Fashion rule of thumb: Nothing is ever as simple as it seems. Take the denim in Opening Ceremony’s Spring 2009 collection, for example. From high-waisted shorts and faded stovepipes to a sleeveless jean jacket—everything is made out of indigo-dyed jersey or sweatshirt knits. Not that you’d guess by eyeballing the stuff. What inspired Opening Ceremony [...]

The Dow, the TED spread, The Fed’s action on interest rates, the price of gold: We each have our favorite ways of gauging the health of the economy, but if you want to know how the moneyed are feeling about, well, their money, there’s no better barometer than the art market. Phillips de Pury’s Saturday@Phillips [...]