Ralph Lauren’s runway bow is one of the most eagerly awaited in the fashion business, number one to see what he is wearing, and number two to see how warmly he acknowledges his family, always his most enthusiastic cheering section. On Monday night, everyone felt like family at his offices at 650 Madison where the … Read more
The 2024 Femmy Awards, presented by The Underfashion Club, the intimate apparel industry charitable organization dedicated to education, has scheduled its annual event for Aug. 6 once again at Cipriani 42nd Street. Honorees include Commando, Eberjey, Regina Miracle, Vanity Fair and Mayur Vansia, director of innovation at Victoria’s Secret. Commando will win for “Brand Evolution,” … Read more
Promise Project’s annual spring fundraiser, “Beautiful Promise,” will take place May 7 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Metropolitan Pavilion at 123 West 18th Street in New York. This year, Promise Project will honor Assemblyman Robert Carroll, the leading literacy advocate in the New York State Legislature. Once again, emcee WABC-TV’s Bill Ritter will … Read more
California’s indoor-outdoor lifestyle is front and center at the gorgeous Ozma store now open in Los Angeles‘ Frogtown neighborhood. Ozma founder Heidi Baker spent seven years as global senior designer at Levi Strauss & Co. before leaving to set on her own path in fashion, launching her business in 2015, focusing on sustainably sourced and … Read more
California’s indoor-outdoor lifestyle is front and center at the gorgeous Ozma store now open in Los Angeles‘ Frogtown neighborhood. Ozma founder Heidi Baker spent seven years as global senior designer at Levi Strauss & Co. before leaving to set on her own path in fashion, launching her business in 2015, focusing on sustainably sourced and … Read more
Camilla is making waves at Saks. Camilla Franks, founder and creative director of the Australian resort and ready-to-wear brand Camilla, flew into New York to celebrate the 10th anniversary of her company’s partnership with Saks Fifth Avenue. At a dinner party at L’Avenue at Saks Thursday night, Saks toasted the Camilla brand, which opened a … Read more
One of the fashion industry’s most iconic dresses is the bandage dress, the form-fitting dress that was the uniform of ’90s models. It was created by designer Hervé L. Leroux, who went on to become Hervé Léger. Leroux, who was actually born Hervé Peugnet on May 30, 1957, in Bapaume in northern France, studied sculpture … Read more
Michael Kors has unveiled its Mother’s Day campaign featuring model Grace Elizabeth and her growing family. Shot by Cass Bird and styled by Alex Harrington, the campaign was shot in a studio in New York at the end of January, featuring the then-pregnant model and her husband, Nicolas Krause, and their three-year-old son, Noah. The … Read more
Onstage during Arielle Smith’s fabulous new, female-first vision of the classic “Carmen,” which had its world premiere at the San Francisco Ballet Thursday night, the titular character wields a fiery red apron like a tool of manipulation — using it to tug at, toy with, and take control of her lovers. This is not Carmen … Read more
Everyone has a so-L.A. moment, probably more than one. For Thom Browne, it was some time in the early 1990s while he was living here, a model/actor inching toward fashion design, when he spotted one of his idols in the bakery aisle of the Sunset Boulevard grocery store Chalet Gourmet. “It was Liza Minnelli,” he … Read more
