While reading Chloé: Attitudes, I came across this striking dress designed by Karl Lagerfeld during his tenure with the label. Named after Sergei Rachmaninoff, a Russian composer and pianist, the ‘Rachmaninoff’ dress is […]
No one can forget the vision that was Rita Hayworth in Gilda. Aside from actress’s alluring beauty and sass, much of the character’s iconic image can be attributed to designer […]
Yesterday, British Vogue revealed their August cover starring Victoria Beckham and a special little puppy. I think it makes the cover fun, especially since Ms. Beckham never smiles. It also […]
Swimsuits are making a splash in every magazine, and since I find a lot of contemporary editorials ether too sexy or too fussy or over-ccessorized (I mean, who goes to the beach […]
Sometime last year I began to diagram the incestuous world of grand Haute Couture. The same two dozen names kept popping up in my readings, and I wanted to connect […]
In the light of Kimye Vogue controversy, I’d like to do a little time jump to 1992 and the time supermodel Cindy Crawford and eternal dreamboat Richard Gere graced the cover of […]
While reading Grace Coddington’s autobiography, a designer name that I didn’t recognize kept popping up. “Zoran made minimal and clever clothes and the quality of his cashmere was fantastic,” wrote […]
Claude Montana‘s somber story is not uncommon in the fashion industry. It goes something like this: Talented designer hits big time, is adorned by the fashion world, before collapsing into […]
Nothing reminds me how fickle the fashion industry is than Isaac Mizrahi‘s tumble from the top. The designer who was at the very top of the game, just as I […]
A bottle of Chanel No. 5 sells every thirty seconds somewhere in the world every day. Not bad for a century year-old concoction. To this day, young perfumers try to […]
No garment has made a soaring high fashion jump as the sweatshirt has in the last couple of years. Thanks to Balenciaga, Kenzo, and Isabel Marant, it suddenly became okay […]
One iconic photograph, all of a sudden he was everywhere. This 2001 photograph of Kate Moss by Corinne Day is proof that one moment can make a career. Less than […]