Fashion and Apparel

June 9, 2017

Fashion Report: Youth, Beauty and Politics at a Student Fashion Show in London

LONDON — As Britain headed to the polls on Thursday to vote in the general election, fashion industry stalwarts crammed into a Shoreditch warehouse on the […]
June 8, 2017

Unbuttoned: A Primer on Power Dressing From ‘House of Cards’

Unbuttoned By VANESSA FRIEDMAN It was the black outfit in Episode 1 that made me sit up in surprise. That is to say, the black outfit […]
June 6, 2017

What if Your Environmentally Correct Shoes Were Also Cute?

While waiting to board a flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco, Dr. Karli Cleary was approached by two 20-something women. They wanted to know, needed […]
June 2, 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 31, 2017

Did Gucci Copy ‘Dapper Dan’? Or Was It ‘Homage’?

Who knocks off the knockers-off? Who bootlegs the bootleggers? It is not quite as Juvenal, the great Roman satirist, once put it (“who watches the watchmen?”), […]
May 30, 2017

The Gucci Resort Renaissance

FLORENCE — At Gucci, people like to call Alessandro Michele the renaissance man. Since his ascent to the role of creative director just over two years […]
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 25, 2017

The Second Biggest Fashion Show in Cannes

CANNES, France — Forget Nicole Kidman in an Alexander McQueen sheer peach lace halter dress; forget Elle Fanning in a Rodarte lavender tulle ball gown and […]
May 25, 2017

Balenciaga, Fashion’s Original Provocateur

LONDON — The internet went into its now de rigueur frenzy recently after Balenciaga released a blue, roughly $2,000, trapezoidal tote, created by the artistic director […]
May 23, 2017

Party Coverage: Scene City: Kendall Jenner, Mary J. Blige and Al Gore Party at Cannes

Party Coverage: Scene City By RACHEL DONADIO ANTIBES, France — Around 11 on Saturday night, Mary J. Blige walked into the party hosted by Vanity Fair […]