for her first runway show, scheduled for Sept. 6 at the Bumble & Bumble salon in the meatpacking district. She was wearing a schoolmarmish pale-pink, midcalf-length wrap skirt from her Read More
