CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year Michael Bastian has collaborated with Barneys on a fully outfitted suit collection. The line will feature slim, modern tailoring ideal for an emerging market of young professionals who want to avoid an “anonymous baggy ‘going to work’ suit.” Pieces, available online and in Barneys stores, will be priced 20 [...]

“I went to Atacama and Patagonia and fell in love with the atmosphere that the scenario and silence bring,” designer Pedro Lourenço tells Style.com of the locales that inspired the eye-catching prints in his recent pre-fall collection. “The colors, textures, and emptiness are amazing.”Lourenço artfully transferred the natural beauty of Patagonia into something more urban, [...]

This week, Barneys’ Simon Doonan kicks off his book tour for his latest tome, “geared towards anyone mesmerized by fabulosity”: Gay Men Don’t Get Fat. Don’t, however, be misguided by the name: Gay men do eat crumble and “gay men do get fat,” Doonan, now on his fifth book, tells Style.com. “They are called ‘bears’ [...]

Vera Wang recently took to the ice (looking chic in a custom skating dress) with T’s Edward Barsamian, who learned that the former Olympic hopeful has serious skating skills. In case you missed it, Style.com caught her figure eights on film years ago. [
">T]Forbes’ “30 Under 30″ list is out and the Olsen twins, Alexander [...]

Swedish parfumeur Ben Gorham of Byredo is no stranger to homages in scent. He recently debuted Mister Marvelous, a cologne inspired by the life and work of Christiaan Houtenbos, the seventies hair god who coiffed the likes of Grace Jones as he circled the globe. But my favorite of his paeans is to the late, [...]

After a ribbon cutting with the Lady herself and the requisite party, Lady Gaga’s 5,500-square-foot winter wonderland at Barneys opens at 11:59 p.m. tonight. The space has been designed and curated by the pop star, along with collaborators Nicola Formichetti, Assume Vivid Astro Focus, and the retailer’s creative director, Dennis Freedman, and features a wide [...]

New York is home to some of the best vintage eyewear shops I’ve ever come across—Silver Lining and Fabulous Fanny’s spring to mind—but where secondhand eyewear is concerned, those outside the major metro centers aren’t without recourse. RetroSun has a terrific selection of unworn vintage frames from the seventies, eighties, and early nineties, from high-end [...]

It’s been a journey from the stables through the French Riviera to get Mark W. Cross & Co. to the accessory floor of Barneys.“Originally, Mark Cross was a maker of all things to do with horses—saddles, bridles, and harnesses,” explains Neal Fox, the chief executive officer of the 166-year-old Boston-based leather brand. “As time went [...]

Tamara Mellon, who founded the Jimmy Choo company along with Choo in 1996, has announced her resignation from the brand. Mellon is set to leave her position at the end of the month and reportedly, “Mellon’s position is unlikely to be replaced.” [Vogue U.K.]Elle Macpherson, Stella McCartney, and Helen Mirren are asking people in the [...]

“Design starts from pencil to paper—we aren’t interested in vintage frame copies,” Kara Mendelsohn of KBL Eyewear explains. “We want to do something that is present and based on what’s happening now.”That has been the mantra of the KBL founders, (Mendelsohn, her husband Adam, and Dave Barton—all with backgrounds at labels like Calvin Klein, Michael [...]