FRIDAY FASHION...OR SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL?

Robin Givhan

"Riddles on the Runways"
"Le Grand Dior, Upstaged by the Upstarts"

The Sartorialist

Face Hunter

Go Fug Yourself (Oscars!)

Photo: David Marc Fischer

FRIDAY FASHION...OR SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL? Highlights are indented.

"How can a designer send out a seemingly simple pair of narrow navy trousers topped with a close-fitting ribbed sweater and leave one marveling at the beauty of it all? What makes his work so much more astounding than the trousers and sweater you might pick up for a quarter of the price at Banana Republic?"--Robin Givhan finds answers at the Raf Simons show in Milan (slideshows included)


The Sartorialist

Anna "Terminator" Wintour
Via Verri, Milan
More Milan

Face Hunter

one-half nelson, mr. black

Go Fug Yourself

Photo: David Marc Fischer

FRIDAY FASHION...OR SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL? Highlights are indented.

"Investors tend to be enamored of the glamorous aura that surrounds fashion. They equate eccentricity with genius. They mistake bad design with esoteric intellectualism. And they confuse a likable and charming personality with someone who actually knows what he's doing."--Robin Givhan sizing up Zac Posen, Proenza Schouler, Anne Klein, Ralph Lauren, and Donna Karan at the end of Fashion Week


The Sartorialist

Sartorialist Jr. for Cookie Magazine
A Secret to The Sartorialist's Success--Revealed!

Face Hunter

Shots With and Without Graffiti
SoHo With and Without Graffiti
Great Lead Photos
That's Some Cap!
That's Some Trovata Party!
Lovely Group

Go Fug Yourself

Imogen Heap
Joss Stone
Hayden Panettiere scrolldown

What To Wear This Very Second


HEATHERETTE COVERAGE Slideshow (watch to the end) and YouTube


Photo: David Marc Fischer

FRIDAY FASHION...OR SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL? Highlights are indented.

"Designers here are unveiling their fall 2007 collections and already there have been moments that validate the most outlandish portrayals of the fashion industry in popular culture. There has been harmless silliness as well as evidence of the industry's unnerving disengagement from the society it serves. All of it falls under the heading of creative license."--Robin Givhan on Fashion Week

"Designers who put their collections on the runway are asking that their work be thought of as more than merely clothes. They are thrusting them into the forefront of the culture and asking that they be considered as part of the chain that runs from television to movies to books to politics to who we are."--Robin Givhan on Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Narciso Rodriguez/Thom Browne, Derek Lam/Rodarte at Fashion Week


The Sartorialist

Christian Louboutin, Shoe Designer
Movement in Black and White
Leopard Lady of Paris
Black Leggings

Face Hunter

NYC Party People
Other NYC Party People
Telfar, NYC
NYC Cocktail Crowd
Love the Lead-Off Pose

Go Fug Yourself

Herchcovitch coverage in New York

Photo: David Marc Fischer