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Tuesday, Nov 18
Narcisco Rodriguez Hoping for Another Chance to Dress Michelle Obama
At the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards at Splashlight Studios on Monday, Nov. 17, election fashion was still on everyone's mind. "She saw that dress and she liked it," said Narcisco Rodriguez, who designed Michelle Obama's Election Night dress. "She saw it on the runway, she chose it, I gues...
Tuesday, Nov 4
Monday, November 10
Love Heals benefit, 440 West 14th Street, 6 p.m., invite only; Glamour Women of the Year Awards, Carnegie Hall, 57th Street and Seventh Avenue, 6:30 p.m., invite only; Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation’s A Magical Evening, Marriot Marquis, 1535 Broadway, 6:30 p.m., 212-763-8594; New Yo...
No More Fashion Diktats—Cuddly Couturier Says: D.I.Y., Gals!
MR. MCCARTHY WORKS FAST; this collection, backed in part by close friend and makeup artist Kristin Gallegos, was made in just six and a half days. Unlike other designers, he worked directly with the fabrics he’s using, only later hiring a technical designer, Rebekah Allen. He needed the bac...
Monday, Nov 3
The Long and Winding Lagerfeld: Designers Apply Death Grip to Podium!
Just to refresh your memory, the Fashion Group International Awards (an annual hosting gig for yours truly) is to the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards what the Golden Globes is to the Oscars—that is, the naughty, cuter little sister.
Tuesday, Oct 28
Frakes Doesn't Eat Steaks! Vegan Nymphet Takes Bewildered City by Storm
In early July, Julia Frakes, a fashion blogger at Paper Magazine, arrived at the Christian Lacroix couture show in Paris with her mother, Jane Alperin. Ms. Frakes wore an $8,000 floral Balenciaga dress from the spring 2008 collection that resembles feminized body armor. She posed for phot...
Wednesday, Sep 10
Flounce and Frills at Anna Sui, So Why Is Everyone So Grumpy?
If bigger stars were present, they kept a low profile. But the show was replete with minor lights, like Billy Bob Goldstein, notable primarily for owning the mansion where Charlie's Angels was filmed. It was the grizzled cowboy's first time at Fashion Week, and he chatted with the Daily Tr...
Monday, Sep 8
Stalking in Louboutins, Smuggling Flats: The Two Faces of Fashion Week Footwear
SHOES HAVE INCREASINGLY become a focus of runways, with titanic designers like Manolo Blahnik and Christian Loubotin collaborating with young up-and-comers like Peter Som and Chris Benz, and other fledgling designers, like Alexander Wang, branching into footwear just several sea...
