His work went beyond fashion and was a fine art. Inside “Charles James: Beyond Fashion”.

Look inside the Charles James exhibition @ MET. The career of legendary 20th-century Anglo-American couturier Charles James (1906–1978) is examined in the newly-opened Costume Institute’s new Anna Wintour Costume Center. The exhibition at the Met brought to life some rumors about a reappearance of the legendary brand. The MET exhibition explores James’s design process and … Read more

Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute reopened and renamed the Anna Wintour Costume Center

    After two years renovations, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute reopened with a new exhibition and a brand new name – the Anna Wintour Costume Center. The complex named after the high-powered Vogue editor-in-chief and the most powerful woman in fashion has been completely redesigned and renovated and was reopened on May … Read more

Fashion books: Oscar de la Renta speaks about his work.

  Oscar is the story of a man whose artistic, generous spirit transcends his fashion creations. Assouline publishing house beautifully updated the original 2002 volume of “Oscar de la Renta. The style, inspiration and life of Oscar de la Renta” book (Anna Wintour foreword). Oscar de la Renta‘s eponymous coffee table luxury edition book was … Read more

Suzy Menkes leaves International Herald Tribune for Vogue

70-year-old British writer, one of the Tribune’s most high-profile assets, joins Condé Nast title

23 designers (and mothers) to create BORNFREE collection

BORNFREE – for a world where no child is born with HIV by 2015 More than 90% of HIV infections in children result from mother-to-child-transmission during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding, and 260,000 children were newly infected with HIV in 2012. An AIDS-free generation begins by making sure moms do not transmit the virus to their … Read more

Garden party: Stella McCartney Spring 2014 collection

Designer Stella McCartney presented her Spring 2014 Collection through a New York garden party. The Jefferson Market Garden, a lush oasis in the heart of Greenwich Village, was filled with models and celebrities. Cameron Diaz, Anna Wintour, Liv Tyler, Julianne Moore, Naomi Watts were in New York City to support friend and designer Stella McCartney. … Read more