Dynamic American designer Carlton Jones has been working in fashion for a while as a stylist to Lenny Kravitz, Michelle Obama, Halle Berry and Aretha Franklin, to mention just a few well known public figures. And Carlton was the first stylist to put Queen Latifah in a dress. It was clear to Jones that receiving a degree […]
Two years since taking the creative reins at Oscar de la Renta, Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia delivered their best collection for the fashion house yet. The duos journey to this high point has been nothing short of meteoric. Garcia studied architecture at the University of Notre Dame; after graduating, he moved to New York […]
Face it, fashion runways have a loooong way to go before they’ll count as truly diverse, but this season there’s been a shift in at least one area of representation. At show after show, we’ve seen stylish women of all ages — not just one or two tokenized women over 25, but models ranging in […]
Neutrals and bright colors had the ultimate showdown in this season’s collections. Designers presented a range of fashion trends for fall, from look-at-me bold colors to a clean, classic, more austere sensibility. More designers than ever filled the runways with color, color, and more color, all the colors of the rainbow, in fact. Bright pinks, […]
Sometimes in fashion, you get to witness something so special that it actually moves you. It doesn’t happen often, but when it does, you walk away feeling like you got to be part of A Moment — a genuine one, not one engineered for maximum social media exposure. That’s what happened at February’s New York […]
Famed fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld passed away this month at the reputed age of 83, although his actual date of birth, like many things about Lagerfeld, were up for debate. Here are some things you may have known, or not, about the man, the myth, the fashion legend. Born September, 1935, Karl Lagerfeld passed […]
In one of the most unexpected runway surprises of all time, Michael Kors’ ’70s-inspired disco show at February’s New York Fashion Week ended with an impromptu performance of “Copacabana” against a fabulous gold backdop by none other than Barry Manilow. Sometimes the universe sends us a blessing we didn’t know we needed. After a collection […]
On Day 5 of New York’s Fashion Week, designer Lela Rose gave us the greatest gift of all: a full-on dog show on the runway. To present her Fall 2019 collection, the designer enlisted the most precious cast of furry models for the “Roseminster Dog Show.” The end result was just as cute as you’d […]
We’ve been graced with supermodel runway appearances from Naomi, Kate, Cindy, Carla, and Claudia in the last couple years, but one super who’s notably remained off the runway? Christy Turlington Burns. Well that dry spell ended when Marc Jacobs delivered a theatrical grand finale to February’s New York Fashion Week, as 90’s icon Christy Turlington […]
If New York Fashion Week for Fall 2019 told us anything about footwear trends, it was that boots and heels aren’t going anywhere. Tom Ford made the case for the Shiny Disco Peep-Toe Platforms, complete with ankle strap. Meow! Ulla Johnson’s love affair with the 70s continues with Boho Boots in fresh colors. Apparently Dad […]