‘Deinfluencing’ is here! Gen Z and millennials giving up for 9-to-5 jobs: ‘I haven’t done anything with my brain’

‘Deinfluencing’ is here! Gen Z and millennials giving up for 9-to-5 jobs: ‘I haven’t done anything with my brain’

Hannah Warling’s no longer under the influence of the limelight. In July 2023, the virtual fashionista, who’d amassed a fanbase of 1.8 million since pursuing full-time content creation in March 2020, noticed that chasing social media virality had lost its once intoxicating hook.  Incessantly pumping out styling how-to’s alongside promotional posts for the posh likes of … Read more

This humble West Village newsstand has become a fashion world darling

This humble West Village newsstand has become a fashion world darling

A tiny, 80-year-old shop that sells print magazines is totally in fashion. Casa Magazines in the West Village just collaborated with Madewell for Fashion Week, offering denim jackets embroidered with its logo and filling its windows with a special Madewell denim zine. It’s just the latest trending moment for Casa. While print magazines and the … Read more

The ‘Toryssaince’ is the ‘talk of the town’: Inside Tory Burch’s ‘cool girl’ rebrand

The ‘Toryssaince’ is the ‘talk of the town’: Inside Tory Burch’s ‘cool girl’ rebrand

The Tory Burch pierced mules have fashionistas stopped dead in their tracks: Wait, that’s Tory Burch? The viral spring/summer 2023 footwear was among the latest designs to captivate shopaholics, who likely associated the New York City label with sensible tunics or the gold medallion Reva flats. But Tory Burch’s most recent collections — featuring sheer … Read more

Is smoking stylish again? Experts sound alarm as cigarettes become a trend on NYFW runways

Is smoking stylish again? Experts sound alarm as cigarettes become a trend on NYFW runways

This is a real drag. Despite years of campaigning against big tobacco, it seems that cigarettes are reclaiming their chic status à la Kate Moss, appearing as accessories on New York Fashion Week runways in the wake of the “mob wife” aesthetic and an early aughts “indie sleaze” revival. This week, multiple models meandered down … Read more

Bosses & Swans: Best of New York Fashion Week

Bosses & Swans: Best of New York Fashion Week

Power dressing is back strong.  If there was one takeaway from New York Fashion Week, the semi-annual runway extravaganza that ended yesterday, it’s that confident glamour was in command. With inspirations ranging from Truman Capote’s swans and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy to C-suite execs, the dominant look for fall is post-pandemic polished, authoritative and sexy. That … Read more

Thom Browne closes NYFW with Edgar Allan Poe runway spectacle

Thom Browne closes NYFW with Edgar Allan Poe runway spectacle

You can count on Thom Browne to craft a storybook spectacle evermore. For his fall/winter 2024 season, the New York designer closed New York Fashion Week with a theatrical runway inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven,” the faux snow-laden catwalk set to a hair-raising reading of the macabre poem by actress Carrie Coon. The … Read more

Women over 40 inspire Batsheva’s new collection: ‘What it means to be invisible’

Women over 40 inspire Batsheva’s new collection: ‘What it means to be invisible’

What does it mean to “dress your age”? Up until recently, Batsheva Hay wasn’t quite sure. When the New York fashion designer launched her namesake label nearly a decade ago, she was in her 30s, had just given birth and dressed differently than she does now at 42. It wasn’t until she hit 40 that … Read more

Strong women inspire Sergio Hudson NYFW — Rachel Brosnahan, Danai Gurira

Strong women inspire Sergio Hudson NYFW — Rachel Brosnahan, Danai Gurira

In Sergio Hudson’s world, a bustier goes with everything. “It’s feminine, strong and makes a woman feel like she’s empowered,” the designer told Alexa after his show. He served “bad b*tch realness, strong woman realness, executive woman realness” in his collection – glamorous and in-control clothes that can go from the office to a cocktail … Read more

Busty models rock NYFW in nothing but tape — video reveals the barely-there trend

Busty models rock NYFW in nothing but tape — video reveals the barely-there trend

Talk about a strips show.  NYFW fast became NSFW during the Angel Orensanz Foundation fête Sunday, where the boobies and bits of buxom models were barely covered by thin slices of tape.  “In a world full of sheep, be the mighty dragon that roars fearlessly,” wrote the self-crowned “king of tape,” fashion designer Joel Alvarez, in the … Read more

Glam dogs rule NYFW runway at Anthony Rubio’s Canine Couture show: ‘Humans are the accessories’

Glam dogs rule NYFW runway at Anthony Rubio’s Canine Couture show: ‘Humans are the accessories’

New York Fashion Week attendees were in for a real treat on Sunday. Canine models wagged their tails down the runway for Anthony Rubio’s Fall/Winter 2024 Canine Couture women’s wear collection in a show where “humans are the accessories.” The dogs came into the fashion sphere from all walks of life, including shelters and rescue … Read more

