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On Wednesday, a posh crowd filed into MoMA for the opening night of the 39th New Directors/New Films series, a collaboration of the museum and the Fil...
There's something lost and something gained in every generation. I'd take autonomy and freedom of expression any day.
An abbreviated fashion week means fewer opportunities for Italian designers to attract buyers, buzz, and tourism. It also makes it all the more difficult for lesser-knowns to grab attention.
For eight months, while making The September Issue, I observed Anna Wintour day-in and day-out as she single-handedly commanded the $300-billion global fashion industry.
The real fun at last week's amfAR gala was in the ladies' room. I walked almost straight into Anna Wintour. "Hi, Anna," I said brightly to Anna's mirror reflection. Her large eyes in her large head flickered.
The Hope Help & Relief Haiti benefit on Monday followed Donna Karan's lead: "Let's join together as a community to help the Haitians rebuild their communities. Dreams can come true."
A lot can change in a decade, both in stylistic abilities and aesthetic perceptions of what is aspirational. If I have evolved somewhat from my preteen days, I believe our general sartorial consciousness has as well.
Last night the Council of Fashion Designers of America awarded their Fashion Fund Award -- a year of mentoring and $200,000 -- to Sophie Theallet.
If you really want to scare the kiddies, consider an Anna Wintour costume on Saturday. Chances are you already have a floral sheath and oversized sunglasses somewhere.
Grace Coddington: "Most of Ralph Lauren's models are not super skinny: this is an isolated situation and I think that it's unfair that he's getting bad publicity for it"
Grace Coddington of Vogue has it all: talent, power, courage, confidence, and comfortable shoes.
There's more to Paris fashion week than stilletos and sunglasses. From Japanese anime-inspired exhibits to scavenging for vintage accessories, our picks for happenings, haunts and events.
This is the next to last season at Bryant Park. After 18 years, fashion week will be moving to Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center in September 2010.
I am very confident that when the photos were taken, these ensembles were the very height of fashion. But the ravages of time have rendered them (oh how I agonize at saying this) -- tacky.
After observing Anna Wintour last week, I think I've discerned Anna's Seven Deadly Tells, those subtle (and not-so-subtle) changes in her demeanor that signal what's really on her mind.
Women have replaced the prison of the kitchen with the prison of an unachievable body shape. The more powerful a woman is, the more likely she is to be bulimic.
