The ASVOFF (A Shaded View on Fashion Film) festival awards ceremony, the final event to cap off four weeks of collections, played to a packed house last night at the Centre Pompidou. Founder Diane Pernet awarded the first ASVOFF/Samsung prize of €3,000 ($4,417) to filmmaker Georgie Greville for her spoof on model castings, entitled I [...]

It was Alber Elbaz who discovered Aminata Niaria almost three years ago. Now, the Senegalese beauty is something of a Paris darling. We asked her to chronicle her packed day of racing around to castings, shows, and, of course, parties. Here’s what Aminata did yesterday.
Thursday, October 1
8:40 a.m. I’m en route to my first show, [...]

The Milan collections may be in full swing, but fashion and film buffs in the City of Light are getting a head start on Paris fashion week with tonight’s opening of the second annual ASVOFF, A Shaded View on Fashion Film festival. Among the eclectic entries in the three-day event are I Wanna Be Your [...]

A quote from Louise Bourgeois greeted attendees at today’s Meadham Kirchhoff show: “My knives are like a tongue,” read the flyer left on the seats. The rest of the quotation is worth citing, too—”My knives are like a tongue—I love, I do not love, I hate. If you don’t love me, I am ready to [...]

“The East Village doesn’t need another vintage store,” says Marco Querci, who tonight opens new boutique Change of Season. Instead, Querci and his partner Clinton Curtis created a whole new retail beast: the curated outlet. As anyone who’s spent a draining day at Woodbury Commons can attest, [...]

Tired of hearing the two words “concept store”? Well, you may just be re-energized by the latest installment of such from London. “Up until now, so many fantastic props from fashion shoots, shows, and ad campaigns wound up in storage, back to the taxidermist, or even chucked,” said photographer Nick Knight at today’s viewing of [...]

The more Olsen-obsessed members of our staff have noticed a curious phenomenon of late. Are Mary-Kate and Ashley willfully eschewing their fashion icon status? Gone are the teetering Givenchy stilettos, Rick Owens leathers, and endless parade of It bags. In their place: plain-Jane jackets, bootcut jeans, and—most surprisingly—sensible flat shoes. To be fair, the pair [...]

While this season’s runway offerings in L.A. may feel a little disjointed (it’s the first time IMG isn’t sponsoring the shows, leaving things a bit ad hoc), the West Coast style capital still has plenty on its agenda in the days to come. Trovata’s launch at Apartment Number 9 may have been the week’s kick-off [...]

The Friends of the Costume Institute hosted a lively discussion Tuesday night at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The subject—”Fashion Fault Lines: West Coast / East Coast”—was a familiar one to any New Yorker who has lost friends to L.A.’s warmer climes. The Met’s Andrew Bolton led the debate between vintage fashion experts Cameron Silver [...]

By the time Paris fashion week arrives, editors and models alike are suffering from sore feet, fried hair, and perhaps one too many swigs of Champagne. The solution? No, it’s not more under-eye concealer; it’s serious beautification—from your abs to your aura. We scoured the City of Light for the best places to rejuvenate, refresh, [...]