Pre-season collections are best known for their marketability- what they lack in pomp and circumstance, they typically make up for with realistic clothes that women can sport in their day-to-day lives. Colors are muted, silhouettes are whittled down, and the unnecessary frou frou that garners press attention on the runway is all but eliminated in […]
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Israeli-born, New York-based designer Nili Lotan finally added a line of handbags with which to pair her ready-to-wear and much sought-after denim. The two styles on offer, the NL tote and the Keith crossbody are a perfect duo, reflecting Lotan’s signature approach to dressing. “The bags offer the same attitude as my clothes- They are […]
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At the conclusion of every season of New York Fashion Week, one decade seems to emerge as the crucial reference point for this city’s designers. Whether it’s the cacophonic prints of 1970s bohemiana, the exaggerated proportions of 80s excess, or sleek tailoring of 90s minimalism, we’ve seen (and worn) it all. For Spring/Summer 2022, the […]
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A consortium of buyers, designers, and CEOs- all led by Belgian designer Dries Van Noten- are banding together in an effort to restructure the luxury fashion calendar. In a public letter posted to forumletter.com on May 12, the group of industry heavyweights stated the need to align product deliveries with real-world seasonal changes and get […]
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In 1997, then president of the United States Bill Clinton spoke out against the fashion industry in a public press conference. He decried the ‘heroin chic’ look that permeated throughout its imagery at the time: twig-like models collapsed in derelict places whose seemingly blank stares, stringy hair, and translucent skin hinted at abusive drug habits. “You […]
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute exists underneath an unlikely department: the Egyptian wing. Through the glimmering busts of pharaohs past and around the corner from a hall lined with limestone reliefs, lay a marble staircase that leads to the Anna Wintour Costume Galleries. Walk down them and a mannequin dressed in an evening […]
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In honor of Valentino’s new flagship store in Sanlitun, China, Pierpaolo Piccoli, artistic director of the maison since 2008, unveiled an exclusive haute couture collection in Beijing, China. Titled Daydream, the collection featured 45 ensembles, each demonstrating the artistry and craftsmanship of the Valentino ateliers. Daydream seeks to bring Eastern and Western aesthetics together to […]
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During the Fall 2019 collections of Paris’ premier designers, the fashion pendulum swung back toward understated elegance in the form of bourgeois dressing. It popped up in camel overcoats at Chloé and ruffle-collared shirts at Louis Vuitton, but the stereotypical Parisian look was most apparent in Hedi Slimane’s second outing at Celine. He riffed on […]
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