VANESSA FRIEDMAN

September 13, 2017

Fashion Review: Ralph Lauren Wants to Take You for a Spin

On Tuesday night approximately 150 Mercedes S-class sedans and a host of SUVs wended their way out of Manhattan, ferrying more than 250 guests northeast to […]
September 12, 2017

Fashion Review: At Helmut Lang and Oscar de la Renta, Wrestling with History

One of the weirdest things about watching fashion shows on 9/11 — a juxtaposition that might in itself seem inappropriate but unavoidable, and has been since […]
September 11, 2017

Fashion Review: Rihanna and the Fashion X Games

A year ago Rihanna took her fashion line Fenty x Puma, only in its second season, to Paris — perhaps in search of some design legitimacy; […]
September 10, 2017

Fashion Review: A Lot of Sound and Supermodels, Signifying Not Much

On Saturday night, long after the sun had set and a pre-autumn chill had returned to the air, a horde of fashion folk were standing on […]
September 8, 2017

Open Thread: Open Thread: This Week in Style News

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 share, […]
September 7, 2017

Fashion Review: Tom Ford Rediscovers the 1990s, in a Good Way

The 1990s have been resurgent of late, largely thanks to their somewhat ignoble contributions to contemporary life: reality television and “Baywatch”; White House scandal and congressional […]
September 6, 2017

Is It New York Fashion Week? Or Is It Rihanna Inc.?

Is New York Fashion Week, which officially begins Thursday but actually begins Wednesday (thank you, Tom Ford), a dead duck? Is it a sinking ship, in […]
August 3, 2017

Unbuttoned: Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the Optics of Relatable Style

Unbuttoned By VANESSA FRIEDMAN Well, that look didn’t last long. After a very brief 10-day interlude of in-your-face bluster draped in Loro Piana tailoring courtesy of […]
July 27, 2017

Unbuttoned: A Call to Activism for Outdoor Apparel Makers

Unbuttoned By VANESSA FRIEDMAN There has been much ado over the past few months about the declarations of fashion designers regarding the current administration, but they […]
July 24, 2017

On the Runway: What is ‘Appropriate’ Work Dress? Readers Respond

Vanessa Friedman ON THE RUNWAY The National Assembly of France decided last week, like earlier decisions in the House of Commons in Britain and the House […]