Fashion and Apparel

November 20, 2017

Remembering Azzedine Alaïa: The Designer Who Took Time

Advertisement The last time I saw Azzedine Alaïa, the Tunisian-French designer who died this past weekend and was possibly the last of the great couturiers, it […]
November 18, 2017

Azzedine Alaïa, Fashion’s Most Independent Designer, Is Dead at 82

Advertisement Azzedine Alaïa, one of the greatest and most uncompromising designers of the 20th and 21st centuries, has died in Paris. He was 82. The cause […]
November 17, 2017

Open Thread: Open Thread: This Week in Style News

Advertisement 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 […]
November 17, 2017

Dressing to Play a Power Woman

Advertisement LONDON — In 1977 Sidney Lumet’s film “Network,” about the struggles of a fictional television group, won four Academy Awards, including a best actress Oscar […]
November 16, 2017

On the Runway: Louise Linton and Steve Mnuchin’s Money Moment

Advertisement Though much has been made of the glowing glances with which Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, and his wife, Louise Linton, ogled the first sheets […]
November 14, 2017

Memorial T-Shirts Create a Little Justice, a Tiny Peace

Advertisement CHICAGO — Quentin Harris lives in the Englewood neighborhood here, and each year he commissions designs by Big City Fashions as an instrumental part of […]
November 13, 2017

Why Fashion Can’t Stop Looking North

Advertisement LONDON — What are the first things that spring to mind when you think of the north of England? The Beatles, cobbled streets and Manchester […]
November 13, 2017

Luxury in a Turbulent World: What’s Next?

Advertisement What’s next? There are more than 20 books on Amazon with those two words in the title (and subtitles like “Britain’s Future in Europe,” “Creativity […]
November 13, 2017

The Death Knell for the Bricks-and-Mortar Store? Not Yet

On a quiet strip of Rue de Marignan, just down the block from the Paris power-lunch spot L’Avenue, Alex Bolen, the chief executive of Oscar de […]
November 13, 2017

In Berlin, a Design Studio Puts Luxury Into 3-D

Advertisement Is 3-D printing the shape of fashion to come? From the rise of brands selling digitally fabricated jewelry on platforms like Shapeways to the proclamations […]