VANESSA FRIEDMAN

May 26, 2017

Critic's Notebook: Melania Trump on Display, Dressed in Ambivalence and Armor

And so we come to the end of what has been the longest and most comprehensive viewing of Melania Trump playing the role of first lady […]
May 22, 2017

On the Runway: The Pippa Middleton Wedding Dress Effect

Vanessa Friedman ON THE RUNWAY It was a big weekend for red-carpet people-watching — what with the Cannes Film Festival, President Trump’s first trip abroad since […]
May 19, 2017

Open Thread: Open Thread: This Week in Style News

Each week, the Open Thread newsletter will offer a look from across The New York Times at the forces that shape the dress codes we share, […]
May 12, 2017

On the Runway: Dior in the Desert

Vanessa Friedman ON THE RUNWAY When it comes to shows, fashion loves a venue metaphor: museums, art galleries, palatial chateaus — buildings and exotic destinations of […]
May 9, 2017

On the Runway: Can Coach Create an American Fashion Empire?

Vanessa Friedman ON THE RUNWAY In 2000, a company called Pegasus Apparel Group was founded with private equity money and a big idea: Buy a group […]
May 2, 2017

Fashion Review: Reviewing the Met Gala: The Good, the Avant-Garde, the Absurd

What does it mean, as the invitation requested, to dress “Avant-Garde”? This was the question Monday night at the Met Gala, the annual fund-raising event for […]
May 1, 2017

Open Thread: Welcome to Open Thread, Our New Fashion Newsletter

Each week, the Open Thread newsletter will offer a look from across The New York Times at the forces that shape the dress codes we share, […]
April 30, 2017

On the Runway: Everything to Know About the Met Gala

Vanessa Friedman ON THE RUNWAY Officially, it’s the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute benefit, a black-tie extravaganza held the first Monday in May to raise […]
April 26, 2017

On the Runway: Ivanka Trump and the Issue of Image in Berlin

Vanessa Friedman ON THE RUNWAY Ivanka Trump’s first official public appearance in her new position as a special adviser to her father, President Trump, was, as […]
April 18, 2017

On the Runway: Dressing the Part: Melania Trump at the White House Easter Egg Roll

Vanessa Friedman ON THE RUNWAY The nudge the first lady gave President Trump, apparently to remind him to put his hand over his heart for the […]