I’ve known Duskin designer Stephanie Tran since her days at Vogue, and I’ve always admired her sense of style. You can count on the editor-turned-designer to have honed in on something like the perfect Chanel shoe that you kick yourself for not having bought. It’s likely the same talent that lends an immediate I-want-to-wear-it quality [...]

Trend alert! The humble workaday lookbook is becoming a performance art piece for the young and good-looking. First, redheaded socialite scribe (and sometime mannequin) Jessica Joffe bared almost all for Katy Rodriguez; Nicole Richie, FabSugar reported today, will model for her own line, House of Harlow 1960; and Byrdie Bell is the new face of [...]

To the unfamiliar eye it may have seemed like a hodgepodge hostess committee: The New York Times‘ Karla Martinez, Gryphon’s Aimee Cho, and Vogue editor Meredith Melling Burke and contributing editor Lauren Santo Domingo. What were they all doing inviting people to midtown? For a candle launch? But for Alexa Rodulfo—the Mexico City-based go-to hair [...]

Designer Aimee Cho started her collection two years ago with a brilliantly simple idea: the trenchcoat. Since then, Cho, a Vogue alum, has gradually developed that basic notion beyond the beloved classic into other types of toppers, and now she’s going one step further. For Spring 2009, Cho is branching out with a small collection [...]

PETA’s long, paint-spattered war against the fashion industry hasn’t had much success in dampening the demand for pretty pelts, but that’s not necessarily because the stylish lack hearts—it could more be blamed on a lack of alternatives to naturally warm and soft furs that don’t involve giant, puffy quilting or flammable-feeling fakes. But come September, [...]