VANESSA FRIEDMAN

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 […]
May 27, 2021

Cruella is the New Miranda Priestly

The new Disney movie is the latest in a long line of Hollywood films that demonizes the industry. Why? There is a scene, about halfway through […]
May 23, 2021

The Joy of Eurovision Fashion

For once, entertainers gather and judges bestow awards, but big-brand marketing is conspicuously absent. It is an uncomfortable reality of the modern communal spectacle that more […]
May 18, 2021

Liz Cheney: The Model of a Modern Never-Trumper

The representative from Wyoming embodies a different kind of Republican female power player tradition. In the six days since her defenestration from the leadership ranks of […]
May 14, 2021

Will We All Want to Be Wearing Halston Soon?

A new Netflix show could create the viral fashion trend of summer. Except the clothes play second fiddle to the divadom and drama. It was bound […]
May 14, 2021

Halston on Netflix: Will We All Want to Wear it Soon?

A new Netflix show could create the viral fashion trend of summer. Except the clothes play second fiddle to the divadom and drama. It was bound […]
April 29, 2021

The Lesson of Tony Blair’s Long Hair

The former British prime minister appeared in a recent television interview with a whole different look. It pushed a lot of buttons. What is it with […]
April 28, 2021

Kamala Harris and Jill Biden’s First 100 Days of Style

Kamala Harris doesn’t want to talk about clothes. Neither does Jill Biden. You can understand why. But lots of people still want to know what they […]
April 6, 2021

Is This the Future of Face Masks?

Will.i.am and Honeywell introduce the first connected mask. Think sneakers meet smartphones. The story begins with Marc Benioff, the chief executive of the cloud computing company […]
April 5, 2021

Lena Dunham and the Spanx Liberation Movement

The actor-writer-director-controversy creator is back with a new project: a plus-size clothing line. The whole body positivity thing? She has thoughts. In the 10 or so […]