“What are we, farmers?” demanded a weary Fran Lebowitz. She was seated front row at Carolina Herrera’s 10 a.m. Monday morning show. It was, Ms. Lebowitz announced, not her favorite time of day.
We feel ya, Fran. Fashion “Week” is a long, hard slog in service of the superficial, and it ain’t over yet. Read More
“What are we, farmers?” demanded a weary Fran Lebowitz. She was seated front row at Carolina Herrera’s 10 AM. show. It was, she announced, not her favorite time of day.
We feel ya, Fran. Fashion “Week” is a long, hard slog, and there are still two and a half more days Read More
Thakoon’s most famous client, First Lady Michelle Obama, didn’t shut down any avenues to make an appearance at his Monday afternoon show at Eyebeam. But the packed house made it look as if she had.
Many in the standing-room-only crowd nodded appreciatively at the Thai-born, Omaha-raised designer’s draped fabrics and eye-popping prints, worn by Read More
In the middle of the Charlotte Ronson runway show last Friday, a model rounded the corner of the runway to a roar of applause. No, it was not Gisele Bundchen; it was Annabelle Dexter-Jones, the half-sister of the designer.
The modest Ms. Dexter-Jones covered her face with her hands as she burst into laughter Read More
When Vogue editor-at-large Andre Leon Talley arrived at the Chado Ralph Rucci show last Friday, he was, as is typical, dressed to impress. He wore a long white kimono with a stripe across the top.
The air outside was extremely humid–more so inside a tent overfilled by about fifty people.
When the Transom Read More
A fashion show at the St. Regis Hotel might have seemed like a comfortable respite from Friday’s rain, but the Jason Wu show was not without peril.
The runway, a mirrored walkway snaking through five rooms, took out at least one audience member. After a dramatic fall, she had to be helped to her front-row Read More
Diane von Furstenberg‘s afternoon show yesterday drew the usual glamorous crowd–though several audience members were spotted drinking Peroni beers right from the bottle, tac-ky!
Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter sat next Valentino’s Giancarlo Giammetti who sat next to actress Candice Bergen and her daughter, Chloe. Daily Beast editor Tina Brown was right across the aisle. Read More
Misshapes DJ Leigh Lezark and Victoria’s Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio probably don’t run into this problem often, but at Saturday’s Christian Siriano show they wore the same thing: burgundy platform pumps from the designer’s Payless collection.
In fact, many of the show’s front-row guests sported Siriano footwear. Actress Tori Spelling was overheard insisting Read More
The wind howled and sheets of rain fell from the sky on Friday, Sept. 11, but that didn’t stop people from coming out to the Luca Luca show at the Altman Building.
“If you’re a fashion buff, you come out no matter what the weather’s like,” the singer Estelle said, sitting in the front Read More
Irina Lazareanu, elder statesmodel and sometime Kate Moss buddy/Pete Doherty fiancée, closed the Ruffian show at Exit Art on Tenth Avenue. Although long hair and a heavy curtain of bangs have been her signature, she seems to have moved on to a new iteration of sixties hair.
Ms. Lazareanu was one of several models Read More
