Fired Up for Spring, with Color at Calvin
I don’t remember seeing so much color in a Calvin Klein show in seasons. The label presented its accessible collection for Spring this week, and while the looks were mostly monotone, they didn’t want for brightness. Skinny jeans came in yellow, shades of coral , red, and aqua, and red suits were paired with contrast [...]
Vreeland’s World
“No one—no one is like her because Mrs. Vreeland had no ego and unfortunately, there’s too many people today that do,” Lisa Immordino Vreeland told Style.com at Barneys New York last night, where she was celebrating her new tome on the “high priestess of fashion,” Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel.The author was joined [...]
Calvin, Carolina, Narciso, And More Celebrate Fashion’s New Class
It’s that time of year when the fashion world pauses to honor the great established designers of our time, like McQueen at Monday’s Met gala and Marc Jacobs at the upcoming CFDA Awards ceremony. It’s also the season that provides a glimpse into the industry’s future. Graduating fashion design students of Pratt Institute showed their [...]
A Year Of Meisel, A Farewell To Don Hill’s, A Last Chance To Bid For Japan, A Look At Kate Hudson’s Heart, And More…
The next edition of everyone’s favorite calendar that almost no one actually receives—that’d be the racy Pirelli calendar, naturally—is reportedly now in the works. The photog of choice for the 2012 edition? Sources says it’s Steven Meisel. [Fashionologie]A fond farewell to Don Hill’s, the legendary and then resurgent club that briefly became a fashion-world hub [...]
Skin Is (Still) In
Calvin Klein hosted its Fall presentation this morning at the company’s 39th Street headquarters. Kevin Carrigan, the brand’s global creative director, was feeling jolly, not only because he’s headed to Bali for a break later this week, but also because revenues for the Calvin Klein business were way up for the fourth quarter last year. [...]
Sky’s The Limit
There are people out there saying Sky Ferreira is going to be the next big thing, but the 18-year-old model and burgeoning pop star seems fairly happy where she is at the moment. “Success is appealing, but the other stuff that comes with it is pretty scary,” she explained last night at Double Crown, where [...]
Bill, Please
In the bygone days before street-style blogs, there was just one man whose eye you hoped your outfit would catch. That’s The New York Times‘ Bill Cunningham, of course, a beloved staple on the fashion circuit for the last 50-plus years and the man who pioneered the art of snapping fashion trends as they happen [...]
The Time For A “Tabula Rasa Closet”
Ushered in by Phoebe Philo’s debut collection at Celine, minimalism is enjoying a revival on the fashion scene, acting as a sort of palate cleanser after seasons of bombast and excess. But as fashion historian Elyssa Dimant traces in her new book, Minimalism and Fashion ($75, available now in stores and online now), the minimal [...]
Designers And Artists On The MOVE!
At Visionaire’s Halloween party on Saturday, an elaborately costumed crowd took to the sweaty dance floor to cut loose. The designers on hand deserved it. They’d been in the museum all day, installing MOVE!, an exhibition curated by Visionaire’s Cecilia Dean and journalist David Colman that paired artists and designers to create—well, whatever they wanted.“MOVE! [...]
WWD On What To Wear At 100
Over the course of a century in a print, Women’s Wear Daily has had given a ton to the designers it covers. And for its centennial celebration, those designers are giving back—and doing a turn for charity, no less. Starting tomorrow at 11:59 p.m., the WWD@100 Auction launches online, featuring exclusive, one-of-a-kind items sold to [...]






