The last show at Bryant Park’s Salon tent went to L.A.-based designer Tadashi Shoji, who sent out lots of ruffles and a strong palette inspired by one his favorite pastimes: gardening. “I have a nice big garden in L.A., and I thought of the black rose, then added more and more colors,” he said. “Most [...]

Last evening, Jason Wu welcomed guests to a cocktail party thrown in his honor at the Soho Grand Hotel to, dare we say it, inaugurate the season. He’d been doing fittings at his studio all afternoon and had to rush to get there. “I took a gypsy cab over,” said the dapper designer, looking completely [...]

Though Spring is generally when designers get their color on, at least one upcoming collection looks set to remain faithful to monochrome shades spliced with ever-so-subtle flashes of ultramarine and kryptonite blue: that of Los Angeles-based Tadashi Shoji, whose collection is inspired by Jean Nouvel’s architectural monument for the new Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi. [...]