Last Wednesday, Cipriani Wall Street welcomed into its enormous marbled confines tuxedo-clad celebrities, AIDS activists and fashion cognoscenti for the amfAR Gala, the organization’s Fashion Week kickoff. President Bill Clinton and Diane von Furstenberg were on hand to receive awards as Alan Cumming, Blake Lively, Woody Allen, Anna Wintour, Chelsea Clinton, Liev Schreiber and countless Read More
Four nights of Fashion Week parties left The Observer with plenty of notes, a few hazy recollections and very little energy to tell the tale.
There was Derek Blasberg, fashion writer, screaming, “Julia! Julia!” stretching out the first syllable as if it might catch the attention of Julia Restoin Roitfeld, the daughter of Carine Read More
Last Saturday, PETA hauled out their homemade signs and hard-fought idealism to protest Donna Karan, one of the biggest fashion designers to not yet sign the petition pledging to excise all furs from her Fall 2011 collection. In order to drive the argument home, PETA supporters played the sound of screaming rabbits outside Karan’s Read More
UPDATE: The original headline of this article, “Buyers a No-Show at Mik Cire,” implied that no buyers attended. As the piece states, four buyers didn’t make it, leaving their front-row seats open for other attendees (including The Observer). But according to the organizers, who were understandably dismayed by the headline’s implication, quite a Read More
Last September Russell Simmons was everywhere. The Chanel opening in Soho, Charlotte Ronson’s after party, Alexander Wang’s after party, Tommy Hilfiger’s bash at the Metropolitan Opera, the Dom Perignon-sponsored blowout at Villa Pacri — Russell Simmons was inescapable. His Fashion Week stamina was such that The New York Times indulged Read More
When Stefano Tonchi named Alex Gonzalez creative director of W magazine, we were relieved that the expecting father and newlywed would be getting a helping hand. But a line at the end of the announcement gave us pause: “In addition to his role as Creative Director at W, Gonzalez will continue as Executive Creative Director Read More
Walking down the steps to the Kenmare basement last night, The Observer saw singer Sky Ferreira, eighteen and perhaps a pop star in the making, leaning over with one arm tethering that explosion of blond hair, a gem-studded silver necklace spreading like cracked glass just above her chest. Her mouth was open in an oval Read More
Spare a thought for what has to be one of the toughest jobs on a fashion show–the Sisyphean task of seating all the one name editors so they all feel equally well-treated. You know who we mean, Graydon, Anna, Tina…
At Diane von Furstenberg, it was clear that extra special care had gone into placement. Read More
Once in a while an article in the Times ruins my day. In Thursday Styles last week, the Gray Lady pronounced big fashion shows out, hitting a deep nerve of my superficial soul.
The reporter alleges that ever since Tom Ford staged his women’s collection for a mere 100 people in his store last September, Read More
Three name cards were set at yesterday’s Calvin Klein Men’s show, and they would portend the feeling of the rest of the event: “JOE JONAS… ZAC EFRON… AMAR’E STOUDEMIRE.”
A front row lineup for the ages! The Efron-Jonas power duo arrived in near-matching suits — one black, one gray — fitted snugly and affixed with Read More
