VANESSA FRIEDMAN

February 16, 2023

What Does It Mean to Dress Rich?

At New York Fashion Week, it was clear that the sartorial signifiers of wealth and status were changing. Ten o’clock in the morning in the middle […]
February 15, 2023

The Prince of New York

Thom Browne offers a new theory of American fashion. There is currently a class about the designer Thom Browne being taught not, as one might expect, […]
February 13, 2023

Rihanna’s Big Red Super Bowl Reveal

She’s pregnant and once again setting the rules for maternity fashion. On Sunday night, the most watched fashion show of New York Fashion Week took place […]
February 13, 2023

Rihanna’s Big Red Super Bowl Reveal

She’s pregnant and once again setting the rules for maternity fashion. On Sunday night, the most watched fashion show of New York Fashion Week took place […]
February 11, 2023

Collina Strada Opens New York Fashion Week With Animal Transformations

Collina Strada starts New York Fashion Week with a bark. And a woof. A snort? Definitely a giggle. What is it with the animal world and […]
February 8, 2023

Volodymyr Zelensky Meets King Charles III in a Sweatshirt

In October 2020, just over a year after he was elected president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife, Olena Zelenska, took an official trip to […]
February 8, 2023

The Future of Balenciaga Is on the Line

And everything else you need to know to hold forth on fashion month at a cocktail party. Get ready. Your feeds are about to be crammed […]
January 25, 2023

The Joy of Dressing Like a Rock God

Four days before they arrived in New York, just after their third album release and just before their Grammy’s close-up and the next leg of their […]
January 25, 2023

How to Dress Like a Rock God

Maneskin has a new album, a best new artist Grammy nomination and a lot of thoughts on fashion. Four days before they arrived in New York, […]
January 19, 2023

Madonna Announces Celebration Tour

Why would we even want her to? Madonna has once again infiltrated the pop culturesphere. The 64-year-old singer announced her 12th world tour — a spin […]