Louis Vuitton got together with Parsons for a student design project called, appropriately, "Reconstruction."... MORE

If Ralph Lauren was down on his luck today, Isaac Mizrahi was pure jubilation. Taking a cue from a Broadway production, with a jazzy composition by Ethan Iverson, Mr. Mizrahi sent out a collection full of wit, soul and just a tiny bit of melancholy.... MORE

While not referring directly to the Great Depression, Ralph Lauren cited hard times as the inspiration for this morning's spring 2010 showing of faded jeans, bib overalls and humble floral dresses.... MORE

One can't minimize the recession and the impact it has had on millions of Americans. I'm sure many people question all the attention paid to skinny models in expensive clothes and the crowds flocking around them. It must seem silly-and, yes, at times it is.... MORE

"Be careful, Blanche," Simon Doonan said, casting an eye toward the black grit scattered on the concrete floor at the Rodarte show at the Gagosian Gallery. It made for a slippery entrance, and as editors' hooves made a crunch-crunch, I considered Sartre's words about hell.... MORE

Marc Jacobs, who divides his time between New York and Paris, where he also designs for Louis Vuitton, manages to stay one step ahead of the fashion pack.... MORE

Yesterday, as I came down the Bryant Park steps after the Diane von Furstenberg show, worming my through the picture-snapping onlookers, I saw an angel. She was about five feet tall, dressed in white tights with earphones strapped to her head, and she had on a pair of feathery wings.... MORE

It is New York's peculiar duty to run its fashion week as a circus, a three-ring event beyond the runway, beyond new collections.... MORE

It's one of the most ubiquitous labels in the world, and perhaps no company understands those implications better than Louis Vuitton. Last Friday, a California district court jury awarded $32.4 million in damages to Vuitton as part of a 2007 suit the Paris luxury maker brought against Akanoc Solutions, an Internet hosting company based in California.... MORE

On Sept. 12, the photographer Juergen Teller and I will meet for an open discussion about his work. Teller, as just about everyone knows, has had a big influence on contemporary photography-through his personal work, his fashion images and advertising campaigns for designers like Marc Jacobs and Vivienne Westwood. He's also a wonderful, funny conversationalist.... MORE

"There's a certain demand that's gone with the asset destruction and the job destruction," a New York store executive told me the other day. That's the reality these days. Try as retailers might to entice customers into stores-with spiffy renovations at Saks and Bloomingdale's, some great-looking fall merchandise-there just isn't enough demand. Let's hope things pick up in ... MORE

It seems smart to focus on what the editors of American Vogue do best: put out blockbuster issues that remind everyone else-the competition, the trembling designers, the fawning retailers-of their editorial power.... MORE

I noticed the other day that Barneys' windows are displaying the new Rochas line by Marco Zanini, who worked briefly at Halston after a long run as chief design assistant at Versace. I'm a fan of Zanini, and I was glad to see the window treatment at Barneys. But the July retail sales numbers are downright discouraging. Between May 2009 and July 2009, retail sales were off 9 ... MORE

I was sitting with Josie Bonnie on the hood of the Bonnie family clunker on Main Street in Nantucket. It was August 1969, and the older kids, we kept hearing for a week, were leaving the island for a music festival in a place called Woodstock.... MORE

Valerio Mezzanotti for The New York Times Sasha Pivovarova. Between makeup and blow dryer, our photographer caught Sasha Pivovarova sketching backstage at Jean Paul Gaultier.... MORE

Valerio Mezzanotti for The New York Times A piece from the Valentino haute couture collection in Paris. Watching the Valentino show last night, I couldn't help but think of the lovely dresses Alessandra Facchinetti had in her one couture collection before she was dismissed from the house. I remembered the delicate fabrics, the cream tones [...]... MORE

Jacques Brinon/Associated Press Jean-Paul Gaultier's Fall-Winter 2009-2010 fashion collection. First, let me mention that Mickey Rourke attended the Jean Paul Gaultier show. I rarely think of Mr. Rourke but I never think of him in terms of haute couture. He had on a black jacket and jeans, something. He was engulfed by photographers and cameramen as [...]... MORE

Valerio Mezzanotti for The New York Times The runway at the Chanel spring haute show in Paris. Yesterday around 5:30 p.m., I popped in to see Karl Lagerfeld. The studio was moderately crowded: one or two editors parked at one end of Mr. Lagerfeld's big desk and several Chanel executives at the other. Models-Freja, Snejana and [...]... MORE

Valerio Mezzanotti for The New York Times Models pose wearing creations by Christian Lacroix before his couture presentation. Christian Lacroix is certainly wealthy in friends. Despite heavy financial pressures, he managed to present a fall haute couture collection of 24 looks at Les Arts Decoratifs. The couture show may be his last, unless his company's owner, [...]... MORE

The black and white images from Paris dressing rooms in the 1950s, when models stood around in their bras and girdles, provided inspiration to John Galliano for his fall couture show.... MORE

