VANESSA FRIEDMAN

December 17, 2021

Can We Talk About Ugly Christmas Sweaters?

A reader has several questions about a holiday tradition. Should we participate in the ugly Christmas sweater phenomenon? And why do people even call them “ugly”? […]
December 17, 2021

How Elizabeth Holmes Changed Her Style for Trial

As the fraud trial of the Theranos founder draws to a close, could her new courtroom image affect the decision? Some day, the three-month-long Elizabeth Holmes […]
December 14, 2021

That Viral Harry Styles Cardigan Just Got Auctioned as an NFT

Jonathan Anderson, the designer who made the original sweater, explains how it happened and what’s next. The love affair between fashion and NFTs shows no sign […]
December 14, 2021

That Viral Harry Styles Cardigan Just Got Auctioned as an NFT

Jonathan Anderson, the designer who made the original sweater, explains how it happened and what’s next. The love affair between fashion and NFTs shows no sign […]
December 10, 2021

What’s the Secret to Monochrome Dressing?

A reader asks for guidance on picking a color and sticking with it. With the dreariness of winter approaching, I’m craving outfits of a single, bright […]
November 30, 2021

Jill Biden’s White House Christmas Display Looks Very … Normal

You won’t find any blood-red trees this year. Gone are the blood-red trees. Gone are the icy, sparkling boughs and the imagery of a woman isolated […]
November 30, 2021

The Guccis Are Really Not Happy About ‘House of Gucci’

When artistic license collides with reality, which one wins? The fractious Gucci family, whose internecine power struggles famously helped it lose the company Guccio Gucci founded […]
November 28, 2021

Virgil Abloh, Barrier-Breaking Designer, Is Dead at 41

His expansive approach to design inspired comparisons to artists including Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons. For him, clothes were totems of identity. Virgil Abloh, the barrier-breaking […]
November 17, 2021

What Was Fashion Doing at COP26?

Trading buzzwords, talking circularity and grappling with the role of clothes in the climate crisis. The first time fashion got anywhere near an official United Nations […]
November 12, 2021

How Can I Channel My Inner 1930s Movie Star?

A reader asks for guidance on finding glamorous loungewear. Around Christmas and New Year’s, my husband and I enjoy watching films from the 1930s and ’40s. […]