Dola Fatunbi Olutoye, 25, was ecstatic after becoming engaged last November to Dr. Yinka Olutoye, 26. She knew she wanted a traditional Nigerian wedding, but needed help executing the cultural elements of the ceremony, which took place on May 25 in Houston. Mrs. Olutoye, a pharmacy student from Houston, and Dr. Olutoye, a recent medical […]
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A fairy godmother, an overnight transformation, polyester turned into once-in-a-lifetime ball gowns. It may sound cliché, but for Tomo Koizumi, it became reality. For the last seven years, the 31-year-old Japanese designer, who is based in Tokyo, has been quietly making radically vibrant dresses created from acres of organza in topiary-like shapes and colors that […]
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Video by Kristin-Lee MoolmanCredit Jonathan Anderson’s creations for Loewe and his own brand have made him one of the most forward-thinking designers working today. Aug 19, 2019 “THERE MIGHT BE no other place in the world as good as where I’m going to take you,” says Jonathan Anderson, with a final drag of his cigarette. […]
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The daughter of Los Angeles-based artists, fashion designer Rosetta Getty bought her first artwork, a Robert Motherwell painting, with her earnings as a teenage model. Today, her collection includes pieces by Olympia Scarry, Wolfgang Tillmans and Piero Golia. Still, Getty says she’s “slow to acquire a work of art,” and has a habit of visiting […]
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ImageZai Nixon-Reid, 19, in Manhattan.CreditAnnie Tritt for The New York Times Anna Kinlock, 17, was at the Brooklyn Museum the other day wearing mid-calf black leather platform boots with small silver spikes, buckle straps and five-inch heels. Fishnet stockings, a mini gray lace dress and a long black wool cardigan completed the look. Anna identifies […]
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ImageThe pristinely garbed cult members of “Midsommar” engage in some very dark rituals.CreditCsaba Aknay/A24 All smiles in their ribbon-and-lace-trimmed mini-dresses, the three winsome young women could not have been more eye-catching. That they were members of the Manson clan, photographed, hair swinging, on their way to court, is chilling of course. But fashion, perversely, cannot […]
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When the Johannesburg-based women’s wear designer Thebe Magugu, now 25, had nightmares as a child growing up in Kimberley, South Africa, his mother would tell him to record them in a journal. “I found them recently and thought to incorporate them in my work,” he says. He showed the results during his fall 2019 show […]
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The luxury brands Coach and Givenchy joined Versace on Monday in apologizing to China for producing T-shirts that were regarded to have undermined the country’s sovereignty. The apparel, which identified the semiautonomous regions of Hong Kong and Macau as countries, set off an angry online backlash from Chinese consumers who perceived the designs as violations […]
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ImageDaniel Roseberry sits amid models wearing pieces from his first collection for Schiaparelli in the Jardin des Tuileries the day after his couture show in Paris this summer.CreditPhoto by Estelle Hanania. Styled by Patti Wilson For his debut as artistic director of Schiaparelli, Daniel Roseberry offers a vision all his own. By Megan O’Grady Aug […]
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It’s a mighty long way from El Capitan to the Louis Vuitton flagship on the Champs-Élysées, but don’t mention that to Virgil Abloh. For his fall 2019 collection, Mr. Abloh, the creative director for men’s wear at Vuitton, introduced a chalk bag not unlike the kind climbers like the free soloist Alex Honnold use to […]
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ImageSophie Theallet on her runway in New York City in September, 2015.CreditFernanda Calfat/Getty Images In the fall of 2016, Sophie Theallet, a French designer who founded her namesake label in New York in 2007, was feeling a burst of momentum. She had been heralded as a champion of inclusivity after her graceful fall collection, shown […]
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A caftan puts April Matthis in a sultry frame of mind. “They give you a feeling of air on your skin,” said Ms. Matthis, an actress in New York. “When the wind hits you a certain way, the line of your body is there. That’s sensual. It’s pleasurable.” It’s a mood, she might have added, […]
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It’s hard to remember, now that every e-tailer from the luxury Net-a-Porter to the accessible ASOS has a section on its website devoted to “festival fashion;” now that brands like Saint Laurent, Calvin Klein and Amazon host special “activations” at Coachella; and now that influencers descend on Governors Ball to snap totally manufactured pictures of […]
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ImageKevin Fallon opened Fantasy Explosion to sell decades-old T-shirts from niche corners of the city. CreditKevin Hagen for The New York Times Recently, in the basement of my mom’s house upstate, I discovered two boxes full of clothes that somehow got diverted from me back in 1997. They were full of gems — old merch from […]
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ImageBarneys on Madison Avenue, in 2014.CreditAndrew Renneisen/The New York Times It has been striking, over the last few weeks, to watch the almost gleeful flow of reports and speculation about the maybe-probably-now-confirmed bankruptcy of Barneys New York, the fabled department store. Starting in mid-July, when Reuters broke the news that a rent hike at the […]
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As a kid in the ’80s, I hated the preppy craze. But did I really understand the book that started it? Image“The Official Preppy Handbook,” published in 1980, sold more than a million copies and inspired a nation of copycats to pop the collars of their Lacoste alligator shirts.CreditTony Cenicola/The New York Times Somewhere among […]
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You’ve seen it on Instagram, the racks of your favorite department store and your morning commute. The silky, sultry leopard-print midi skirt is everywhere these days and has become a seemingly tailor-made wardrobe staple for “hot girl summer,” Megan Thee Stallion’s seasonal mantra of unabashed self-confidence. The trend’s origins have been widely attributed to the […]
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Barneys NY, the department store chain that once defined a certain Manhattan creative cool, confirmed weeks of speculation by announcing at midnight on Monday that it was seeking bankruptcy protection in order to restructure its business and pursue a sale. To stay afloat during its Chapter 11 proceedings, the retailer, which is controlled by the […]
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L Brands, the parent company of Victoria’s Secret, is losing its longtime chief marketing officer Ed Razek, a departure that adds to the turbulence at the once-dominant lingerie company. Mr. Razek is retiring, according to a note sent to employees by Leslie H. Wexner, the company’s chief executive. Victoria’s Secret — which for years defined […]
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Victoria’s Secret has cast an openly transgender woman for the first time, hiring the Brazilian model Valentina Sampaio for a catalog photo shoot, her agent said. Her agent, Erio Zanon, said on Monday that Ms. Sampaio, 22, had been hired for catalog work for VS Pink, the company’s athletic line. He said Ms. Sampaio “believes […]
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