It’s almost unbelievable, but British beauty Kate Winslet had never appeared in a fashion campaign until California knitwear label St. John lured her in. The actress steps into a role previously held by Karen Elson, Angelina Jolie before her, and Kelly (daughter of founder Marie) Gray before that. Here, in this video debuting exclusively on [...]

Madeleine Albright signed copies of her new book Read My Pins: Stories From a Diplomat’s Jewel Box at St. John’s Fifth Avenue flagship this afternoon, and there wasn’t an empty seat in the house. Everywhere you looked there were coordinating knit jackets and skirts, and plenty of brooches, too. In a brief interview before her [...]

While the timing might be questionable (read: recession), the taste certainly isn’t (read: refined). Park Avenue-to-Palm Springs favorite St. John is launching a new line—Caviar—in an online-only trunk show that starts today (in-store sales to follow in the coming months). The collection includes a range of classic, elegant silhouettes in a goes-with-everything all-black palette. With [...]