Throughout her almost two decade-long career, top model Hanne Gaby Odiele has fronted numerous campaigns; walked runways for Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton, Calvin Klein, Versace, Chanel and more, and been a fashion-industry favorite both on and off the runway for her power walks and keen personal style. Odiele often mixes high fashion looks with grounded, … Read more
Tanner Fletcher has been one of New York City’s emerging designer brands to watch for the past few seasons, with designers Tanner Richie and Fletcher Kasell making waves for their way of bringing modern touches to vintage aesthetics through their genderless designs. The designers, who were CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalists and CFDA Emerging Designer of … Read more
Attention zeroed in on Miley Cyrus’ Gucci bamboo bag as she tried to pull out an acceptance speech during the 66th Grammy Awards earlier this month. Turns out, she didn’t need it and instead recited her thanks from memory, but the televised moment brought fresh attention to the iconic bag style, first introduced in 1947 featuring … Read more
Offered any fabric in the world to make their next collection, plenty of designers would opt for vicuña, baby cashmere, mulberry silk, Japanese denim or some such. Not Iris van Herpen. Her dream would be to use invisibility cloak — except only the U.S. Army seems to have authorization for this mysterious material, which bends … Read more
Sheila Metzner recalls her first commission from a major New York magazine that catapulted her career. It was in the early ’80s when she received a call from Lloyd Ziff, the creative art director at Vanity Fair, the magazine recently resurrected by Condé Nast. He had seen Metzner’s name on a list of photographers the … Read more
