DIARY
“It’s a Humiliation Ritual”: Taylore’s PFW Diary, Day Seven
October 7, 2025
“The theme is labor, motherhood,” our senior editor writes of Miu Miu SS26. “This all fits neatly with my new fashion week thesis: it’s exhausting to be a woman.”
PARIS FASHION WEEK
Uma Thurman Reviews Michael Rider’s “Breathlessly Beautiful” Celine Show
October 7, 2025
Which looks was Uma Thurman thirsting over at Celine SS26? “I wouldn’t tell you what I would steal from the show,” said the “Kill Bill” icon, “because then everyone else would steal it too.”
PARIS FASHION WEEK
Real Women, But Make it Chanel: Mel Ottenberg on Matthieu Blazy’s Epic Debut
October 7, 2025
For his Chanel debut on Monday night, Matthieu Blazy transformed the Grand Palais into a solar system. After the show, we looked to the stars for their instant reactions.
PARIS FASHION WEEK
“She’s a Very Rich Woman”: Mel and Dara on Pierpaolo Piccioli’s Balenciaga Debut
October 6, 2025
At Pierpaolo Piccioli’s Balenciaga debut, the former Valentino designer put forth a new vision for the storied house. As our editor-in-chief described it: “She’s rich, she’s middle-aged, and she loves to shop.”
PARIS FASHION WEEK
Swan Bags, Princess Shoes, and Mango Juice: Sephira Street Reviews Chloé SS26
October 6, 2025
What did Chloé SS26 bring to mind for New York model and It Girl Sephira Street? “Summer on a beach in Calabria,” she told us in our post-show questionnaire.
PARIS FASHION WEEK
Ollie Muhl Takes Us Inside the Lacoste SS26 Locker Room
October 6, 2025
“The show reminded me of a locker room,” the influencer and tennis enthusiast said of Lacoste SS26. “But not as sweaty as I would have liked.”
PARIS FASHION WEEK
Kim Russell Takes Us Inside Valentino SS26
October 6, 2025
This weekend, we called up Kimberly Russell, aka The Kimbino, to get her instant reaction to Alessandro Michele’s vision for Valentino SS26.
PARIS FASHION WEEK
Iris Law on Ice Cream, Isabel Marant, and Holding Hands in Bed
October 3, 2025
At Thursday night’s Isabel Marant SS26 show, we tracked down the model and It Girl and asked her to take our Fashion Week questionnaire.
DIARY
Business Women and Birkin Cookies: Taylore’s PFW Diary, Day Four
October 3, 2025
“Making a good fashion show is like making a film,” writes our senior editor. “You need the right set, the right cast, the right music, the right makeup and costumes.”
PARIS FASHION WEEK
“I’m Seeing the Moodboard”: Mel Ottenberg on Balmain SS26
October 2, 2025
“He has a vision, he has a moodboard, and he knows what works for his clients,” said our editors of Olivier Rousteing’s Balmain SS26 collection.
PARIS FASHION WEEK
“Glamour Is Resistance”: On the Grounds at Jonathan Anderson’s Dior Womenswear Debut
October 1, 2025
Who is the Dior woman in 2025? After Jonathan Anderson’s womenswear debut, we tracked down VIPs like Rosalía, Law Roach, and Anya Taylor-Joy to find out.
PARIS FASHION WEEK
“Kinda Nasty. Kinda Unsettling. Kinda Good?”: Taylore’s PFW Diary
October 1, 2025
“I need my computer. I need to get to the next show,” writes our senior editor in her first dispatch from Paris Fashion Week. “I need to sleep tonight or I’ll literally die.”
PARIS FASHION WEEK
“It’s Time to Be Hard”: Saint Laurent Spring Summer ’26
September 30, 2025
After the star-studded Saint Laurent SS26 show, our editors convened to talk leather daddies and fascist aesthetics.
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Jonathan Lyndon Chase on Baggy Jeans, Conjoined Triplets, and Their Acne Studios Takeover
May 8, 2025
To mark their pop-up exhibition of ceramics and sculptures at the Acne Studios store in SoHo, the artist joined us to talk dupes, denim, and feeling nostalgic for the mall.
PFW
“It’s the Return of the Heiress, Babe”: Mel Ottenberg Reviews Saint Laurent FW25
March 12, 2025
After Anthony Vaccarello’s Saint Laurent FW25 show, our editor-in-chief called us from the car to fire off some closing thoughts on pencil skirts and debutante glamor.
PFW
“It’s Got Swagger You Don’t See Anywhere Else”: Interview Reviews Miu Miu FW25
March 11, 2025
“Even though it’s giving 1950s, it wasn’t stuck there,” raved our editor-in-chief.
PFW
“Sickly Victorian Child, in a Glam Way”: Dara Reviews McQueen FW25
March 11, 2025
“It’s nice to get wild again,” said our fashion director of the frizzy hair and diaphanous gowns featured at Seán McGirr’s third women’s collection for McQueen.
PFW
“Rebellious, Twisted, and Fun”: Mel Ottenberg Reviews Valentino FW25
March 10, 2025
“This takes some real balls,” raved our editor-in-chief of Alessandro Michele’s latest collection for Valentino, staged in a makeshift public restroom awash in Lynchian red.
PFW
“Clothes For Women!”: A Dispatch From the Front Row at Sarah Burton’s Givenchy Debut
March 7, 2025
After taking in Sarah Burton’s debut collection for Givenchy, Law Roach, Gwendoline Christie, and Yseult joined us to talk clothing for women, by women.
PFW
“Joyful, Girlish, Visionnaire”: Anna Dello Russo and Nadia Lee Cohen Review Chloé FW25
March 6, 2025
After the Chloé FW25, our editors pulled some fashionable attendees aside to talk pantaloons and roller blades, and shoulder pads.