It was Oliver Rousteing's first runway collection as creative director of Balmain yesterday. At the age of 26, that's a pretty big step into the limelight.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 09/30/11

There's nothing more difficult in fashion than designing credible menswear. Rick Owens' sensual robes and Adam Kimmel's dark surfers stood out on the first day of Paris's menswear shows.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 06/24/11

Kris Van Assche the Belgian designer on his long road to reinventing Dior Homme, why his fastidiously laid-back, luxurious vision for menswear belies an inner fury, and how he escaped the shadow of a phenomenon  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 06/14/11

The long, tall tower of light at Rick Owens' show provided an ideal backdrop for his elegantly habited women.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 03/04/11

Five years ago, when the whole world looked like out of something out of Blow Up, Rick Owens introduced tenebrous-chic. This soon earned him the nickname "The Prince of Darkness"—and his neo-Goth lines have since influenced a multitude of fashion houses, from high-end to High Street.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/20/11

Think of it like slipping into an ice-cold pool, one millimeter at a time, until the temperature feels almost normal. That's the way men have eased their way into skirts over the past decade.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/20/11

Femmes, punks, and old silver hit the French runways.    ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 10/01/10

V&R's soft side is less spectacle, more classic Hollywood. Meanwhile, Rick Owenss does bloomers under stiff coats.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 06/25/10