Fashion in the News

What's Your Favorite Vintage Pieces
New York Times

Are you a fan of vintage fashion? The New York Times is calling on readers to submit their favorite vintage pieces. Don't forget that you will likely lose rights to your photos, so read the fine print before submitting...but either way, HOW FUN!?! 

Designers’ Mantra: Learn in Chicago, Then Leave   

New York Times
April 30, 2010 

by: Jessica Reaves Big enough and diverse enough to inspire young designers, Chicago is also affordable and accessible, two things that fashion powerhouses New York and Los Angeles (and Paris and Milan and London) are not. Throw in a top-notch design school — the School of the Art Institute of Chicago — and you’ve got an enormously appealing training ground for the next generation of Marc Jacobses and Phoebe Philos. Click here to read the rest of the article.

 

Civil Rights Leader Dorothy Height had fashion flair, including stunning hats:   Washington Post
April 28, 2010 

"As the country has celebrated the life of civil rights activist Dorothy Height, who died in April at 98, few folks could resist commenting on her distinctive style. She was known for her formal wardrobe of feminine suits in lush colors and, most specifically, her glorious hats."

Click here to read the more about Dorothy Height's fashion statements.




The Examiner has great fashion advice...some of it includes Washington, DC --even though it is a Baltimore publication. Check out the fashion section here.


Can Sackcloth Have Fur Trim?

New York Times

March 9, 2010

by Eric Wilson: "Clean lines and a lack of obvious embellishment are typically translated in the corporate world as dress code for “Let’s get down to business — now!” You could also say that this has been a theme of the Paris shows."

In Paris, Elbaz plays to women's strengths

Washington Post

March 9, 2010

by Robin Givhan: "Elbaz has always admired female power, but he never allows a woman's strength to overshadow her playfulness, her vulnerability and her romantic nature. He incorporates all of those emotional chords in his work without letting his clothes become a confusing mash-up of a year's worth of therapy sessions. One characteristic is always the star, and the rest play supporting roles."

The Anonymous, The Rediscovered, and the Camouflaged 

 New York Times

March 8, 2010

by Guy Trebay: "A surprising number of top models started out as catalog girls, Ms. McGrath said, before being saved and repurposed for lucrative high-fashion work. “Back in the day, you paid your dues, and it was good for you because it made you understand the business much better,” she said. “If you’ve been doing underwear ads, my dear, you know what the business is about. You know how to sell the underwear.”

Minimalism, and Plenty of it 

New York Times

March 8, 2010

by Cathy Horyn: "The fall ready-to-wear collections continued their clean sweep as Stella McCartney sent out linear coats with only a little notch in the front for a detail and crewnecks and slacks so plain and simple, you had to remind yourself you weren’t looking at Ann Taylor."








Webcasts Change the Runway

Washington Post

March 7, 2010

by Robin Givhan: "The visually engaging webcasts deliver at least some of the creativity and drama of a fashion show directly to consumers. But this laudably democratic trend also makes one wonder: If everyone is in on the fashion story from the very beginning, when the first model steps out on the runway, how does that change the final narrative?"

R2D2 Would Love It
New York Times
March 5, 2010

by Ruth La Ferla: "In keeping with a pervasive futuristic theme, androids stalked trancelike down the runways of Gareth Pugh, Balenciaga and Rick Owens, among others. Models encased in stiffly worked, rainbow-tinted fabrics or, more often, in the requisite silver or black gave off a sinister air."

Desiree Rogers may have improved Washington's look. Washington may not have noticed.

Washington Post

March 3, 2010

by Robin Givhan: "In the future, women might not be pulling frocks by conceptual designers out of their closet, but at minimum, maybe at the next State of the Union address, the audience gathered in the Capitol won't look like a scattering of red and yellow square pegs wedged into a thicket of charcoal gray."

In Milan, designers are seeking a new middle ground on power dressing

Washington Post

March 2, 2010

by Robin Givhan: "The designers who presented their fall 2010 collections here focused on intellectual rigor, sexual power and professional strength."

Designed by Whom? Often It Was a Guess 

New York Times

March 7, 2010

by: Ruth La Ferla -- "You can count on the Oscars for a night of epic glamour meant to pump adrenaline into viewers’ veins. As for fashion — the kind that pushes boundaries and fires creative minds — its advent on the red carpet is as rare as an ice storm in Belize....(click for more)"

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