VANESSA FRIEDMAN

November 4, 2019

Even ‘Project Runway’ Couldn’t Save Zac Posen

Once upon a time, back in ye olde days of 2002, a young designer, just shy of 21 years old, was discovered by a store that […]
October 25, 2019

Alber Elbaz Is Back in Fashion

Alber Elbaz is ready for his comeback. On Friday, Richemont, the Swiss luxury group, announced that it had entered into a partnership with Mr. Elbaz, the […]
October 24, 2019

You Too Can Play the Handbag Stock Market

Earlier this year Kylie Jenner, the beauty mogul and Kardashian-Jenner family member, gave one of her patented home tours to Architectural Digest. It featured her collection […]
October 21, 2019

Nicolas Ghesquière, Poster Boy for Fashion-Against-Trump

Nicolas Ghesquière, the artistic director of Louis Vuitton women’s wear and one of the designer jewels in the LVMH crown, has spoken out — or posted […]
October 18, 2019

When Brand Trump Met Brand Vuitton

On Thursday two of the most powerful brands in politics and high fashion collided in Johnson County, Texas, a rural area about a half-hour’s drive south […]
October 11, 2019

Let’s Talk About Vladimir Putin’s Birthday Photo Op

[Open Thread is a weekly email from Vanessa Friedman. She’ll even answer your toughest fashion questions! To get it by email, sign up here.] Hello, and […]
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 […]
September 28, 2019

Inside the Fashion Bubble

PARIS — When a parade of black-robed figures files solemnly by, each wielding a long, narrow black scepter, or spear (it was hard to tell), and […]
March 25, 2019

Unbuttoned: Is Apple Saying Goodbye to Fashion?

When Apple introduced the Apple Watch five years ago, the whole tech industry began to flirt with style. But interest in wearables has cooled.
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.