Drake Carr Is Taking His Walk Ins Artist Residency All The Way To Paris

Drake Carr Is Taking His Walk Ins Artist Residency All The Way To Paris

That said, Les Walk-Ins, as he mentioned, will be a little different from the past. For one thing, those walking into Mariposa to be drawn will have been cast already and have made an appointment to come by. And for another: Carr is open to working outside the gallery environment before bringing the art back … Read more

London Fashion Week Report: “We Are Not ‘Little Britain’”

London Fashion Week Report: “We Are Not ‘Little Britain’”

It’s a cliché that dark economic times always bring out the best in London, but there’s a truth to it. Mainly because it’s the prime London designer rule that you must be yourself, and when the economic chips are down, you just go stronger and louder—as Vivienne Westwood, John Galliano, and Alexander McQueen all did. … Read more

Underground New York Fashion Gets the Spotlight at a New Show at Pratt Manhattan Gallery

Underground New York Fashion Gets the Spotlight at a New Show at Pratt Manhattan Gallery

If anxiety over independent labels’ ability to survive in 2024 New York was reaching a fever pitch outside the gallery, inside there was a feeling of an alternate New York Fashion Week. A group of looks from Chris Peters’s CDLM project greeted people as they walked in, including a printed cotton dress “accessorized” with a vintage … Read more

The Best Makeup for Women Over 50: A Guide From Beauty Experts

The Best Makeup for Women Over 50: A Guide From Beauty Experts

A sponge, a brush, or clean fingertips are all perfectly acceptable for application. “I always recommend that people use whatever tool they feel most comfortable with,” Aharon says. Ilia Skincare, makeup, and SPF 40 converge in a lightweight skin tint that can soften fine lines and adds a dewy finish to an everyday makeup look. … Read more

New York Fashion Week Isn’t Over, You Just Have to Know Where to Look—Vogue Runway Editors on the Fall 2024 Shows

New York Fashion Week Isn’t Over, You Just Have to Know Where to Look—Vogue Runway Editors on the Fall 2024 Shows

Nicole, it’s so interesting that you speak about two New Yorks, because my thesis is that fashion week was a reflection of the city as it is today, where the dissonance between its air-brushed mythology and the gritty reality of the streets is as loud as a jackhammer, and as pervasive as the stink of … Read more

Did Jane Wade Manifest the New York Fashion Week Snow Storm With Her Fall 2024 Show?

Did Jane Wade Manifest the New York Fashion Week Snow Storm With Her Fall 2024 Show?

About halfway through Jane Wade’s fall 2024 show, a model walked out carrying a snowboard. Earlier that day, meteorologists announced that a powerful winter storm would be hitting the Northeast. It snowed overnight and well into the next day. It was the most snow New York City had seen in years. Wade, who hails from … Read more

How to be featured in the Member Spotlight series!

How to be featured in the Member Spotlight series!

We are so glad to hear you’re interested in being featured in our Member Spotlight series! Here’s how to be considered for a feature on our site. Once you’ve emailed us back with your responses, keep an eye out for our next newsletter to see if you’ve been selected. Please keep in mind that we … Read more

Does Fashion Owe a Debt to Robert Mapplethorpe?

Does Fashion Owe a Debt to Robert Mapplethorpe?

The most iconic Mapplethorpe look consists of a motorcycle jacket, a pair of leather trousers, a worn-in pair of Western boots, a leather sailor cap, and—sometimes—a turtleneck. This was, and still is, the ultimate “leather daddy” uniform. Lest we forget much of Mapplethorpe’s work examined BDSM culture in New York, and he himself was a … Read more

Cashmere Queen Lisa Yang Celebrated the Lunar New Year—and the Brand’s First 10 Years in Fashion—at Mr. Chow

Cashmere Queen Lisa Yang Celebrated the Lunar New Year—and the Brand’s First 10 Years in Fashion—at Mr. Chow

“Someone has said that you don’t create your own dreams, rather a dream is given to you and it’s up to you to embrace it. That is what Lisa and I did 10 years ago, and the dream was to create something special out of this historical yarn with roots in China, combined with a … Read more

In Transfixing Work, Loie Hollowell Derives Artful Abstraction From Childrearing

In Transfixing Work, Loie Hollowell Derives Artful Abstraction From Childrearing

When Loie Hollowell and I first start discussing her mesmerizing work, which combines the gestures of great feminist artists with the luminous, inherent sexuality of Neo-Tantric painters, I can almost feel her blushing through the telephone. “I call my abstract paintings ‘Linked Lingams,’” says the California-raised, New York-based artist, 40. She describes her visual vocabulary … Read more