Fashion and Apparel

October 12, 2016

Unbuttoned: Fashion Becomes a Victim of Its Own Oversharing

Unbuttoned By VANESSA FRIEDMAN We all know about the trends that come out of the four-week circus of shows otherwise known as fashion month, which began […]
October 10, 2016

Unbuttoned: Is Ralph Lauren Going to Be Hillary Clinton’s Dresser in Chief?

Unbuttoned By VANESSA FRIEDMAN Has Hillary Clinton found her dresser in chief? It would appear that way. While the Twitterverse was busy parsing the possible subtexts […]
October 8, 2016

W.N.B.A. Stars Try to Move Up to Fashion’s Front Row

It should have been a breakthrough moment: Swin Cash, a former forward for the New York Liberty of the W.N.B.A., was on the cover of Sports […]
October 6, 2016

Noted: David Beckham Makes His Presence Felt at Kent & Curwen

LONDON — David Beckham strode into the Kent & Curwen showroom here, just one block from the men’s wear mecca of Jermyn Street. He smiled amiably […]
October 6, 2016

Kate Middleton’s Tour of Canada: A Designer Scorecard

The masses have long been intrigued by royals’ fashion choices, and the royals, in turn, have used their sartorial presentation to establish and manage their reputations […]
October 5, 2016

Fashion Review: Renovating Fashion’s House

PARIS — The Paris shows began in a building site — Yves Saint Laurent’s new headquarters on the Rue de Bellechasse — and they ended in […]
October 4, 2016

List of Five: Kevin Hart’s Fashion Sense Is No Joke

Kevin Hart is one of the most successful comedians on earth, but his sense of style is no joke. With a new stand-up concert movie, “What […]
October 3, 2016

Remembering Sonia Rykiel, in Fashion’s Own Words

PARIS — A little more than a month ago, Sonia Rykiel, she of the pyramid of red hair and the famous “poor boy” sweaters, died from […]
October 2, 2016

Fashion Review: At Valentino, Pierpaolo Piccioli’s Metamorphosis

PARIS — When it was announced, back in July, that the design team of Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli, whose vision of Valentino-after-Valentino had propelled […]
October 1, 2016

At Valentino, Pierpaolo Piccioli on His Own

ROME — One sunny day in September, Pierpaolo Piccioli, the creative director of Valentino, was sitting behind a modern light-wood desk in the brand’s headquarters on […]