Being a writer, not a day goes by when someone in my Midwestern family doesn’t give me an unsolicited tip or story idea. Why don’t I write about those cute twins down the street, or Mississippi River style, or the fashion shows in Osage Beach? (Yes, despite there not being an ocean in central Missouri, [...]

Sure, by the looks of our fashion week preview, which is chock-full of new designers and late-night parties, it might seem that a few people have forgotten that we’re still in the midst of the Great Recession. That same amnesia might be said to be found in Celebrations: Lush Flowers, Opulent Tables, Dramatic Spaces, and [...]

When Pegah Anvarian founded Archive, her new, L.A.-based label, this year, she did what more and more designers are doing to promote it—skip the lookbook and go straight to the video. Of course, to do it right, Anvarian needed an accomplished photographer for behind the camera and an international It girl to set in front [...]

When I started contributing to 10 magazine, founder Sophia Neophitou—who does double duty as the fashion director of Harper’s Bazaar U.K.—laid down one ground rule: no celebrity coverage. (Which, as you can imagine, was something that took me a while to wrap my head around.) So I was a little surprised when 10’s editorial team [...]

Balmainia is no laughing matter. Last night, the fashion house had planned to host a simple little cocktail party to celebrate the refurbishment of their store on the rue François—but by the time word of the fête reached me, the whole thing had blown into a full-on fashion gala. A few hours before the party, [...]

With the haute couture starting today—as you read this, I’ll have already taken in Dior—I wanted to make sure I had my fill of American culture before I decamped to these French shores last night. That’s why, on Saturday, I did two things that were quintessentially American: exercise (which I have never seen a Frenchie [...]

The lull is almost over, party animals. Mid-January can feel like a bit of a social hiccup—men’s shows aside, there are always a sleepy few weeks between the mayhem of the holiday and the revving up of spring—but that will come to a definite end on Monday when the haute couture shows in Paris begin. [...]

I remember back in 2002, when I heard that Marc Jacobs had shot Jennifer Lopez to be the face of Louis Vuitton. Uh-oh, I thought to myself, this won’t be a onetime thing. (Now that I think about it, I heard about J. Lo through an archaic grapevine: not a blog, but a good old-fashioned [...]

A straight guy in fashion is rare thing indeed, but casting director and blogger Douglas Perrett managed to round up 13 of them—just enough, naturally, for a pinup calendar of months (plus one for the cover). Under his Confessions of a Casting Director umbrella, he and collaborator Kathy Lo shot the hetero fashion photographers for [...]

The ladies I spent Wednesday night with, Fabiola Beracasa and Joan Rivers, might not seem to have much in common. But they do: a love of wigs, great senses of humor, and even greater taste in jewelry. My night started at Beracasa’s West Village penthouse, where she was hosting a trunk show for Eddie Borgo. [...]