“I took varsity, military and prep, put it all in a blender and this is what came out,” Todd Snyder told reporters backstage during his blockbuster fall show. Snyder is one of the leading menswear designers on the New York…
This season marked the return of Ralph Lauren menswear to New York Fashion Week amidst big changes at the company. Stefan Larsson, the first CEO of the Ralph Lauren empire who wasn’t Ralph himself, recently departed after spending two years…
Perry Ellis was a fashion designer who left behind a profound legacy that would stand for excellence in American fashion and influence in the company of other greats like Marc Jacobs to Tom Ford. The brand has changed considerably since…
Dark, brooding colors and plush materials were omnipresent at Zachary Prell’s Fall 2017 presentation held in an open space at Skylight Clarkson Studios in lower Manhattan. The mood was vibrant with pulsing music, but the clothes were somber. Stoic models…
Jeffrey Rüdes knows how to throw a party. Though he had already showed his latest collection in Paris more than a week prior, an early evening event in his Soho store with racks of gorgeous clothes and unlimited glasses of…
Part showroom, part art gallery, part meeting space for the creative set, Cadillac House in Manhattan’s tony Soho neighborhood provided the airy space for Brett Johnson’s Fall 2017 presentation. This outing marked Johnson’s third time participating at New York Fashion…
One critique frequently lobbed at American fashion is that it is little more than a sophisticated copycat mimicking European ideas. It’s a lazy assessment, but one that isn’t always entirely without legs. When American design is at its best, when…