With the commencement gowns and university gala season nearing, The New School is gearing up to honor three pivotal figures in the fashion industry at its annual Parsons Benefit in New York City. Designer Thom Browne, advocate and luxury brand consultant Bethann Hardison and the J.Crew Group’s chief executive officer Libby Wadle will be the … Read more
LVMH and the Council of Fashion Designers of America have partnered on a video series of conversations surrounding sustainability relevant to fashion and luxury. Titled “Voices of Impact,” the co-created series will launch on LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton and CFDA digital channels in its entirety on Tuesday during Earth Week (Monday through Friday). It … Read more
Instead of the standard, self-congratulatory acceptance speeches that are routine at many awards dinners, this year’s American Image Awards honorees were all about communal power. Presented by the American Apparel & Footwear Association, Tuesday night’s seated dinner at Gotham Hall in New York City attracted a few hundred supporters. AAFA’s president and chief executive officer … Read more
Actress Rosario Dawson and and Abrima Erwiah, the founding director of the Gromek Institute for Fashion Business at Parsons School of Design, are motivated by people, they told Fairchild Media Group editorial director James Fallon at FMG’s Wear House event during SXSW. The duo cofounded Studio One Eighty Nine, a direct-to-consumer, African-inspired lifestyle and fashion … Read more
The CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund, established by the Council of Fashion Designers of America and Vogue to help emerging American design talent find continued success, on Thursday opens the application process for the 2024 program. The Fashion Fund will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year. “Little did we know that when we launched the CFDA/Vogue … Read more
America might be divided into a lot of different camps, but if there was voting for the most salable and popular New York Fashion Week collection for fall 2024, Khaite‘s Catherine Holstein would win hands down. Assessing the scores of shows and takeaway trends from the week, retail executives repeatedly referenced Khaite at the top … Read more
Thom Browne is in a class by himself in American fashion. The master runway storyteller hosted a story hour to close out New York Fashion Week, with a staging of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” that was a phantasmagoria of poetry and craft, but commercial at its core. The set centered around a ginormous black … Read more
Grace Ling is the winner of the first CFDA/Genesis House AAPI Design + Innovation Grant, receiving a grand prize of $100,000. The participants, who included Andrew Kwon and Haoran Li and Siying Qu of Private Policy, were challenged to create a bespoke fashion collection highlighting the tension and balance between their Asian heritage and modernity … Read more
As one of a handful of U.S. designers invited to show on the Paris Fashion Week Men’s calendar, Angelo Urrutia is in an enviable position, but one that comes with its share of conflicting emotions. On the one hand, his 4SDesigns label is gaining in visibility and prestige. On the other, he still struggles with … Read more
“I’m a good lesson in aging. They should stick a needle in and take the serum out.” At 95, fashion designer Stan Herman wasn’t overstating the fact, during a “Fashion Icons” conversation with Fern Mallis at 92NY on Tuesday night. He explained, “I still think like a young person. I just don’t look like a … Read more
