There’s construction under way at Gucci’s Fifth Avenue flagship, but it’s not your average renovation. The work currently on view there is that of the artisans of Gucci’s leather empire, putting the finishing touches on the fashion house’s best sellers. The Artisan Corner Tour began in San Francisco, hit Chicago and Beverly Hills, and arrives [...]

Savannah is known for its old-world charm, and now that I’m down here—for the Savannah College of Art and Design’s annual Reveal Festival, which brings fashion types down to the Georgia city for a week of lectures and discussions—I can attest to it firsthand. I was in town for a talk called “Sartorially Speaking” with [...]

Tom Munro’s new book is chock-full of celebrity portraits: Jennifer Lopez, Dustin Hoffman, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Johnny Depp, Ashton Kutcher. But it’s Madonna that he seems most smitten with: Madge is on the cover, scattered throughout the book, and even wrote the foreword. Her poetic summation of the photographer’s art? “To have your picture taken by [...]

This week I was supposed to be downing vodka and caviar with Naomi Campbell in Moscow. But no, all that ash from Iceland ruined any chance of that. The good news is, I wasn’t without backup plans. Last night I hit hostess extraordinaire Rena Sindi’s dinner for Dior, alongside Tory Burch, Rachel Roy, and Tinsley [...]

The Lion, the new restaurant on W. 9th Street, has already been stirring up some buzz. Some of it has been good, celebrating former Waverly Inn chef John DeLucie and his partner Mark Amadei; some of it has been less good, grumbling about the preferential treatment the press has been given (and the panting adoration [...]

Last week, after two glorious days in Chicago, my love affair with America’s heartland continued this weekend. This time, I was back home in St. Louis, Missouri, for two days of fashion and art. On Friday night, I spoke at a panel discussion at Washington University’s Sam Fox School, which has the oldest four-year fashion [...]

I’ve made no secret of my love for what my East and West Coast friends call the fly-over states, but two magical days in Chicago—hosted by fashion’s favorite teen blogger and Oprah’s favorite interiors guru—just reinforced my Midwest pride. I arrived in the Windy City early on Wednesday morning and headed for Nate Berkus’ digs [...]

Earlier this week, when the weather was so bad I thought it was raining sidewise, the idea of warm beaches and afternoons surfing seemed like a far-off fantasy. But fast-forward a few days to the sunny wonderfulness that was Thursday, and suddenly it seemed like springtime was just around the corner. So it was the [...]

Burlesque mistress Dita Von Teese rarely performs in the U.S., but the va-va-voom starlet is bringing her high-fashion ecdysiasm (read: strippin’) to Vegas in a reprise of her much-beloved Paris show, Live at The Crazy Horse. (There’s a Crazy Horse outpost in Vegas’ MGM Grand.) Decades’ Cameron Silver is one of the many style-world pals [...]

To celebrate the brand’s fifth series of luxury hybrid vehicles, the suits at Lexus had a fabulous idea: host a party in New York City for eco-conscious celebrities (including Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kyra Sedgwick, and Kevin Bacon) and conduct a little debate on whether or not this whole global warming thing is as big of a [...]