The youngest-looking collection in years, in terms of cut, style and fit.  These suits are made less for the office and more for the family-board of directors meeting, or a night at the underground casino in Abu Dhabi. The suits are trim and cropped and not as loose as previous seasons; colors are energetic and […]

Don’t you just love a Hollywood re-make? “Single White Female” was a movie about a roommate from hell staring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Bridget Fonda. For 1992 this was an interesting campy movie but you can imagine the light bulbs that went off in some execs head when they were thinking of a vehicle to […]

It’s been a busy week for Janelle Monáe in Paris. She performed at the Etam show and has been drawing inspiration from the runway walking and haute couture all week. It sounds like it’s been an inspiring experience, as Monáe tweeted, late last night, “Very inspiring day today. All thanks to my dear friend Karl […]

Chambray shirts and camel toggle coats that have a loose and nonchalant California feel. But this is Paul Smith and there’s always going to be a nod to his swinging London roots: like the over-sized coats and slim trousers that would look right on a Stones ’67 tour.

Men in skirts have never looked more quietly chic. But this show was anything but QUIET! Walter Van Beirendonck’s irresistible show opened with the sartorial sleekness of a slimly tailored suit, shirt, and tie, all in pale gray. The same outfit in dark gray closed the presentation, but by this time, it had grown a […]

Inspired, he said, by the gleam of gemstones, Armani produced clothes that came from another planet, the same one that Pierre Cardin and Thierry Mugler might have touched down on once. (It’s already been suggested its name could be Gaga.) The first outfit-jacket, skirt, and leggings-shimmered around the model’s body like liquid mercury. Her metallic […]

The  duffel coat was a cornerstone of the collection. Another was the parka. As these student classics implied, Simons had college on his mind. His young idealists could wear a camel hair coat or hiking boots or a fair isle sweater that he  stretches out, Simons in short re-invigorates the modern man’s wardrobe.

With  Lanvin’s fall collection you got your full, wide pants and you got your slim pants. That, in a nutshell, is this collection: a mix of opposite “Tailoring used in a sportswear way” was Ossendrijver’s description. “Where uptown and  downtown meet,” said Lanvin creative supremo Alber Elbaz, adding with a gale of laughter, “But not […]

Rugged military and adventure-inspired (thick, long coats) counter-balanced by suits that have a whiff of 70′s Paris style.  Sophisticated. Like something Truffaut would have worn for a night out. His suits are a little tighter and trimmer, but his heart is in the same 70′s era. The suits came in cord and velvet along with […]

Haute Couture season kicked off in Paris on Monday morning with a romantic, 1950s-inspired collection sent strutting by John Galliano for Christian Dior. The designer was inspired by René Gruau, the fashion illustrator for whom the line of a spine, the tilt of a hat and the flow of fabric was enough to create in […]