Jonathan S. Paul, a friend of ACL, sent me this post card from Paris. He’s there covering women’s fashion for The Moment blog.
Hello from Paris, where women’s fashion has taken the city hostage. As a magazine editor with mostly men’s fashion on my c.v., I’ll say that I’m enjoying the experience here — [...]
I hate fashion trend stories. I hate runway photos for the most part too. I just don’t get much out of them generally. Over the past few years I have had a fixation with “The Ivy League Look” of boxy Sack suits and skinny ties. One of the first posts on A.C.L. was about the [...]
Innovation is usually late to the fashion world. Case in point, the Fashion Calendar finally went online. This season, Amex made a “quantum leap in the game” to quote Al Pacino in Any Given Sunday. The credit-card giant set up cameras all over the tents to broadcast the buyers, editors and the people in all-black [...]
On Sunday, I helped organize the press for a new and very talented designer called Antonio Azzuolo. His line a. a., is made up of beautifully made men’s Bespoke tailored clothing and accoutrements. The designer took inspiration from “the elegant bespoke look popularized by the Rolling Stones in the mid-1960’s.” The guys at [...]
In the second installment of Fashion Week Under the Influence we take you to Thom Browne and Unis. We learned from The New York Times that fashion editors don’t eat steaks, so this time we are going to keep the fare light and keep the focus on the drinking.
Part Two
Designer: Thom Browne
Date: Monday, February [...]
The best accessory to wear for fashion week? That’s easy, vodka rocks. New York Fashion Week is just around the corner and you are going to need to see and be seen. Even if you are practicing absence from the PR people and their editor friends, you can still make American Express think you [...]
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