You can usually tell a lot about a man by the clothes he wears, but not if Koki Enomoto has anything to do with it. The Attachment designer makes it his business to remove any predictable or cliché details from his menswear and attempts to render something harder to define. Clean tailoring; sharp lines; total … Read more
If you think Adam Lippes’s fall 2024 images look different, you’re not wrong. The designer celebrated the 10-year anniversary of his company with a dinner for friends, family, and some notable fellow designers at the beginning of New York Fashion Week, and he’s entering his next decade with big ambitions, starting with the way he … Read more
Nihl serves as a vitrine for Neil Grotzinger’s preoccupations and obsessions. This time around, it was tactility which occupied the designer’s thoughts. More specifically, how one can evoke the sense of touch without offering an abundance of texture. Grotzinger is an avid beader, and each season has included a run of intricate hand-made pieces. This … Read more
Norma Kamali believes the world is in a period of transition and she wants you to be ready for anything. “Whether it’s an astrologer telling you, the bank, or people in finance, these are not ordinary times,” said the designer on a walk-through, “but fashion is purposeful in a lot of ways and it should … Read more
According to Rebecca Hessel Cohen, these are the house codes of LoveShackFancy: pink, bows, lace, tulle and flowers. Every LoveShackFancy design has at least one. Most have two. Hell, some have three or even four. “More is more for us,” said Cohen. “Our girl is going from day to night and bringing out all the … Read more
For his fall collection, Frederick Anderson pondered the way in which cultures can come together, choosing music as the vehicle to tell his story. “It’s about this idea that blues led us to country music that led us to Rock ’n’ Roll,” said Anderson of his collection. “It’s a story of the progression and integration … Read more
Wei Lin and Zoe Champion’s remarkable jacquard knits really need to be seen up close to be appreciated, so it was a wise move that they had a presentation. In the past, the duo have used their collections to highlight world issues such as ocean plastics and workers rights; this fall the focus was on … Read more
Sarah Staudinger has been leaning into minimalism for a few seasons now, and her latest collection is proof that she’s perfecting her approach. The designer has always had strong fall offerings, a bit ironic considering she was born and raised in the warm Los Angeles weather. The Staud fall fantasy involves light knit turtlenecks, skinny … Read more
The lights went down at Starrett-Lehigh for the Batsheva show and a quintet began playing classical music. Out came Lori Belilove, the founder and artistic director of the Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation & Company—and a woman of a certain age—wearing a rectangular-shaped black velvet V-neck sack dress with a slit at the leg and silver … Read more
In his 16 years in business, Bibhu Mohapatra has staged just one evening show. That changed tonight when he presented his latest collection at the Pierre hotel, which was an ideal setting for the kind of elaborate occasion wear the designer is known for. It was also a big change from last season, where the … Read more
