Ikram Goldman, the Chicago boutique owner whose role as Michelle Obama’s wardrobe consultant has made her one of the fashion world’s biggest influencers, is an elusive figure. She doesn’t trot around the fashion circuit and rarely give interviews. But she’s in New York until Sunday, buying pre-collections, and opened up to us a bit at [...]

The Dutch fashion scene has long been dominated by Viktor & Rolf, but there was no Horsting and definitely no Snoeren on the front row yesterday, when a very different designer partnership kick-started Amsterdam International Fashion Week. Having originally been approached to provide sunglasses for one of the shows, Mark Badgley and James Mischka went [...]

An abundance of new designers may be coming through the ranks in Holland, but when it comes to their homeland, Viktor & Rolf still reign supreme. Exhibit A: The duo’s uniform of eccentric tie, slim-cut suit (sometimes three-piece) and heavy-duty specs was the outfit of choice for more than a dozen men present at the [...]