by Alex R. Travers It’s no secret that the lifestyle brand conglomerate Fifth and Pacific has been shedding entities. First to go was Liz Claiborne, which, in fact, used to be the company’s namesake until last year. After Claiborne, it was bye-bye Juicy Couture. Then today it was announced that Fifth and Pacific agreed to …
by Lily Hoagland Last night, throngs of the beautiful people in art and fashion descended upon the OPENHOUSE gallery at the behest of Julia Restoin Roitfeld. The dress code ended up being either black leather hipster or center-of-attraction carnival wear, and the downtown vibe was set to the music commandeered by Leigh Lezark, DJing as …
by Alex R. Travers Opening November 13, a truly civilized exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York, “Gilded New York,” will illuminate an age when absolute decorum ruled. The exhibition arranges over 100 works, including costumes, jewelry, portraits, and decorative objects, all created between the mid-1870s and early 20th century—a time when …
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Last week, more than 600 people came out to Cipriani 42nd Street in Manhattan for Phoenix House’s 2013 Fashion Award Dinner, which honored Tory Burch, John Demsey and Frank Doroff. The event also benefited the newly launched Josh Doroff Scholarship Fund.
by Alex R. Travers Rarely has a museum exhibition brought fashion to life. Yes, on a certain level, museums have excelled at the designer retrospective, a recent example being the Met’s touching tribute to Lee McQueen in 2011. On another level, though, the institutions tend not to focus on designers who are still alive and …