January 2011
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Build Your Own Eco Wardrobe: Step One, the Knit
by Rickie De Sole
Sasha Pivovarova wearing an Organic by John Patrick sweater and Rag & Bone’s pleated skirt dyed with natural plant-derived indigo. Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier. SEE THE SLIDESHOW Building a “green” wardrobe can take time; but to amass one, you don’t have to look far. Brands like Loomstate, Bodkin, Stella McCartney, and Hessnatur are being sold alongside their...
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WatchValentino Spring 2011 Couture
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Roger Vivier Rocks Out
by Mark Holgate
The first thing that crosses the mind when thinking about Antwerp and shoes is, well, it isn’t fanciful, flirtatious heels, let’s put it that way. An androgynously stout and sensible lace-up, perhaps, or a chunky-soled military boot would be more like it. The Flemish are a direct, down-to-earth bunch, and they like their feet to be grounded in the same way. So when Bruno Frisoni...
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WatchJean Paul Gaultier Spring 2011 Couture
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WatchChanel Spring 2011 Couture
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Here Come the Brides: Alexis Mabille's Spring 2011...
by Sarah Mower
Photo: Umberto Fratini/GoRunway.com In days gone by, the front rows of the spring couture collections in Paris were lined with sharp-eyed mothers and their engaged-to-be-married daughters, doing an urgent reconnoiter of the haute wedding-dress market. Well, now that weddings have shot to the top of the summer 2011 social agenda in Europe (need we mention William and Catherine,...
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WatchChristian Dior Spring 2011 Couture
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The Great Galliano
by Emily Holt
A John Galliano show—whether for Christian Dior (couture and ready-to-wear) or his own collection—is guaranteed to be an over-the-top display of his imaginative vision. And the experience is not limited to the spectacular clothes sent down the runway, for nearly as delightful to witness are the intricately executed, masterfully thought-out ensembles Galliano wears for his final...
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Preview: Armani Privé Haute Couture Spring/Summer...
by Sarah Mower
Photo: Molly S J Lowe Giorgio Armani’s team—his whole crew of couture staff and seamstresses, transported from Milan to his Paris studio on the Rue Lauriston—are polishing up the collection he’ll show tomorrow night. Take that almost literally. The light-refracting properties of jewels (rubies, emeralds, sapphires, and diamonds inspired the collection he’ll send down the runway...
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Mulberry Pre-Fall 2011
by Mark Holgate
Photo: Courtesy of Mulberry The inspiration for Emma Hill’s pre-fall collection was the fox. But in one of those quirky twists of fate, what started out as a near-mythic symbol of British rural life on the mood board of Hill’s mind spilled over into real life: Only days before she presented her pre-fall at Milk Studios in New York, the British press were going wild for a tale of...
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Red Light
by Candy Pratts Price
Sometimes raspberry and often Bordeaux, the color red brings us to the heart of glamour. It started with the spring shows, but now bold hues are showing up for pre-fall too; maybe we’re feeling a little brighter about the future these days. And that’s not to mention the sea of scarlet starlets at this year’s Golden Globes, like January Jones or Natalie Portman, whose pink...
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Runway To Green
Photographed by Tim Walker
There is no limit to the power of fashion and, this year, the industry is setting its sights on building a brighter, better, and infinitely greener future by participating in a new program, Runway to Green. The program, which funds leading environmental organizations like the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), has to date called on 24 fashion brands and...
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WatchBehind the Scenes at Kristen Stewart’s Vogue Photoshoot
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“I choose things that are so overly ambitious, and if I can’t do stuff like that,...”
– Kristen Stewart on Her Acting Career in the February Issue of Vogue
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Fashion at the Golden Globes
by André Leon Talley
“Is it a flash? Is it a flash?” Those are the words Mae West asks her maids in I’m No Angel. She is asking if her imported embroidered gown, just delivered, will make an impact. That’s what counts at the Golden Globes. If it takes days of prep and three to four hours of makeup, better make sure your dress has fireworks—great fabric, elegant lines, or wow detail....
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A Wardrobe of Pumps
by Candy Pratts Price
Photo: AFP/Getty Images SEE THE SLIDESHOW Fabulously practical and endlessly iconic, there is undoubtedly a pump to suit every occasion. Let’s start with what the season has to offer—you could punk it up with a black studded pair like the ones offered at Balmain, or punctuate your three-piece suit with a flame-red Nicholas Kirkwood heel. This silhouette is versatile...
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SEE THE SLIDESHOW As snow falls outside our windows, we’re daydreaming of gorgeous getaways. Here, we bring you more holiday travel diaries from our favorite jet-setters. First up is Caroline Sieber’s beach romp in Palm Beach, Florida, and the private Caribbean island of Mustique. Humberto Leon and Carol Lim of Opening Ceremony grabbed Spike Jonze and a crew of other best friends...
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The Book That Celebrates a Century and Half of...
by Mark Holgate
Photo: Courtesy of Ullmann-Publishing (book cover); Ben Stern (Vogue archival image) You wouldn’t expect any book charging itself with the not-inconsiderable task of documenting fifteen decades of fashion to be anything less than weighty; lifting Charlotte Seeling’s sizable 512-page encyclopedia Fashion: 150 Years of Couturiers, Designers, Labels (Ullmann, due out on January 15)...
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SEE THE SLIDESHOW Over the holidays, while the rest of us were stuck sleeping on airport luggage carousels with visions of snow-free runways dancing in our heads, Alexander Wang partied at the opening of Marquee Nightclub at The Cosmopolitan in Vegas. Frédéric Fekkai and his wife, Shirin von Wulffen, were on the move—spending their time first in Millbrook, New York, and then in St. Martin and...
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Raquel Allegra Spins Bedclothes Into Daywear
by Esther Adams
Photo: Courtesy of Raquel Allegra What prompted nonconformist Raquel Allegra to cut garments from rustic upholstery fabric was not admiration for Fräulein Maria’s sartorial skills in The Sound of Music. “I’m constantly experimenting with new textures,” explains the innovative Los Angeles–based designer, whose earlier designs have been snapped up by Madonna and Mary-Kate and...
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