Tent Competitors, Topless Raids, And More…
MAC is hosting its own shows at Milk Studios during New York fashion week, and Proenza Schouler, Erin Fetherston, and Alexander Wang have all signed on. Will this be a complement to the Mercedes-Benz shows at the tents, or is it competition? [NYT]
Jeremy Scott joins the London crew. At this point, we may as [...]
Celebrating The Four Seasons’ Big 5-0
Back in 1999, Four Seasons co-owner Julian Niccolini told Charlie Rose that while cultivating a sort of rarefied ambience was key, it wasn’t “only about see and be seen.” Fast-forward ten years and Niccolini’s still keenly aware of who’s coming and going. “I’d say I know about 95 percent of the people here,” the proprietor [...]
Blasblog From Paris: Jeremy Scott—London Bound?
Jeremy Scott has driven his fun-filled train of style through nearly every major fashion capital in Western civilization, putting on shows in New York and Paris, and basing his operations in Los Angeles. But the city he’s considering for his next takeover could be London—at least that’s what friend Henry Holland explained. “We’d take him,” [...]
Doing It For The Kids
An interesting mix of characters—swimsuit models, reality stars, socialites, and Geraldo Rivera—came out to Valentino’s Madison Avenue boutique last night, all in the name of New Yorkers for Children. “A year and a half ago I had an epiphany that it’s time to give back. There are 17,000 foster children in New York, so this [...]
Erin Fetherston Swaps Paper For Flash
Fashion week times, they are a-changin’. Yesterday we found out that the Bryant Park tents will be moving to Lincoln Center Plaza next season. And today, Erin Fetherston reveals to Style.com that she’s dispensing once and for all with that twentieth-century fashion show relic, the hard-copy invite. In lieu of that whole printer-to-post office quagmire, [...]
celebrating the original mr. beene
Nearly 25 years after launching Paper magazine from her Greenwich Village apartment, Kim Hastreiter continues to wield major influence on the New York scene, and her knack for sussing out talent shows little sign of waning. But that first fan missive from a certain big-name designer was a little disconcerting. “Geoffrey Beene wrote us a [...]





