Richard Avedon, Peter Lindbergh, Annie Leibowitz and Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott are all names that command direct attention when in the photographic sphere. All have done works that are marveled at, fawned over and literally lectured about in schools everywhere.
Sometime during Spring/Summer 2002 Jil Sander released a series of ads for the mens and women’s collection that year that left mouths wide open. The ads seemed to focus on the mens collection with deference to the female shape.
Never let it be said that Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani fails to make an impression. The designer that the fashion world has come to know simply as Valentino is set to retire after his January 2008 couture show.
Buckling down with the ‘70s flashback this year, designers around the globe are eager to offer us ruffled accents, boisterous prints, and a smattering of metallic babydolls and platforms to pull together a chic revival on the runway.
In 2007 the house of Dior still remains to have an unbridled effect on how women dress. After Christian Dior’s debut in 1947, its popularity has stood the test of time, making it one of the most…
Since the MET featured the Chanel exhibit two years prior to Poiret’s, I’d say Chanel was right. Poiret’s work is exhibition-worthy, though not on its own…
T-shirts have gone through as many reincarnations as Madonna since their birth in World War I. American soldiers smitten with the cotton unmentionable worn
Among their collections, both created chic, simple little black dresses. Both used jersey at a time when it was not the staple fabric it is today, both appropriated clothes for sport as everyday wear…
Fashion is cyclical. Evolutionary, never revolutionary. In time, all trends once popular will reinvent and modernize themselves for another period, typically in fifteen to twenty year cycles.
I don’t know where I would be without the comfort of a magazine or two thrown somewhere within my proximity – my purse, my car, my bedroom floor. Who else would I turn to for anonymous advice?
There is none more infamous than Marie Antoinette. Her spirit has been resurrected by Sofia Coppola’s new film Marie Antoinette which documents the Queen’s rise and tragic fall.
Though she stood at just four feet and eleven inches, Evelyn Dubrow’s beliefs towered over a nation. A relentless and powerful activist she began her career in the 1930’s during the Spanish Civil War handing out flyers in downtown Manhattan.
Fashion designer Doron Braunshtein better known as Apollo Braun to New York's East Villagers and Lower East Side residents, has decided to launch a line of t-shirts protesting Barack Obama's candidacy for President...
May 13, 2008
Already coming off of a big budget and bigger profit Ironman film, Gwyneth Paltrow has gone the way of the arthouse film for fashion label Tod's. The four minute feature was written and directed by award winning director Dennis Hopper is set...
May 12, 2008
Starting in 2009 Chanel No.5 fans will have to get used to seeing Amelie star Audrey Tautou as the face of the brand instead of actress Nicole Kidman. Kidman has been the face of the brand since 2004 taking part in various photoshoots and acting in a 3 minute...
May 8, 2008
Kanye West's fashion label is off to a promising start with news that he will be teaming up with Australian fashion label Ksubi. West is just coming off a super successful album titled Graduation Day, is looking to branch off into fashion with his Pastelle fashion line...
May 7, 2008
Calvin Klein womenswear designer Francisco Costa won the 2008 Spirit of Design Award at Philadelphia University's fashion show. Since arriving at the helm of Calvin Klein, Costa has taken home a variety of...
May 6, 2008
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