A literary scene at the Paris fashion shows. Literally.... MORE

Today in Paris, before Alber Elbaz presented an early spring collection to some editors gathered at the Crillon, he said, "It's kind of an emotional season in haute couture, because a lot of us are questioning." Well, yes: questioning the future of the craft, the role of the Internet and big brands. Designers like Mr. Elbaz [...]... MORE

Raf Simons wants to be absolutely clear, and that was expressed in the precision of the styling and the clothes.... MORE

Valerio Mezzanotti for The New York Times The runway at the Rick Owens spring 2010 show in Paris. Tonight, as the spring men's collections rolled on, John Galliano used an abandoned public swimming pool asthe setting for a show that made reference to Napoleon Bonaparte, Lawrence of Arabia (the Peter O'Toole Lawrence), Abel Gance, and the [...]... MORE

Courtesy of Moncler An image from Moncler's new advertising campaign, photographed by Bruce Weber. Moncler's new advertising campaign, photographed by Bruce Weber, with a self portrait among the images that will appear in magazines this fall, reminds us that advertising can often be more directional than editorial. Think of the influence that Weber himself has [...]... MORE

Women's Designer of the Year: Rodarte. DVF also gave a special award to Michelle Obama (seen in a video thank you), with a montage of images.... MORE

Oh, hello. Back for the Swarovski young designer awards. For men's: Tim Hamilton, whose first words for "Wow, I didn't really prepare a speech." For accessories: Subversive. And women's: Alexander Wang (in shorts).... MORE

For accessories: Proenza Schouler. The first Popular Vote Award: Ralph Lauren (in tuxedo jacket and jeans). Men's wear designer: Scott Sternberg and Italo Zucchelli, a tie. Jacobs is about to receive the international award-given by Antoine Arnault. More to come…... MORE

Marc Jacobs and his business partner Robert Duffy are sitting in the row in front of me, with folks from Vogue in front of them. Tracey Ullman has just come on the stage, saluting Diane Von Furstenberg and Michelle Obama. The theatre is packed. Here we go…... MORE

Courtesy of Celine Looks from the new Céline collection. Yesterday, Phoebe Philo showed reporters and retailers a selection of clothes and accessories that will begin arriving in Celine stores in late November. It was the first glimpse here of Ms. Philo's designs for the Paris-based company since she was hired last year. The low-key presentation was [...]... MORE

Thanks, everyone, for the comments and discussion on the previous post. If you didn't see the Wall Street Journal's recent section on its D: All Things Digital conference, with interviews with Carol Bartz of Yahoo and John Malone of Liberty Media, among others, I suggest you have a look. I found particularly illuminating the Q [...]... MORE

A few nights ago the Times played host to the 6th annual Citi Women & Co. event, and I was asked to speak about fashion and the economy, with a look back at previous recession and a look forward to some of the challenges facing the industry. About 200 people attended the cocktail-hour event, and [...]... MORE

"Oh, I thought this was going to be a small presentation," said an editor, stepping off the elevator this morning at Calvin Klein on West 39th Street. Not so. Resort collections have a life of their own, and they are a bigger deal than they used to be, with more media coverage. In its pale earth [...]... MORE

Marilynn K. Yee/The New York Times Jessica Velasques, above, with her winning designs from the "Bike in Style Challenge." There are many reasons why New York City commuters have been hesitant to bicycle to work in greater numbers: personal safety, the scarce availability of bike racks and the weather, among them. A perhaps more superficial, [...]... MORE

The summer issue of Acne Magazine. After a couple of weeks off-the mowing and weeding took longer than usual and Toby the Lab insisted on riding shotgun-I return to a round of resort showings and part-tays. Oh, life must go on. Calvin Klein, Prada and Celine (by Phoebe Philo, of course) are on the resort [...]... MORE

After last night's segment on Vogue chief Anna Wintour on "60 Minutes" I almost miss the vicious 80s.... MORE

Last night a friend and I went to the opening of the Richard Avedon fashion exhibition at the International Center of Photography. The Town Cars were double parked at the corner of Sixth Avenue and 43rd Street when we arrived, around 6:45, and there was a throng of guests inside. "Dovima with Elephants," taken in [...]... MORE

Last night at the Met, before the trumpet toot for dinner, I asked veteran models to tell the story behind some of their shoots. I happened to be in the 1960s room, standing next to a cover portrait of Marisa Berenson by Irving Penn when Berenson, dressed in a lovely pink Dior dress, entered with [...]... MORE

There was a lot to see at the Costume Institute gala Monday night, beyond the short dresses and platform heels that seemed to be the fashion message of the night. (Gisele Bundchen in Versace, Kate Moss and Anne Hathaway in Marc Jacobs and Kerry Washington in Louis Vuitton were among the best examples.) With the [...]... MORE

Supermodel Stephanie Seymour says she won't be attending tonight's gala for the "Model as Muse" show. "Azzedine has made my dress for every single ball," Seymour said this afternoon. "I had a fitting in Paris. But then he called me over the weekend and asked me not to wear the dress. I will still make [...]... MORE