Derek Lam Spring 2012 Runway: California Dreaming With winter in NYC coming in unpredictable spurts, who would mind a California escape. Derek Lam may have been in a similar mindset when designing his Spring 2012 collection. With a riff ont he Golden Age of Hollywood (or really, the eras before Juicy Couture and Kitson sweatpants served [...]

Acne Spring 2012 Runway: New Look So much for luxury lines taking all the glory. Acne, long a jeans favorite amongst the fashionable set, is proving their is much more to a denim-based brand. The Swedish label’s creative director Jonny Johansson hit his stride for the Spring 2012 collection with an outstanding collection. In generous bolts [...]

Alice and Olivia Spring 2012: Dresses For Every Mood No one could fault Stacey Bendet Eisner, Alice and Olivia’s founder, for lacking enthusiasm. The high-energy, gamine designer rocks it at Ashtanga yoga in the morning, hits the office for a full day and has time for two kids in tow. Over the years, she has built a [...]

Calvin Klein Spring 2012 Runway Collection Having inherited such a clear vision at Calvin Klein, Francisco Costa has kept the buzz going with the spare yet sexy minimalism. Unlike of his more futuristic collections in the past, Costa stayed close to the body.  A long peachy nude gown followed the body in layers of chiffon before [...]

Arzu Kaprol Spring 2012: White Out That’s not all bad, of course, but rather on the youngish designer front, there seems to be movement too. Arzu Kaprol, a Turkish female designer who’s as slim as she is easy on the eyes, showed for the first time in Paris last March. Then for the Cannes Film Festival, [...]

Jenny Packham Spring 2012 Collection Call it a banner year, but 2011, was just that for London-based Jenny Packham. The 1920s-minded designer had a huge boost when the new Duchess Kate Middleton donned one of her shimmering gowns in June to the 10th Annual ARK Gala Dinner at Kensington Palace. With its light blush shade, chiffon [...]

3.1 Phillip Lim Resort 2012: Urban Jungle Not everyone goes to a beachy boardwalk or rustic but voguish surf camp come resort season. In fact, many people head to New York City, where they can shop to their heart’s content, revel in the holiday lights and generally spoil themselves in the finest cocktails at the glitziest lounges. [...]

Alexander Wang Resort 2012: Sporty Uniform The gifted young designer (or brand-maker, depending on who you ask) continues to keep the hits coming into the Resort 2012 season.  With all the brouhaha over the upcoming Olympics, it was easy to see that he might have had the job of designing the US uniforms in mind. But [...]

Alexander McQueen Resort 2012: Romantic Utility Sarah Burton, the much admired right hand of Alexander Lee McQueen, continues to unfold a focused and outstanding signature. For Resort 2012, the Brit noted the classic McQueen themes – the nipped-in waist, Victorian touches and indulgent embroideries – but had a masterful way of translating the collection into the ideal [...]

Givenchy Resort 2012: Hawaii + Baseball Riccardo Tisci’s clothing for Givenchy has always had a dark, slightly gothic bent. So how does that translate to the exuberantly sunny resort season? For 2012, rather spectacularly. Unlike his otherworldly couture and runway confections, in resort, Tisci had to give the shopper more to work with – it’s the [...]

Calvin Klein Resort 2012 Preview If you’re the lucky sort, this time of year is about finding the perfect sunny bikini or scanning through book lists for the ideal beach read. However you cast it, the resort collections always have more than a bit of aspiration and that includes temperate weather, ocean breezes and lazy days. [...]

Miami Art Basel Recap: Party On While its older brother Art Basel brother has continued on with its hush-hush art collector ways, the art fair’s younger Miami-based sibling continues to establish its reputation as a full-out bacchanal. Celebrating 10 years last week, Art Basel Miami Beach brought attracted artists and collectors for its exhibitions and corresponding [...]

Molami Headphones: Listen Up! One of the hottest parties of the month wasn’t a fancy gala or benefit dinner, but rather a cool fete in an Upper East Side townhouse. The shop Fivestory (located as you might guess on the 5th floor and set to officially open in early 2012) hosted a US launch party for Molami, [...]

Temperley London Resort 2012: Middleton Heaven Designer Alice Temperley has built a devoted following for her pretty and romantic designs, but her fan base has usually veered towards shoppers of the Dallas or Los Angeles ilk than the trend-setting denizens of Paris and New York.  Be that as it may, the British designer is hitting her [...]

All Eyes on Carlos Campos Coming off a CFDA/Vogue 2011 Fashion Fund Award nomination, Carlos Campos is taking a breather. Ok, well not really. The Honduras native is already off to work on his Fall 2012 collection, where he cuts his own patterns for both mens and womenswear, works hands-on with the sewers and manages production. Even [...]

Timo Weiland Fall 2011: Fun and Flirty In an industry that often takes itself deathly seriously, Alan Eckstein and Timo Weiland of the line Timo Weiland are having fun and it shows in the clothes.  The duo who met years ago through mutual friends have infused their Fall 2011 collection with a fresh joie de vivre. [...]

Yves Saint Laurent Fall 2011: In Control Nothing like the threat of losing your job to ignite some creativity. Or in the case of Stefano Pilati, just rumors. Every season it seems, his name is swirled around the replacement jar and each collection, YSL promptly shoots them down. So you got the sense that the designer [...]

Paris Couture’s New Stars: Alexandre Vauthier and Julien Fournie’s Fall 2011 Collections For a long time running, Paris’ couture scene was as prestigious as it was staid. Few designers had the skill and know-how to make it in the ranks, whereas young talents lacked the wherewithal for producing such precious confections. But with the support of some devoted fans, [...]

Azzaro Fall 2011: Swan Song Fashion is composed of a fickle set of folks. After a high-profile run as Azzaro’s creative director, Vanessa Seward, stepped down in March. A pretty brunette, Seward had a knack for dressing global pretty young things in her glamourous, albeit pricey creations.  She also knew the luxury label inside-out; she joined the [...]

DVF, Vera Wang and Prabal Gurung’s Favorite New York Times Images Seasoned fashion pros know the value of a perfectly timed photo op. (See: Billy Farrell Agency and Patrick McMullan’s nightly uploads.) So it was an apt choice to bring together designers such Diane von Furstenberg, Vera Wang, Prabal Gurung, Zac Posen and Milly’s Michelle Smith to [...]