Fashion Review
Power Dressing Gets a New Look
The woman as sex toy is over; the warrior has returned. Louis Vuitton broke barriers and Miu Miu redefined comfort glamour in a fitting end to the ready-to-wear season.
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CreditCollin Hughes for The New York Times Architectural Digest Undergoes Renovations for the Social Media Age
Anna Wintour’s protégée, Amy Astley, takes a cue from her mentor by condensing the title of the magazine and infusing its pages with Instagram.
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Credit As Margiela Mania Returns, So Do His Classics
Now that the designer’s influence is back on Paris runways, a vintage dealer’s temporary store becomes a fashion week must-visit.
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At Chanel and Rihanna’s Fenty, a Return to Smartphone Fashion
Content takes on all sorts of meanings when it comes to clothes, from a rocket ship and schoolyard rebels to a funky Hermès and a pagan Alexander McQueen.
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CreditValerio Mezzanotti for The New York Times Rihanna’s Fenty Collection: What to Wear to Detention
The fall styles, created in collaboration with Puma, included shrunken football-jersey tops and teddy bear handbags.
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Paris Fashion Week
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CreditValerio Mezzanotti for The New York Times Paris Fashion Week 2017: Chanel’s Rocket Launch and Vuitton’s Slippery Stairs
And more of what you missed.
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CreditJustin T. Gellerson for The New York Times What the Trumps’ Arrival in Washington Means for a Luxury Mall
CityCenterDC, which opened to some skepticism in 2013, might benefit from the wealth and glamour of the new administration.
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CreditBertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Images In Paris, Nicki Minaj Reveals More Than Her Thoughts
The hip-hop artist, probably the biggest front-row name this week, startled Haider Ackermann’s guests with an all-but-bare-breasted appearance.
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Life as a Runway
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CreditAlex Welsh for The New York Times What 8 Fashion Publicists Wore to the Office
With fashion month coming to a close, James LaForce, who runs the fashion-heavy public relations firm LaForce, offered a peek inside his offices.
Award Season 2017: Red Carpet
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CreditNoel West for The New York Times Inside the 2017 Governors Ball and Vanity Fair Oscars Party
Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Janelle Monáe, Nicole Kidman and other celebrities party after the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
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CreditNoel West for The New York Times Oscars 2017 Dresses
Our slide show opened the envelope, if you will, on what Taraji P. Henson, Ruth Negga and Michelle Williams are wearing.
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Red Carpet Watch
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CreditFrazer Harrison/Getty Images. Mike Nelson/European Pressphoto Agency. Facundo Arrizabalaga/European Pressphoto Agency. The Irresistible Style of Emma Stone
The actress, nominated for an Oscar for her starring role in “La La Land,” keeps it fun and fresh.
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CreditBrad Torchia for The New York Times Isabelle Huppert: ‘The Best Way to Please Is Not to Please’
Her subversiveness and underplayed chic have transformed the actress, an Oscar contender, into fashion’s unlikely new muse.
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CreditFrom left: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images; Frazer Harrison/Getty Images; Jordan Strauss/Invision, via Assocaited Press Nicole Kidman’s Strategy: Never Play It Safe
Why the actress, Oscar-nominated this year for her role in “Lion,” always makes the best-dressed lists.
Paris Fashion Week
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CreditEli Schmidt Women’s Fashion Shows: Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney, Sacai, Hermès
A photo diary of the fall/winter 2017 collections that were presented in Paris on Monday.
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CreditPius Utomi Ekpei/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Almost Every Week Is Fashion Week Somewhere in the World
Why so many countries are now engaged in a race to establish their own ready-to-wear showcase. Or two. Or three.
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CreditValerio Mezzanotti for The New York Times Rihanna’s School Days
The third Fenty x Puma collection took to the runway (actually, the tops of long library tables) in Paris.
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Credit Get Ready for Fall Fashion
As the fashion season winds down, here are some of the most popular looks from the runways.
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CreditDmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times Christian Lacroix Puts Opulence into a ‘Midsummer Night’s’ Ballet
The former couturier has designed the Paris Opera Ballet’s new production of a Balanchine classic.
Party Coverage: Scene City
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CreditRebecca Smeyne for The New York Times Art Week and Children’s Defense Fund Galas
Galas were held last week for the Armory Show, the Children’s Defense Fund-New York, the Bronx Museum and the Museum of the City of New York.
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Party Coverage: Scene City
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CreditNoel West for The New York Times Inside the Vanity Fair Oscar Party
Halle Berry, Janelle Monáe, Caitlyn Jenner and other famous faces at Hollywood’s exclusive annual gathering.
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CreditAxel Koester for The New York Times Nicole Kidman, Adrien Brody and Ruth Negga at Chanel Pre-Oscar Dinner
A parade of celebrities gathered for the dinner held annually by the luxury brand and Charles Finch on the eve of the Academy Awards.
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Also the Purim Ball and a silent auction for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center.
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CreditJessica Lehrman for The New York Times Winter at the Waldorf
Recent events included the Viennese Opera Ball, a gala for the Human Rights Campaign and the Black & White Panda Ball
Men’s Style
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CreditZack Wittman for The New York Times About Clint Frazier’s Lush Locks: Will the Yankees Let Their Hair Down?
The Bombers have long observed a strict Steinbrenner-era grooming code. But as other teams relax their own rules, is there room for a man bun in the Bronx?
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Critic's Notebook
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CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times Sean Spicer Fixed His Suits. What About the Ties?
The curious style of the White House press secretary has fashion experts scratching their heads.
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CreditRoss MacDonald Ta-Nehisi Coates on Creating Black Superheroes
Mr. Coates, the author of “Between the World and Me,” talks about his Black Panther comic books and a new series set in Harlem.
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On Time
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CreditCartier Cartier Courts Young Men With Luxe Watches
The aristocratic watchmaker, long popular with fashion-forward women, has caught on with the highly male watch-geek set.
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Styles Q. and A.
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CreditAn Rong Xu for The New York Times Filmmaker Bart Freundlich on Shooting Hoops at 47
“I get to turn my mind off,” the director of “Wolves” says.
