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What’s Missing from Paris Fashion Week? The Answer’s in This Vintage Dior Fashion VideoWanted to post this blast-from-the-past-y video of Christian Dior's 1969 "Fur Fashion Show" in London [via Fashin]. Yes, for many people, it seems both unethical and disgusting to drape your body in 25 pounds of dead chinchilla (and it's hard to imagine a normal non-heiress type person wearing something like this today in earnest, without getting […] Read more
John Galliano’s Hasidic-Inspired Outfit Not Really Winning Over His DetractorsFor a man who's so famous for how brilliantly he expresses himself through fashion, John Galliano is not communicating well, to put it mildly. Today's New York Post cover: The former Dior designer wearing what looks uncannily like Orthodox Jewish garb, walking around New York City en route to Oscar de la Renta's studio (as […] Read more
15 Iconic Runway MomentsWe dug into the photo archives for some of the most iconic runway moments of the past few years. Read more
John Galliano’s Oscar de la Renta Studio Appointment Was Masterminded by Anna WintourIf you thought Oscar de la Renta had organized those highly publicized studio hang-out sessions with disgracedDiordesigner John Galliano out of the goodness of his heart, that's precisely the case if "goodness of his heart" is a euphemism for "favor to Anna Wintour." In an extended interview with journalist William Norwich in this week's New York magazine, […] Read more
Dior Has to Beat the Heiresses Off With a StickWhile we were busying arguing about the merits of Raf Simons' work at Dior, the French fashion house was busy rolling its eyes and moving vast quantities of couture into the presumably palatial closets of young Russian girls. Wondering whether the three-piece suit which appeared at Dior's Spring 2013 couture show (pictured) was commerically viable, New […] Read more
Oscar de la Renta Is Bringing John Galliano Back Into the FoldJohn Galliano, Anna Wintour, Oscar De La Renta in 1990 via Getty Images It's almost fashion week, which means Oscar de la Renta is back in the pages of WWD courting controversy. Last season, he entered into a very public and very childish feud with fashion critic Cathy Horyn, taking out an ad in the print version […] Read more |
