As Paris Fashion Week neared its final hours, I found myself once again talking about clothes with ASAP Rocky. Come on, who else could’ve been the Ebert to my Roeper, here? Rocky loves a fashion show! From Milan to Paris, he has been my unofficial fashion week north star. He wasn’t always visible, but when…
There was something strange about the suits at the Miu Miu show. At first glance, they looked polite enough: in chunky gray felt, with narrow little skirts and jackets with sloping shoulders. But what was going on with the darts? They looked more like … oversize folds. Making the breasts jut out like howitzers while…
On Monday evening in Paris, Karlie Kloss and the fashion designer Rick Owens were reminiscing about their first meeting. It was, Ms. Kloss said, 17 years ago when she was so fresh to modeling that her mom accompanied her to the fitting. What a difference a decade and a half makes. Today Ms. Kloss sits…
The models whooshed by in slinky pants, sailor tops, and finger-toed sneakers, but my seatmate noticed none of it. He was too busy blasting his way up the leaderboard in Fortnite. A triangular tube-top shooting flames could’ve gone by and this man would’ve continued hammering on his computer keyboard like Liberace at the piano. On…
After years of the ever bigger, ever bulkier sneaker, there seems to be bit of a backlash: Sneakers have become sleek, streamlined and, in a word, skinny. “There was a shift, I think it was in the fall of 2023, where you saw a lot more Sambas on the street, with that slick sole,” said…
Easy pants, wafer-thin sweaters, go-everywhere coats and more. March 11, 2025 Spring is a time of renewal. As temperatures rise, daylight extends and pollen froths in the air, wardrobes also undergo a turnover. Thick, woolly sweaters and heavy coats are pushed to the back of closets, making way for lighter layers, breathable fabrics and punches…
One of the most delightful shows in Paris wasn’t a show at all. It was a — what? Exhibition? Career retrospective? Opportunity to snack on gossip along with some croissants? Officially it was the Loewe Fall 2025 men’s and women’s wear presentation, held in the ornate halls of the 18th century Pozzo di Borgo, the…
I have seen women in neckties everywhere. I love this look and all the messages about power and business that it sends. But how do I pull it off without looking gimmicky or as if I’m copying Diane Keaton? — Jayne, Washington, D.C. There is a certain irony that just as men liberated themselves from…
The Valentino show took place in a bathroom. Or not a bathroom, exactly, but a big box in the courtyard of the Institut du Monde Arabe constructed to look like a large genderless public bathroom. One lined in toilet stalls and sinks (no urinals) and glowing luridly Valentino red. The models emerged from the toilet…
One evening in late January, Haider Ackermann, the new designer at Tom Ford, was tucked into a velvet banquette at La Reserve, the discreet, tryst-worthy hotel not far from the Élysée Palace in Paris. He was doing his best impression of Tom Ford, the man. “Hello, Haider,” Mr. Ackermann purred, his voice dropping an octave…