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East Meets Westwood: Vivienne Westwood Comes to E. 55th St.

(Video by Rinda Sutrathada) How the Westwood Won The legendary and eponymous Vivienne Westwood brand has undergone several metamorphoses: first as one of the architects of...
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A Look Back at the Year in New York Fashion Week

New York Fashion Week Retrospective If you missed February and September New York Fashion Weeks, in addition to the political statements and celebrations of diversity,...

Fashion and the (Potentially) Evil Empire

When the "New Normal" is Anything But Fashion icon André Leon Talley recently had the courage to say he would be opting out of Trumpland....

Barneys New York and High School of Fashion Industries

Window of Opportunity For the second year in a row, the legendary Simon Doonan of Barneys New York has partnered with students of The High...

“Smart Stores” are Here! Rent the Runway x Samsung Now Open in Flatiron

The Store of the Future is Here I guess it'll come as no real surprise that, here at FWO, we like to wear nice clothes....

Claire’s Spring Summer 2017 Sneak Preview

Think Pink Anyone who grew up in the nineties knows exactly what Claire’s is. Although maybe some of those ’90 babies may have outgrown the...

Boot Camp: Vogue Party at Frye SoHo

Frye x Vogue It was roughly 150 years between Frye's debut in Massachusetts in 1863, and the opening of its first New York store in...

Main Squeeze: the Dubious Return of the Corset

(Wunderkind photo via Now Fashion) All Tied Up: the Corset's Dubious Comeback Despite shedding the laced-up cages of our ancestors, corsets have made a surprising comeback...

A Wonderful Time: Vogue, Samsung, and de GRISOGONO

New York State of Time When Vogue invites, you go. You can also feel relatively certain the event will be either cool and trendy, or...

“How to Make It in Fashion” at FASHIONISTAcon

FashionistaCon 2016 i first came across Fashionista.com when I was in college, researching careers before my "big move" to NYC. Every 12 months, Fashionista puts on one...