With the wind of Marc Levin’s HBO documentary Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags, which aired Monday, at their backs, supporters of NYC’s shrinking Garment District gathered today at noon for a Save the Garment Center rally. There was a sizable turnout for the event at the corner of 39th Street and Seventh Avenue, which [...]

This season, New York fashion week is all about the parties. Of course, some people—yes, Olivier Zahm, I’m talking to you—might say every season is about the parties. But this time around it feels like the extracurricular activities are threatening to become the main event, with the collections relegated to the role of warm-up act. [...]

Fashion power players including Francisco Costa of Calvin Klein and Proenza Schouler’s Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough, along with a slew of top editors and retailers, joined CFDA president Diane von Furstenberg and executive director Steven Kolb this morning at FIT’s Katie Murphy Amphitheatre to discuss the future of New York fashion shows. “Are they [...]

“Sometimes people will see me on the street and say, ‘Hi Gloria!’ ” So revealed Diane von Furstenberg when we stole the designer and her good friend Gloria Vanderbilt away from last week’s book party for Gloria’s new erotic novella, Obsession, to have a little on-camera chat. On first glance, it seems laughable to those [...]

We hear that Nancy Pelosi was at Diane von Furstenberg’s Meatpacking District headquarters last night, where the designer hosted a private fundraiser for the Speaker of the House. The congresswoman admired the nearby High Line from DVF’s studio, but didn’t have time to take a stroll. She was headed straight back to D.C., where she [...]

Perhaps it’s not surprising that Alexandra von Furstenberg launched a collection of neon signed and numbered limited-edition acrylic furniture in early 2008 and less than a year later, fluorescents—highlighter pink bandage dresses at Narciso Rodriguez, shocking orange furs at Michael Kors, etc.—were all over the Fall runways. After all, as Diane von Furstenberg’s daughter-in-law, she [...]

It’s no secret that I’m a major fan of Dasha Zhukova, the Moscow-born, California-raised beauty who has founded a museum, launched a fashion label, and was recently named the new editor of Pop—all before the age of 28. Here in Moscow, I’ve met another Russian stunner who’s a master at multitasking (and, like Zhukova, has [...]

Last night, the National Resources Defense Council held its 11th annual Forces for Nature Benefit, honoring the environmental leadership of Stella McCartney and Discovery Communications president and CEO David Zaslav. The event was emceed by Alec Baldwin, and Paul McCartney, Graydon Carter, Diane von Furstenberg, and Seth Meyers were in the crowd. When we caught [...]

Truth be told, there was something confounding about Monday’s announcement by the CFDA that Anna Sui would be receiving this year’s Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award. While Sui herself seems a touch young for those kinds of laurels, there’s also the tricky matter of her aesthetics. Sui has drunk from the fountain of youth: The [...]

One of many fans at Diane von Furstenberg’s post-show dinner Sunday night, Rachel Zoe recalled when the designer first told her that “Nomad” was the theme of her show. “I’m like, Wait, I feel like that’s you,” she said. “Traveling all the time and always looking gorgeous and glamorous.” That night, though, the evening’s hostess [...]