Now Playing: Video Fashion Week
More and more, designers are using videos to showcase their collections. In response to that, Style.com launched its own Video Fashion Week a few seasons ago. Today, VFW returns, starting off with...
View ArticleSophie’s World
Young London-based designer Sophie Hulme’s structured leather carryalls, with their unmistakable gold armored hardware, are the envy of every in-the-know fashion girl who doesn’t already have one....
View ArticleOpening Ceremony Says “Oh, Yoko!”
Opening Ceremony is famous for its wide-ranging collaborations—so famous that we rounded up our favorite 25 for its tenth anniversary not long ago—but its latest co-conspirator is a doozy: the one and...
View ArticleOn Our Radar: Opening Ceremony’s ABCs
While browsing for some last minute holiday gifts, we stumbled across Opening Ceremony’s embroidered alphabet sweater and decided it could be just the thing for those hard-to-shop-for characters on our...
View ArticleBrowsing Kenzo, Missoni, Mara Hoffman, And Comme des Garçons—Without Leaving...
Holiday travel tends to be about relaxing, not shopping, but just because there’s no Colette or Dover Street Market in sight doesn’t mean there’s no way to bring home a worthy souvenir. Hotel...
View ArticleFor Nicola Formichetti, It’s in the Bag
Mugler creative director Nicola Formichetti can multitask with the best of them. In 2012, the designer styled Lady Gaga, launched his Nicopanda streetwear line and guest edited an issue of Dazed &...
View ArticleRihanna and River Island Take London Fashion Week
Before you read any further, it’s important to note that you will never look like Rihanna. It’s just not going to happen. But thanks to British high street retailer River Island, you can now dress like...
View ArticleJacquemus Fall 2013
Label: Jacquemus, designed by Simon Porte Jacquemus Need to Know: Emerging self-taught French designer Simon Porte Jacquemus chose to show his Fall ’13 collection at a public pool in Paris’ Bastille...
View ArticlePoint. Set. Match: Opening Ceremony Serves up Sportswear with Adidas
Last summer, just in time for the London Olympics, Opening Ceremony teamed up with Adidas to create a capsule range of swimming and cycling apparel. Humberto Leon and Carol Lim so enjoyed the sporty...
View ArticleFashion’s Latest Emissary From The Fountain of Youth
Style.com contributing editor and party reporter Darrell Hartman circles the city and/em> “Yes, the lad was premature,” goes a line from The Picture of Dorian Gray. “He was gathering his harvest...
View ArticlePledging Allegiance to Kenzo
Leave it to Kenzo designers and Opening Ceremony founders Humberto Leon and Carol Lim to host a full-on Fourth of July BBQ a Paris. On Thursday, the pair invited guests such as André Saraiva, Rose...
View ArticleEat Your Heart Out, Zagat
Carole Sabas’ in-the-know guides to such cities as Miami, Paris, and New York are joined this week by The Fashion Friendly Guide to Los Angeles. The Paris Vogue contributor interviewed nearly forty...
View ArticleOn Our Radar: Niels Peeraer
Antwerp-born, Paris-based accessories designer Niels Peeraer specializes in creating a beauteous breed of wearable madness—and leather is his weapon of choice. “I love the toughness of it, the way it...
View ArticleExclusive: Opening Ceremony Brings In A Bit Of Belgium For Fall
Opening Ceremony‘s world tour in style has taken it to Japan, Korea, the U.K., and Argentina. For its latest cultural tourism via fashion import, Humberto Leon and Carol Lim turned their attention to...
View ArticleRiRi Round Two
After a much-discussed debut at London fashion week last season, Rihanna for River Island is back in all its sporty, sexed-up glory. The Fall range—the first delivery of which will hit River Island...
View ArticleDesigners Come Out Swinging—Just In Time For The U.S. Open
The U.S. Open’s top-tier tennis matches are a chance for the fashion set to celebrate the last days of summer, as we prepare for the month-long marathon of runway shows ahead. Back in June at the...
View ArticleCalifornication
From the streets of New York to the Paris ateliers, fashion is in a California state of mind. For proof, look at all the references to West Coast skate, surf, rave, grunge, and lowrider subcultures on...
View ArticleHalloween From The Sidelines
Halloween is tonight, and if you don’t have a costume at this point and would like one, you’re basically at the mercy of your closet. Best of luck. But for those who prefer an armchair version of...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Olivia Kim Brings Brite Lites, and Plenty of Gifts, to Nordstrom
“Not many retailers are willing to disrupt their business,” said Nordstrom’s director of creative projects, Olivia Kim. “But Nordstrom is, and to me, that’s what makes this job so fun and exciting.”...
View ArticleRetrosuperfuture, Now
The present, paradoxically enough, is looking good for the cult sunglass brand Retrosuperfuture. The Milanese label, whose sunglasses have long been available at retailers like Barneys and Fred Segal,...
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