Anna Sui stages NYFW show at iconic NYC bookstore to remind us reading is always in

Anna Sui stages NYFW show at iconic NYC bookstore to remind us reading is always in

With a star-studded front row seating the likes of Marc Jacobs and Sofia Coppola, Anna Sui reminded audiences in the Strand’s Rare Book Room that reading is sexy. The fall 2024 collection, inspired by the Agatha Christie character Miss Marple, paid homage to ’90s English sleuth chic, with checkered sweaters, scarves and knee-high socks; newsboy … Read more

Christian Cowan debuts high-tech fashion design at NYFW as models strut with cigarettes

Christian Cowan debuts high-tech fashion design at NYFW as models strut with cigarettes

Old habits die hard, and tobacco is one we can’t seem to kick. As more Gen Zers are stepping out for a smoke — it’s “cool,” they say — designer Christian Cowan is declaring it en vogue, his models waltzing down Sunday evening’s catwalk holding cigarettes à la Kate Moss while flaunting the designer’s fall/winter … Read more

Dauphinette feeds the ‘sartorially starving’ with NYFW fall/winter 2024 collection

Dauphinette feeds the ‘sartorially starving’ with NYFW fall/winter 2024 collection

You better come hungry — Dauphinette is serving up a sartorial feast. Known as “the happiest brand on Earth,” the New York City label, helmed by creative director Olivia Cheng, on Saturday presented its fall/winter 2024 ready-to-wear collection, titled “The Vegetarian,” fresh off Cheng’s own bedroom floor. “Even after desperately seeking out the technical skills and … Read more

Oh, mama! Baby bumps rule and tots take to the runway as New York Fashion Week celebrates motherhood

Oh, mama! Baby bumps rule and tots take to the runway as New York Fashion Week celebrates motherhood

With five-month-old daughter Florence perched on her hip, designer-painter Karolina Liebers stole the spotlight at Collina Strada’s New York Fashion Week show Friday. Florence, wearing a teal onesie and hat with bejeweled ear coverings, ogled the audience as her mother paraded down the catwalk in a light, floor length frock — one of 36 looks … Read more

Chanel opens a starry new jewelry salon on Fifth Avenue

Chanel opens a starry new jewelry salon on Fifth Avenue

Decked in diamonds and fantasy tweeds, a glittering celebrity crowd lit up Chanel’s new jewel-box boutique. The French house celebrated the opening today of its first standalone watch and fine jewelry flagship in the U.S. with a decadent cocktail party and dinner for dozens, followed by a surprise performance by Grammy-nominated artist Gracie Abrams. Chanel-clad artists including … Read more

Dyson unveils ‘revolutionary’ new hair dryer – but you can’t buy it

Dyson unveils ‘revolutionary’ new hair dryer – but you can’t buy it

Dyson has unveiled an “entirely new” hair styling tool backstage at New York Fashion Week – but only a select group will be able to purchase it. The British tech firm has redesigned its cult hair Supersonic hair dryer to create the “Dyson Supersonic r Professional,” a precision styling tool available exclusively to hair stylists. … Read more

Going Goth isn’t just a brooding teen phase — it’s a style trend from runways to the workplace

Going Goth isn’t just a brooding teen phase — it’s a style trend from runways to the workplace

It’s not a phase — it’s high fashion! Gothic style is not just for spooky season, as gloomy but glam outfits have risen from the ashes and become chic on the runway, for everyday looks and even as office attire. Dior unveiled its spring-summer 2024 collection at Paris fashion week on Tuesday morning with a … Read more

Women lost their lives so I can be naked at Fashion Week, says Julia Fox

Women lost their lives so I can be naked at Fashion Week, says Julia Fox

For New York Fashion Week, Julia Fox first posed nearly naked in a Seks metal bikini hanging by threads of silver chains. The next day, she wore wristwatches as a bra top with a matching mini skirt by Hodakova. Then she busted out black leather pasties and a torso-baring corset with skin-tight leather leggings falling … Read more

Anna Delvey’s NYFW lockdown show: Arresting looks, ‘80’s vibes on an East Village rooftop

Anna Delvey’s NYFW lockdown show: Arresting looks, ‘80’s vibes on an East Village rooftop

The ramshackle, rain-soaked roof of the scammer sensation’s walkup-cum-lockup hosted the hottest catwalk in town Monday night. Source link #Anna #Delveys #NYFW #lockdown #show #Arresting #80s #vibes #East #Village #rooftop

At Anthony Rubio’s Canine Couture NYFW show, humans are the accessories

At Anthony Rubio’s Canine Couture NYFW show, humans are the accessories

An unusual set of New York Fashion Week models garnered a round of a-paws Saturday on the Lower East Side. Anthony Rubio’s Spring/Summer 2024 Canine Couture women’s wear collection hit the runway at The Angel Orensanz Foundation, and while the human models were dazzling, the pups — and one cat — were the stars of … Read more