By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke 10/03/12 11:28am

Oh No He Didn't

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Designer Hedi Slimane Punches Back at Times Fashion Critic Cathy Horyn

There’s a simmering fashion feud percolating between New York Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn and Hedi Slimane, the designer who has taken over Yves Saint Laurent and is widely credited with Dior Homme’s skinny silhouette. The beef led to Ms. Horyn not being invited to the YSL show, which didn’t stop her from reviewing it in The New York Times on the Runway blog using publicly available photos. Needless to say, her take wasn’t overwhelmingly positive.

“I was not invited. Despite positive reviews of his early YSL and Dior collections, as well as a profile, Mr. Slimane objected bitterly to a review I wrote in 2004—not about him but Raf Simons,” wrote Ms. Horyn.

As best we can tell, the deliberate non-invitation was a result of Ms. Horyn’s doubts about the origins of the skinny-silhouetted suit. Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 10/03/12 8:00am

The Eight-Day Week

Rahm Emanuel (Getty Images)

To Do Wednesday: Chicago Style

Tonight brings the first presidential debate, moderated by the unflappable Jim Lehrer—but for those who have already determined whom they’re voting for, skip the partisan pandering and come gab with Oscar and Annette! The de la Rentas, along with Mercedes Bass and Mrs. Julio Mario Santo Domingo, are hosting opening night at Carnegie Hall. The Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 9/05/12 12:35pm

The Eight-Day Week

Brants

To Do Wednesday: Fashion Week Begins

It’s Fashion Week! The twice-yearly celebration of the best and most outré garments you almost certainly won’t be wearing come fall opens today with the Couture Council Luncheon at Lincoln Center. Oscar de la Renta is to accept an “Artistry of Fashion Award” from Mayor Bloomberg—hey, the man gave himself a third term, he can Read More

2/18/12 2:30pm

Fashion Week Observed

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Tess Giberson's goat fur is precisely what we'd wear to our next art opening to piss off Stacy Engman! We're gonna steal your fire betch!

Fashion Week Ends, Fur Lives On!

New York fashion week has finally come to a close. Amen! For those less-fortunate editors and fashion authorities (or perhaps we are the lucky ones) that have not jetted off to London or Milan, we finally get a moment to recover.

In retrospect, we relished the young talents of Prabal Gurung and Jason Wu. The Read More

By Matt Chaban 8/31/11 10:26am

Stitchin'

They don't make 'em like they used to. (SueDennis.com)

Vera Wang, Oscar de la Renta Among Designers Ditching the Garment District

With Fashion Week only a few days away, a flood of big-name designers are relocating from their long-time midtown home. Oscar de la Renta, Vera Wang and Alice + Olivia have all announced plans to leave the Garment District in the past month, according to DNAinfo. The news comes as a further blow to the languishing Garment District, which the city has been trying to rezone for years in fits and starts. Read More

By Dan Duray 6/02/10 2:43pm

The Shindigger

Plácido, ‘Oye Como Va’ and the Barrio

El Museo del Barrio held its annual gala on the rainy evening of May 27. The cathedral-like entrance of Cipriani’s, just across from Grand Central, signaled right away that the soiree was a far cry from the barrio, not to mention the 40-year-old museum’s earliest fund-raisers, held on its roof on the Upper East Side. Read More

By Simon Doonan 3/03/10 3:57am

The End of Trends

“In fashion, you’re either in or you’re out.” So says Teutonic temptress Heidi Klum at the beginning of every episode of Project Runway, currently unspooling its seventh season on Lifetime.

Achtung! If Heidi were correct, I would be out of a job and so would vast numbers of other fashionably employed New Yorkers. Thankfully, Mrs. Read More