Rebecca Taylor was not at Lincoln Center. Had we not been slammed with events, emails, editorial projects, tweets and social babysitting of our entourage, we would have easily noted this. Rebecca Taylor was scheduled for 2 p.m. on Saturday at Highline Studios Downtown. Yet we had eagerly arrived at the Mercedes-Benz complex, bewildered and irritated. Read More
Today DNAinfo generously served up the names, ages, and photographs of fashion week imports who are really disillusioned by the whole Valentine’s Day thing.
Take Mariza Veer, who’s been a model for four years. She says that “though all people deserve to get nice things on Valentine’s Day,” she was really surprised her boyfriend got her a lame blender one year, “given her occupation.” Read More
While on our first smoke break of what proved to be a very long first day of New York’s Fashion Week, the New York Observer found itself slouched down on one of the outdoor couches of Lincoln Center’s atrium. The tall gangly, man with bad skin and unruly hair next to us looked even more tired than we were. After striking up a conversation on the benefits of inhaling (it decreases stress; probably won’t kill you, and even if it does who cares?) we asked the gentleman, Edid, what he did for a living.
“I’m a fit model,” the young man said, fidgeting.
“A what?” Read More
Fresh off the runways in Milan and Paris, model-newcomer Miles McMillan (who walked in Dior, Etro, John Varvatos, Costume National and Damir Doma—to name a few) is gearing up for another strong season of shows and parties in New York. The Observer hunted him down to find out what life is like when you’re so in-demand. Read More
Last week in Paris, Kanye West unleashed his first line of womenswear. It received mixed reviews , with critics harping on the poor fittings and messily dreamed-up designs. Mr. West was unfazed, and defended his choices in an extended rant at Club Silencio, David Lynch’s oddball foray into nightlife locales. “This is my first Read More
There have been approximately a billion lip-dubs and parody videos for Jay-Z‘s “Empire State of Mind” since the track dropped in 2009, but leave it to Jay himself to make the best use of his own song. Jay-Z’s website Life + Times kicked off Fashion Week by getting some of the world’s most famous models to lip-dub the song in various outdoor New York locations. Read More
The tents at Lincoln Center already has its fair share of free drink to offer the Fashion Week stalwarts — Frappuccinos in the morning, wine in the afternoon — but there’s little food to speak of. Eating, who needs it!
Watch out, though: this year, you’ll be tempted by food, real food. And look out, Read More
Although Christina Neault’s job title is executive producer at IMG, a more accurate description of her job would be the COO of Fashion Week. During those two frantic weeks in September and February she oversees 400 people. It’s a colossal job. She is responsible for the order of the shows; a key responsibility as young designers’ Read More
Yesterday, the Odd Molly show at The Studio at Lincoln Center featured some elaborate outfits, such as long dresses accentuated by frills and tattered gloves, among many other complicated looks. Obviously labored over for a while, it was a high-end approximation of what Parisian street urchans would have worn in a Victor Hugo novel. And Read More
