Tim Coppens’ Sense of Play
July 17, 2015
Tim Coppens’ Spring/Summer 2016 collection embraced a playful, sporty sensibility with sleek interpretations of Patagonia fleece pullovers, a variety of boxy sweatshirts, on-the-knee shorts, and flat-front draw-string pants.
John Elliott + Co’s Vietnamese Adventure
July 17, 2015
John Elliott + Co’s SS 2016 collection was a conceptual one, drawing on a uniquely Vietnamese aesthetic that was at once historical and contemporary.
Rise and Shine at Rochambeau
July 16, 2015
With a minimalist light setup and reflective fabrics, Rochambeau’s SS 2016 collection appeared on the catwalk like a vision of the future circa 1980: shiny.
Michael Bastian’s Fresh Prince
July 16, 2015
Despite being raised an East Coast kid, Michael Bastion brought his SS 2016 collection to us by way of L.A.
NYFW:M
July 16, 2015
Backstage and frontrow at the inaugural New York Fashion Week: Men’s.
Tennis Time at Tommy Hilfiger
July 16, 2015
With his SS 2016 collection, Tommy Hilfiger mixed tailored white suits, rugged crimson anoraks, striped sweaters, and tab-collared jackets in a palette of teal, canary yellow, bunt umber, and classic.
The Future is Monochrome
July 16, 2015
Alexandre Plokhov’s Spring/Summer was strictly monochrome, with head-to-toe looks in electric crimson, olive, and stark white.
New York Kids
July 16, 2015
For Spring/Summer 2016, Richard Chai recalled his adolescence in New York in the 1990s and the push and pull of suave city skate kids and suburban preppies.
Public Enemy Number One
July 16, 2015
Upon entering the Skylight Clarkson warehouse turned NYFW: Men’s epicenter for Public School’s Spring/Summer 2016 menswear presentation, fashion’s spectators were immediately transported to what could have been a scene from Law & Order: SVU.
Todd Snyder’s Holiday Man
July 16, 2015
Todd Snyder’s Spring/Summer 2016 man possessed an air of casual suave.
Duckie Brown’s Confidence in Yellow
July 15, 2015
With Duckie Brown’s Spring/Summer 2016 collection, Steven Cox and Daniel Silver balanced transparent materials with oversized silhouettes, embodying a certain vulnerability with the former and security with the latter.
The Office Man 2.0
July 15, 2015
For the reinstatement of New York Fashion Week: Men’s, Thom Browne revisited the classic grey suit.
Beside the North Sea
July 15, 2015
Featuring open-toed sandals, board shorts, and maritime embellishments, Robert Geller’s Spring/Summer collection was inspired by memories of holidays along the North Sea as a child.
The N. Hoolywood Type
July 15, 2015
Herb Lubalin, an American graphic designer and typographer active until his death in 1981, and Mikitype, a Japanese calligraphist born in 1992, both inspired Daisuke Obana’s Spring/Summer 2016 collection for N. Hoolywood.
Uptown Legend
June 24, 2015
If you saw a hip-hop artist or athlete wearing some unusual Gucci or Louis Vuitton in the 1980s, it was probably a Dapper Dan original. Using silk-screen printing, the Harlem-based designer made customized logo-printed clothing, car interiors, and furniture upholstery for the likes of Mike Tyson, Salt-N-Pepa, Bobby Brown, Eric B. & Rakim, and LL Cool J (as well as the flyest gangsters of the day).
In the Doldrums
May 1, 2015
“Anxiety is my default state,” says musician Airick Woodhead, better known as Doldrums.
Backstage Beauties
February 24, 2015
New York Fashion Week came to a close on Thursday and left us with a renewed interest in dark, glamorous beauty.
Marc Jacobs
February 20, 2015
At the close of New York Fashion Week, Marc Jacobs presented 54 slick looks in homage to legendary fashion editor Diana Vreeland and her legendary Manhattan “garden of hell” sitting room designed by Billy Baldwin.
Suno
February 17, 2015
If the first ensemble to emerge on the runway from Suno’s Fall/Winter 2015 collection appeared unusually simple, it was no indication of what was to come.
Thakoon
February 17, 2015
Thakoon Panichgul’s taste for opulence manifested itself in every ensemble in his Fall/Winter 2015 collection.