Fashion and Apparel

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

At the Fashion Awards in London, Mourning and Celebration

Amid champagne and sparkles, designers paid homage to the late Virgil Abloh. It was bitingly cold in London on the evening of the Fashion Awards, Britain’s […]
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 25, 2021

The ‘13 Going on 30’ Versace Dress Has Come Full Circle

A perfect storm of internet fashion trends — and Halloween — has resurrected a Y2K-era Versace dress. At least, for now. A funny thing happened on Nov. […]
November 24, 2021

A South African Shopping Site Where Artisans and Community Meet

At Victoria Yards in Johannesburg, artists, designers and makers of sorbet and spirits draw from their surroundings to create their products. “When I first saw it, […]
November 18, 2021

Gucci and Balenciaga's 'Hacker' Project Brings Out Fashion Fans

Die-hards and confused pedestrians alike vied for a first look at Gucci and Balenciaga’s “hacker” project. On Monday, several customers stepped into the Balenciaga store on […]
November 18, 2021

Fashion Fans in Line, for a ‘Hack’

Die-hards and confused pedestrians alike vied for a first look at Gucci and Balenciaga’s “hacker” project. On Monday, several customers stepped into the Balenciaga store on […]
November 17, 2021

Jason Jules and The Making of Black Ivy Style

A new book examines how Black civil rights leaders, jazzmen, artists and writers rewrote the sartorial codes of a largely white elite. It is a rare […]
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 […]