Fashion has long had a love affair with the horsey set. Now, it appears, designers are cutting out the middleman and going straight for the horse. A.F. Vandevorst kicked off a trendlet at its show in March, putting a Clydesdale sole on boots and shoes, and Opening Ceremony has followed suit with a hoof-inspired clog [...]

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 [...]