Robin Givhan

Is Kim Kardashian Fashion Kryptonite?

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 05.22.2012

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What happens when three fashion powerhouses come together for an industry chat? You get lots of juicy insider info and a bit of trash talking. Andr...

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PHOTOS: Look Who Made TIME's 100 Fashion Icon List

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 06.02.2012

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Each year TIME magazine rolls out their highly anticipated list of the year's top influencers, but before they feed our curiosity with that group of i...

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Are Bloggers Real Journalists? Robin Givhan Doesn't Think So

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 03.08.2012

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Fashion's top editors like Cathy Horyn of the The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune's Suzy Menkes, Teri Agins from The Wall Street Jour...

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Robin Givhan Lands Book Deal On The Versailles Models Of 1973

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 12.20.2011

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It was just this week that The Versailles Models of 1973 were honored at the 2011 HuffPost Game Changers Awards for their role in the history-making "...

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The Ironies Of Newsweek's New Cover

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's going to be interesting to see what dividends can be wrought from all of Secretary Clinton's hard work. That said, any veteran of Hillaryland has got to groan when they see with whom Clinton is sharing the Newsweek cover.

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Fashion Critic Departs Washington Post, Which Is A Big Win For The Washington Post

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the things we learned last year is that the Washington Post's winners of Pulitzer Prizes tend to have a very limited newsroom presence -- mainl...

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Pulitzer Prize Winning Fashion Critic Leaving Washington Post

Yahoo! News | Michael Calderone | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robin Givhan is leaving after 15 years at the paper. In that time, Robin has demonstrated herself as an extraordinary talent, stretching the definitio...

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Black Folk's Summer Fun, For Town and Country!

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

During summer, escalating temperatures affect us all. So it's not a matter of being rich or poor that makes one eager to go to the Hamptons.

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Elena Kagan's Fashion Choices Matter To The Washington Post For Some Reason [UPDATE]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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The whole Elena Kagan mediagasm is really only just getting racheted up, and while I expect to see a ream of writing on the prospective Supreme Court ...

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Robin Givhan: Most Paris Shows Were About Restraint And Elegance

Washington Post | Robin Givhan | Posted 05.25.2011

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This was the season when so much about fashion changed: the trends, the mood and, sadly, even the players. Except for those rare extravagant design ho...

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Ashley Olsen, Isaac Mizrahi, Robin Givhan Discuss The Future of Women's Fashion

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 05.25.2011

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Why do people love to hate fashion? There was a lot of finger pointing in an attempt to answer the age-old question at the 92nd Street Y on Wednesday ...

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Robin Givhan: 'The Fatter The General Population, The Thinner The Idealized Woman'

Washington Post | Robin Givhan | Posted 05.25.2011

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The fatter the general population, the thinner the idealized woman. And for all the public posturing and blogging, the only force that stopped people ...

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Robin Givhan: Describing Naomi Sims As A Supermodel Is A Huge Disservice

TheRoot.com | Robin Givhan | Posted 05.25.2011

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But describing Sims as a supermodel seems like a huge disservice, considering that the term is now applied to any waifish and wan young woman who mana...

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Michelle Obama's Arms Analyzed By Robin Givhan: They Represent "Vanity And Power"

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the New Yorker's Style issue, Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion reporter Robin Givhan writes about the same thing Maureen Dowd defended in The New Yor...

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WaPo Fashion Editor Whiffed On Palin Fashion

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robin Givhan is some kind of fashion editor for the Washington Post, and from time-to-time, she makes a game attempt to apply her particular area of e...

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Last Month: WaPo Fashion Editor Declared Palin's Wardrobe Had "Nothing To Do With Fashion" (Another Reason To Stop Listening To Critics)

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.25.2011

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If there's one thing about this presidential cycle that so excites me so much is just how much more irrelevant the traditional media has become.

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Robin Givhan On Sarah Palin's "Exceptionally Ordinary" Style

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion columnist discusses Sarah Palin's style with readers, stating "Sarah Palin's style is exceptional...

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