Glancing around at the Khaite crowd, guys were few and far between. Sure, there were men in attendance, but more than other shows at New York Fashion Week, this one from Catherine Holstein attracted mostly women. I think that’s because as a designer Holstein is defining how affluent style-conscious types want to look now: polished, … Read more
“We’re challenging ourselves,” Catherine Holstein declared in her NoHo showroom as she walked racks lined with her new resort collection. Khaite has become a badge of cool for fashionable women in New York and beyond, the crystal-mesh Marcy flats and slant-heel Arizona boots a kind of code shared between them. But Holstein’s ambitions are bigger … Read more
Which way will the fashion winds blow when the fall 2024 collections begin in February? If Catherine Holstein’s latest Khaite collection can offer any clues, the 1980s may knock the ’90s and Y2K out of the trend cycle. The shoulder pads on the black leather motorcycle jacket that opens the look book call to mind … Read more
