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Designer Ennio Capasa was full of surprises on Thursday afternoon. His Costume National show took his brand in a pleasing new direction that reenergized the house with color, new proportions and …

After last season’s debut, which was met with a lukewarm reception at best, designer Peter Dundas went back to Roberto Cavalli’s roots with a collection that oozed rock and roll glamour and after-dark allure.

Fausto Puglisi was feeling nostalgic this season. The Italian designer decided it was time to bring together all the things he loves into one collection. Or as he said after his show on Wednesday night, « it’s all about …

The video backdrop to Alberta Ferretti’s show on the first day of Milan Fashion Week showed the barren winter trees in New York’s Central Park. Nature surrounded by a concrete city, its beauty that much more precious…

Over the years Alessando Dell’Acqua has built his signature brand on his ability to rework season after season a mix of classic masculine and feminine sartorial staples, twisting their underlying constructs so that his creations…

During the Gucci menswear show in January, designer Alessandro Michele obscured the catwalk with a smoky haze. Today for his womenswear presentation, he placed a gossamer screen between …

Francisco Costa continues to be one of the few fashion designers showing at New York Fashion Week that continually evolves the DNA of the brand he represents. From one season to the next …

There were two sides to Ralph Lauren’s sartorial story on the final day of New York Fashion Week. The first was all about chic, comfy and discrete daywear in non-threatening shades of taupe …

If last season, designers Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne paid homage to New York with their cityscape designs, with their sophomore show they decided it was time to really represent its inhabitants …

Michael Kors’ stream of consciousness show notes ended with the words « Instaglam…fall 2016 » and that pretty much captured what this collection was all about, clothing that was ready for its social media …

Designer Jason Wu is really starting to come into his own at Hugo Boss. His latest collection was an elegant and architectural ode to the beauty of the undulating line. It made for a stunningly beautiful endorsement …

When Narciso Rodriguez opens his show with a roomy pleated wool wrap coat that engulfs the model’s body it is instantly understandable that something major is going on. This is a man who is famous for …

It was a full court press at Coach where designer Stuart Vevers created a sartorial love letter to all things American on Tuesday afternoon. He got his guests, including Chloe Grace Moretz, Emma Roberts and Ciara …

The Summer of Love anthem « San Francisco » where singer Scott McKenzie suggests that you « be sure to wear some flowers in your hair » flickered in the mind while watching the latest Rodarte show unfold on …

Designer Tory Burch drew inspiration for her latest collection from Eric Rohmer’s classic film « L’amour l’après-midi » and blended it with chic equestrian staples. This melange of upper crust 70s sportswear …

The long and lean aesthetic of two 20th century artists gave Vera Wang a strong new direction this season. She turned to the haunting elongated faces in the paintings of Amedeo Modigliani and the stick figure …

Twin designers Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen invited the fashion set to their New York headquarters bright and early on Monday morning for a friendly get together to present their latest ultra-minimalistic über-luxe collection …

Far-flung show venues in New York are the bane of every fashion journalist, editor and photographer’s existence. On Monday afternoon, when the snow started to stick and the roads became slippery, it was designer …

Those who have been traveling hither and thither to one show after another here at New York Fashion Week got a less then subtle sneak peek at all of this season’s Jeremy Scott kooky prints. The Los Angeles …

This season Thom Browne pulled back a bit on the theatrics and presented a poignant collection that celebrated the beauty of repurposing and renewal. But this being Browne, he viewed his underlying concept through …

Rag & Bone designers David Neville and Marcus Wainwright doubled down with a great show on Monday night. The pair created a convivial atmosphere at the end of a long and grueling day filled with a number of …

There is something to be said for being able to never put a sartorial foot wrong. And for wealthy women looking for exactly that then Carolina Herrera has, season after season and year after year, come to …

It was smooth sailing for the T.H. Atlantic on Monday afternoon. Tommy Hilfiger’s faux turn-of-the-century passenger liner was docked inside the massive Park Avenue Armory in New York. On its top deck, between …

Maybe it was because their show fell on Valentine’s Day or perhaps designers Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne knew they had to up their game this season, but when the first look from their most recent…

In the show notes of his Fall 16 collection, Derek Lam namechecked Richard Avedon and Alexander Calder as masters in « capturing graphic movement » and Penelope Tree as his stylistic muse. It made for a great combo that …

Hood By Air is ready for lift off. Designer Shayne Oliver marked his return to the Big Apple after a few years showing and producing in other European locations with a collection that looked to be partly inspired by …

Designer Prabal Gurung was feeling in a modern fairytale sort of mood on Valentine’s Day. He kicked off his show notes with the line “this season I take you to a place where magical realism reigns” and that is exactly what …

What defined the Victoria Beckham show on Sunday morning was her rather daring new direction in terms of proportions. She kept to her sporty body con codes, in the shape of form-fitting knitwear updated through the use of …

It is time, ladies and gentlemen, for Joseph Altuzarra to have his Oscar moment. The designer has long been beloved by fashion’s most influential followers and has, over the past few seasons, been on quite a creative roll. But now is the…

Burrrrrrr and blue were the only two conscious thoughts that could actually crystallize in the mind while watching the Moncler show on Saturday night. Someone had the bright idea that it would be fun to force the fashion world…