Visits: 37 When the coronavirus prompted the Council of Fashion Designers of America to postpone the 2020 CFDA Fashion Awards, the annual “Oscars of the Fashion World” (industry prom) originally scheduled for June 8, it seemed like another glittering evening …
Frans Nieuwendam, Who Knew Style and Had It, Dies at 60
Visits: 39 This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. In 2009 The New York Post profiled some of the gatekeepers working doors at the city’s trendiest nightspots. …
Digital Dior. Remote Chanel. What’s Couture With No Runway?
Visits: 41 Is this a front row anyone really wants to join? After three days seated at my dining room table, watching what was effectively Quibi for fashion — which is to say, the first streamed digital couture “shows,” forced …
Weed Edibles Are Selling Well During the Pandemic
Visits: 41 Ben Emerson had never tried cannabis edibles before his birthday in April. He was raised in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, which he left five years ago, and marijuana was “this thing that I had never really even thought …
Would You Like to Come Over for Dinner … in 10 Years?
Visits: 40 I like people. I sort of like cooking. Historically, this has all added up to an interest in entertaining that would not be called passionate but could certainly pass for healthy. When people start talking about what we …
Couture Fashion: Here’s What Happened
Visits: 41 In a pre-coronavirus world, hundreds of editors, clients, stylists and celebrities would have converged on Paris this weekend, clacking over the cobblestones in their kitten heels for the couture shows. Those singular displays of fashion art — handmade …
The Unsung Heroes of Fashion, Now Mostly Unemployed
Visits: 51 In a pre-coronavirus world, hundreds of editors, clients, stylists and celebrities would have converged on Paris this weekend, clacking over the cobblestones in their kitten heels for the couture shows. Those singular displays of fashion art — handmade …
Mask Fights: America Is Fighting Over Coronavirus Safety
Visits: 38 On any given day, somewhere in the United States, someone is going to wake up, leave the house and get in a huge argument with a stranger about wearing masks. Grocery store managers are training staff on how …
As He Cut My Hair, I Wept
Visits: 36 A few weeks ago, I gave myself a crew cut. I didn’t know how long it would be before I could visit a barber and figured I might as well do it myself. I took my electric clippers …
When Is Fashion Week?
Visits: 25 What to watch, where to watch it, where to buy it and what the heck is going on. Video Credit June 11, 2020 From shows to shopping to seasons to supply chains, the coronavirus has meant the end …