Instead of wearing red, white, or blue, Melania Trump went with a black-and-white polka-dot dress to cast her ballot on Election Day in Palm Beach, Fla. While many former first ladies favor American brands for global photo-ops, Trump opted for a frock from Dior and sunglasses to vote at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation … Read more
As the last stop during fashion month, Paris is always the best place to gauge the direction in which fashion is headed, and for spring 2025, those in the French capital swung back toward what has historically been their strong suit: opulence. From Bergdorf Goodman’s Linda Fargo to Jessica Crawley at the Al Tayer Group, … Read more
NEW HORIZONS: Most designers like to celebrate after their runway show, but Gabriela Hearst marked her return to Paris Fashion Week with a party two days before the event. The New York-based designer teamed with Michael Kliger, chief executive officer of e-commerce platform Mytheresa, to host what was billed as a “supper club evening” at … Read more
Gabriela Hearst‘s fashion shows are memorable not only for the clothing and artisanal craft, but for their Instagrammable lunch spreads, which over the years have featured vegan Wellington, empanadas, farm-to-table crudites as artfully arranged as a garden and more. That instinct to feed her guests, which she has been doing since 2017, is directly related … Read more
Gabriela Hearst, who staged her spring 2021 collection in the French capital, is returning to Paris Fashion Week for the spring 2025 edition. According to the provisional calendar released Monday by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, Ludovic de Saint Sernin, who showed in New York last February as part of … Read more
Three-and-a-half years is a haul for a designer to quietly toil away on one project, but now Laura Weber can finally share the details of one Olympic-level undertaking. The Dublin-born New York-based talent is creating Team Ireland’s uniforms for the opening and closing ceremonies at the Summer Games in Paris. In addition to the 158 … Read more
What does Gabriela Hearst have in common with the Neolithic henge monument in Avebury, England? Both emit an unreal energy you must experience to understand, the former’s palpable even over Zoom on an iPad stood in her Paris showroom, where the designer flicked through photos of her resort collection captured in this prehistoric site, model … Read more
TOGETHER AGAIN: Gabriela Hearst has hired Thomas Klein as vice president, communications, a new role at her fashion house. He starts Thursday, reporting to Hearst and also working in close collaboration with Thierry Colin, chief executive officer of the American brand, synonymous with sustainable luxury. Klein already worked with Hearst in his previous role as … 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
LONDON — There’s nowhere more fitting for Uruguayan-born designer Gabriela Hearst to be on a panel talking about sustainability than Winfield House, the official residence of Jane D. Hartley, the U.S. ambassador to the Court of St. James’s, which has the largest private garden in central London after Buckingham Palace. Hearst was conceived in a … Read more
