Connecting with Fashion
I have spent the greater part of the past few years poring over fashion blogs, designer websites and photographs from impossibly distant events like the Met Gala or the Cannes Film Festival. I can identify an article of clothing purchased from any major retailer, if not just because I recognize it, but also because I [...]
Trendspotting: Uniformly Appealing
The biggest takeaway from New York Fashion Week came marching, not sashaying, out of Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park. Military-inspired pieces could be found in numerous Fall 2012 collections—from Alexander Wang (who outfitted Gisele Bündchen in a buttoned-up-to-the-throat black leather trench coat) to Prabal Gurung (who had one of his PYTs in a cape and neoprene [...]
Trendspotting: Tummy Time
The tummy is in the midst of a comeback for Spring 2012, but these fashions have less in common with the tanned-and-toned Britney Spears–type midsection than they do with a demure 1950s-era bikini. If you’re more ab flab than ab fab, you’ll be relieved to see that the navel remains under wraps, with most designers [...]
