VANESSA FRIEDMAN

January 8, 2018

E! Network Fumbles Over #WhyWeWearBlack

Advertisement E! Entertainment built an entire two-hour pre-awards franchise on revealing to the world what designer gowns and tuxes various actors and actresses were modeling on […]
January 5, 2018

The Red Carpet Is Its Own Economy

Advertisement “For years, we’ve sold these awards shows as women, with our gowns and colors and our beautiful faces and our glamour,” the actress Eva Longoria […]
December 23, 2017

Unbuttoned: The Daniel Day-Lewis Version of Fantasy Fashion Diva

Advertisement Much has been made in recent weeks of “Phantom Thread,” the Paul Thomas Anderson movie about a 1950s couturier that opens, like a big present […]
December 22, 2017

On the Runway: Meghan Markle’s Sheer Top Was a Sneaky Statement for a Royal Portrait

Advertisement Meghan Markle, the soon-to-be wife of the man who is soon to be sixth in line to the British throne, set off something of a […]
November 30, 2017

On the Runway: In India, Ivanka Trump Tried on Some Fashion Diplomacy. Was it a Good Look?

Advertisement Where is the line between culturally appropriate dress and cultural appropriation? It was hard to look at Ivanka Trump’s wardrobe during her India trip this […]
November 27, 2017

Next on Meghan Markle’s To Do List: Choose Her Royal Style

Royal watchers, fairy tale lovers and proponents of the “special relationship” between Britain and the United States, let out your collective breath: Prince Harry, fifth in […]
November 27, 2017

Pinups in the Post-Weinstein World

This is a big week for women in their underwear. On Tuesday, the Victoria’s Secret fashion show, a.k.a. “the world’s biggest fashion event,” airs on TV […]
November 24, 2017

Open Thread: Open Thread: This Week in Style News

Advertisement Each week, the Open Thread newsletter will offer a look from across The New York Times at the forces that shape the dress codes we […]
November 20, 2017

Remembering Azzedine Alaïa: The Designer Who Took Time

Advertisement The last time I saw Azzedine Alaïa, the Tunisian-French designer who died this past weekend and was possibly the last of the great couturiers, it […]
November 18, 2017

Azzedine Alaïa, Fashion’s Most Independent Designer, Is Dead at 82

Advertisement Azzedine Alaïa, one of the greatest and most uncompromising designers of the 20th and 21st centuries, has died in Paris. He was 82. The cause […]