There has been precious little politics at New York Fashion Week this season, but Ukrainian designer Svitlana Bevza’s mere presence was a reminder of the ongoing war, and the much-needed American aid package winding its way through Congress. The designer, who founded Bevza in 2006 in Kiev, where it is still produced, chose a symbolic … Read more
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter!? No need to adjust your screen, that was Beyoncé along with Solange and Tina Knowles front row at Luar, lighting up Brooklyn. Fresh off unveiling “Renaissance Act II” at Sunday’s Super Bowl, Beyoncé showed up to Raul Lopez’ fall runway on auntie duty, taking in the collection and watching Solange’s son Daniel … Read more
Foregoing a traditional runway show, Elena Velez counter programmed the Super Bowl with a costumed literary salon on Sunday night, calling it “an opportunity to bring the fashion industry into my community of writers and podcasters, public intellectuals, poets and philosophers.” (Full disclosure, I did not make it — not because of football; I just … Read more
The kids — and a PETA protester — stormed the James B. Duke mansion on the Upper East Side on Monday afternoon, where Coach held its fall 2024 runway. Midway through the show, which conjured “Saltburn” with its irreverent chopped-up uptown party dresses and “worn loved” leather jackets with no pants looks, a protester burst … Read more
Tommy Hilfiger and Jon Batiste’s prep pep rally aside, there’s a tinge of melancholia on the fall 2024 runways so far this season, which is hardly surprising considering the state of things. “It’s probably the most amount of black clothing looks we’ve ever done,” said Jack McCollough backstage after the Proenza Schouler show, where the … Read more
In the more is more camp of fashion, Libertine’s Johnson Hartig excels. His fall 2024 collection was logo-less luxury peacocking at its best, tapping into the current love of all things surreal with floating eyes, ears, lips, airplane, jewel and flower galaxy prints on wearable tailoring and trenches. Hartig showed off his flair for handcraft … Read more
Adam Lippes will be kicking off New York Fashion Week early by hosting a 10th anniversary dinner party at Majorelle on Tuesday night, with a glittery list of Swan-like guests including Molly Ringwald, Ivy Getty, Tory Burch and Deeda Blair. When reached Friday, Lippes hadn’t yet had a chance to watch Ryan Murphy’s new hit … Read more
Philipp Plein offered a remote walkthrough to introduce his brand’s latest collection, joining a video call directly from his car as he was leaving Spain after a fruitful business trip. The Spanish touchdown enabled him to check on his handful of stores across the country, with the one in Madrid giving him particularly encouraging stats as … Read more
When Nicola Brognano exited Blumarine at the end of 2023, a question mark hung on the fate of the Y2K aesthetic the Italian designer brought to the brand. The appointment of Walter Chiapponi as his successor suggests the label will likely pursue a more sophisticated, understated direction – one that’s so on-demand right now. Before … Read more
The introspective fashion phase of Alessandro Dell’Acqua is still in full swing, as the designer continued to creatively look inward to the No. 21 world rather than seeking references outside for inspiration. For pre-fall 2024, he reshuffled key codes of his fashion to serve a cool collection that ran the gamut from tomboy-ish attitude to … Read more
