Are you mad about jewelry? Then don’t miss the Museum of Arts and Design’s annual “MAD About Jewelry” (through Saturday, 4/30) which premiered with a cocktail and dinner event last evening. The…
McQueen, whose collection of both men’s and women’s costumes of note, was started in the mid-’80s when the idea of collecting film costumes (pre-Planet Hollywood) was largely underground. Since then, he has amassed approximately 650 ensembles making him one of the largest known private collectors.
Her eyes widen like an addict about to receive a fix as the elevator door opens. Trembling, she turns the corner to the familiar place. Finally, she smiles, inhaling deeply to steady herself — pausing to take it all in. “Let me know if I can get you a mate,” says the shoe salesman.
you were the new ’80s working woman and shopped for trendy yet well-designed women’s clothing that brought you from day to dinner, chances are the Regina Kravitz label rings a bell.
Move over “Emily in Paris” meet “Estelle in New York”! Instead of a fictitious ditzy American with a propensity for dressing outlandishly, Estelle is a pragmatic Parisian who dresses others in her…
Notes by Marilyn Kirschner Part 1 of “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion,” which opens September 18th, features approximately 100 men’s and women’s ensembles by a diverse group of designers from the…
A little over a year ago, Fashion Group International checked in with luxury retailers on Madison Avenue to see how they were faring during the Covid-19 pandemic we now known as Alpha.…
When I first saw that Fashion Group International was sponsoring a Zoom event featuring Fern Mallis and Simon Doonan, I naturally thought that the former CFDA executive director and host of the…
Post pandemic retail distribution has entered a “Field of Dreams” like state. “If you build it, they will come” is the takeaway I got from FGI’s recent retail symposium entitled “New Opportunities…
#Oscarssoweird! Like an entitled trust fund brat, Oscar delayed his grand entrance to make it live. This selfless act of late middle-to-endish (hopefully) pandemic protocol avoided the Zoom doom of (lesser) predecessors.…
Airport style – it didn’t use to be an oxymoron like “jumbo shrimp.” After being grounded (like most people living through the pandemic) for an entire year, I recently hopped a flight…
Was Scarlett O’Hara one of the first upcyclers? “I just saw this in the window and couldn’t resist,” Carol Burnett famously deadpanned in a skit as she pranced around in those iconic…