Fashion and Apparel

September 2, 2020

Politics Is Back in Fashion

Around this time four years ago, the American fashion industry did something it had never done before: It pledged its troth, publicly, and practically unanimously, to […]
August 31, 2020

Lady Gaga’s Masks Win the V.M.A.s

The question of what the red carpet, that weird celebrity style ritual that reached its apogee in the early 21st century as a marketing/social media/fashion Frankenstein’s […]
August 29, 2020

Fashion Advertisers Rediscover Black Models

Nearly a decade ago, when Precious Lee arrived for a modeling go-see, she was grilled about her ethnic background. The clients, who were representing a deep-pocketed […]
August 28, 2020

About Melania Trump's Lime Green Dress and Ivanka Trump in Black

It ended with a spectacle, there is no doubt. A panoply of Trumps, arrayed on a makeshift stage created on the South Lawn of the White […]
August 28, 2020

The 2020 Party Conventions Gave New Meaning to Political Theater

The largely virtual format of the Republican and Democratic national conventions meant that even more than usual, the messages were embedded within the visual presentation. Here […]
August 28, 2020

About Melania Trump's Lime Green Dress and Ivanka Trump in Black

It ended with a spectacle, there is no doubt. A panoply of Trumps, arrayed on a makeshift stage created on the South Lawn of the White […]
August 26, 2020

Melania Trump, Dressed for Battle. But Which One?

On the second night of the Republican National Convention, Melania Trump came dressed for battle. She strode alone down the white-pillared colonnade of the White House […]
August 21, 2020

Joe Biden Says Goodbye, Uncle Joe and Hello, Father of the Nation

He is no longer “Uncle Joe.” Joseph R. Biden Jr., now officially the Democratic Party’s nominee for president, has dabbled in various imagery over the years, […]
August 17, 2020

Why We Cover What Politicians Wear

Ever since Kamala Harris was announced as Joe Biden’s choice for vice president, making her the first Black woman and the first person of Indian descent […]
August 13, 2020

What Are Walter Van Beirendonck, Virgil Abloh and Kanye West Fighting About?

On Tuesday night, the rapper, designer and presidential candidate Kanye West passionately defended his longtime friend and former creative partner Virgil Abloh on Twitter. “Virgil can […]