Slim GymsPilates trainers swear you’ll lose the love handles, stand up straighter, maybe even grow an inch – but first you have to strap yourself into s […]
Betts IntentionsSmart, quirky, and supremely self-assured, Kate Betts is remaking Harper’s Bazaar in her own image. But can fashion’s youngest editor es […]
Beyond the BaguetteNineteen ninety-nine was the year of the handbag: As fashion’s ficklest fans devoured Fendi baguettes, even snatching up every last copycat crum […]
Eighties Edition: Don’t Stop Believin’Forget tech fabrics, boot-cuts, and delicate beads – we’re going back to leg warmers, skinny ties, and Huey Lewis. The industry’s young designe […]
Questrom AuthorityCan master retailer Allen Questrom discipline Barneys, a store known best for its ultrahip excesses, while competing in the boutique world the f […]
Peaking DuckIs New York being force-fed foie gras?
Blanket StatementToo fearful of PETA’s wrath (and spray paint) to wrap yourself in endangered shatoosh shawls or mink stoles? This season’s innocuous duvet coat […]
Not-So-Easy ChairStanding among the DKNY store’s iMac stations and racks of Technicolor ponchos, Natanel Gluska’s oversize “Long Chair” looks as if it had been f […]
Sweater GirlGrandma-style handmade knits are topping fashion editors’ wish lists this fall: Fendi’s alligator baguettes have been replaced with softer nubbl […]
Fashion Week EditionPuff PieceWhere was André Leon Talley’s famed pomp and flash at last week’s runway shows? Positioned in the front row, the Vogue editor-at-large […]
Fashion Week Fishing for PerchAs fashion week opens, designers are frantically making their guest lists and checking them twice – but there’s less room than ever for the ret […]
Where the Style Things AreThe overload of hot-ticket events during Fashion Week can exhaust even the most devoted sartorial stalwarts, who must jockey between front-row s […]
Shopping: The Farhi SideNicole Farhi, the British Donna Karan, dares to open right around the corner from the real Donna Karan.
Prêt-à-PorterSamsonite, best known for its sturdy rolling suitcases, isn’t a brand that makes trendy travelers dizzy with excitement. Until now. Neil Barrett […]
Tropical FeverSo you can’t get your hands on the tropical-print Gucci bag that’s been spotted under the well-toned arm of every fashion editor from here to Am […]
Seventh Avenue SleeperThough Über-model Linda Evangelista once said she wouldn’t get out of bed for less than $10,000, the mannequins at last week’s spring 2000 men’s […]
Discount InfernoThe megastores have landed – finally sating our hunger for power tools, cheap denim, and mayo by the gallon.
