Fashion and Apparel

January 23, 2020

Gaultier’s Great Goodbye

PARIS — Jean Paul Gaultier, the French designer who put Madonna in a bullet-bra and men in skirts, scandalized the couture establishment by hosting the TV […]
January 20, 2020

France’s Unofficial Minister for Fashion Isn’t Afraid of a Redesign

In France, where fashion is considered part of the patrimony and first ladies have been front-row regulars (and supermodels), the government has long treated the industry […]
January 19, 2020

Fighting Back With Color

PARIS — “Fashion week is like the playoffs, like a championship,’’ the musician Quavo said as he made the rounds here this week. “There are some […]
January 16, 2020

Caroline Vreeland, a Singer With a Famous Fashion Name

Name: Caroline Vreeland Age: 32 Hometown: Belvedere, Calif. Now lives: In a one-bedroom apartment in the Boerum Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. Claim to fame: Ms. Vreeland, […]
January 14, 2020

Olivia Palermo Got a Lot Out of That Internship

In 2018 Olivia Palermo hired a social media agency to help build her online following. She already had five million followers on Instagram. That agency noticed […]
January 9, 2020

Losing Prince Harry and Meghan, and (Potentially) Billions of Pounds

LONDON — The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in May 2018, watched by a television audience of almost two billion viewers worldwide, was heralded […]
January 8, 2020

Brioni Girds for Men’s Wear Combat

FLORENCE, Italy — Consistency is a tough sell in an age of obsolescence. Say what you will about sustainability, few 21st-century habits die harder than consume […]
January 8, 2020

Even NASCAR Drivers Need a Stylist

“All the stylists must still be on holiday.” “She looks like she lost her stylist.” So went some of the Twitter asides on Sunday evening as […]
January 8, 2020

Real Men Don’t Rent

ImageCredit…Photo Illustration by The New York Times; Getty Images Real Men Don’t Rent There’s only one problem as the growing clothing rental market inches toward offering […]
January 7, 2020

The Leopard Pony Coat Chronicles

The speed of time is the speed of a clock, and goes by, we can probably agree, in a blur. The speed of fashion is seemingly […]