June 22, 2022

Dressing Simply, but Well. It’s Not So Simple.

Upselling the suit was on the agenda during this Milan Fashion Week, when Italian men’s wear returned in glory. MILAN — Conjuring the pleasures of being […]
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 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 3, 2021

Gucci Makes a Hollywood Entrance

LOS ANGELES — On election night in America, in the shadow of Grauman’s Chinese Theater and amid the panting anticipation for Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci” […]
May 28, 2021

A Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Splits the Gucci Family

One of Guccio Gucci’s great-granddaughters went public with alleged wrongdoing, and now her younger sister is involved too. For the last few months, scenes from Lake […]
November 22, 2020

Even Harry Styles in Jorts Can’t Save Gucci’s Mini-Series

A few months ago, back when most live fashion shows got canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic and digital shows took their place, I had a […]
October 30, 2020

Tiffany Deal Is a Signature Move by the Sun Tzu of Luxury

The soap opera also known as the largest deal in luxury, the LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton-Tiffany acquisition, finally has a happy ending. The two companies […]
October 2, 2020

Fungus May Be Fall’s Hottest Fashion Trend

It may be fashion week in Paris, with showgoers in face coverings parsing runway looks from the latest designer ready-to-wear collections, but several thousand miles away […]
July 17, 2020

A Fashion Show Epilogue. Or Was It an Elegy?

In 1964 Andy Warhol trained a camera on the Empire State Building for about six and a half hours, in a meditation on the nature of […]