Paris Fashion Week

October 3, 2019

Catwalk Crashers at Chanel. Animal Sex at Stella.

PARIS — The morning of Jacques Chirac’s funeral the sun came out. There was an autumn crispness to the air and Paris was, on Monday, as […]
October 3, 2019

Meet the Chanel Crasher

For the fashion commentariat, the front row used to be everything. But these days, if you have something to say, you’re better off infiltrating the runway […]
February 27, 2019

The Flower Disrupter

Fashion’s favorite florist learned her trade at Tom Ford, watching all the bouquets go by.
September 10, 2018

6 Models to Watch This Season

A roundup of the most intriguing fresh faces — some making their runway debuts during the spring 2019 shows, others a few seasons in.
September 6, 2018

5 New Designers to Watch This Season

Hailing from New York, London and Paris, these emerging talents will show their debut collections this month.
March 5, 2018

Fashion Review: A Shades of Gray Show that Was Genuinely Worth Watching

Drawing the feminist form at Thom Browne, true romance at Valentino and facing the future at Stella McCartney.
February 8, 2018

Unbuttoned: Fashion Week in the Wake of #MeToo: An Insider’s Guide

Advertisement Talk about fighting for eyeballs. Squeezed in between the Super Bowl and the Oscars, competing with the Olympics for attention, the first fashion month of […]
October 12, 2017

Unbuttoned: Fashion’s Gossip Addiction

Unbuttoned By VANESSA FRIEDMAN Fashion has an addiction problem. I am not talking about illicit substances here, though the industry’s past issues with those have been […]
October 5, 2017

The Latest Act of a Designer Found, Lost and Found Again

PARIS — The new name on the Paris Fashion Week schedule was an old name on the Paris Fashion Week schedule. On Monday afternoon, André Walker, […]
October 1, 2017

Fashion Review: The Verdict on Clare Waight Keller’s Givenchy

PARIS — It takes a certain amount of gumption to hold your first show for a historic French brand in the echoing, imposing halls of the […]