“I needed character and I needed a mix,” Lauren Goodman of Domino explained of her decision to feature Christian Louboutin, Michael Bastian, and Vanessa Bruno, among others, in the September fall fashion issue. “I was looking for designers who have a vision. Not just their merchandise, but how that really relates to everything that they [...]

When Chris Benz puts on a show, he really puts on a show. For his runway debut, Benz decided to can the catwalk and put his clothes onstage at the 37 Arts theater, where attendees including Byrdie Bell, Susan Sarandon, and Taylor Momsen trooped to see the designer’s punchy-paletted, all-American Spring ‘09 collection. Benz’s experiment [...]

Chris Benz is staging a fashion revolution this season. The designer makes his runway debut next week, and contemplating the traditions of the catwalk put him in mind to do something a little out of the ordinary. “Runway was a natural progression,” says Benz, “but what I always liked about the format of a presentation [...]