On Thursday, just as the fashion world was gathering in New York for its ready-to-wear shows, Gucci added yet more uncertainty to an already tumultuous industry by announcing that the designer Sabato De Sarno was leaving. He had been at Gucci only two years and was scheduled to unveil his spring collection in Milan on…
There’s so much going on in the next four weeks, between the Super Bowl; the continued rollout of awards season, culminating in the Oscars on March 2; and whatever shock and awe President Trump unleashes, that it’s hard to imagine how fashion shows will carve out any space in the attention economy. As if on…
Growing up, Kyle Smith did not like sports. “I was scared of the boys in sports,” said Mr. Smith, 31, who is gay. He described himself as the type of teen who was way more interested in watching “The September Issue,” the documentary about the inner workings of Vogue. Mr. Smith, who was born in…
Shae Watson, left, and Kat Randolph were going to see an exhibition about the choreographer Alvin Ailey at the Whitney Museum when I saw them on Little West 12th Street in Manhattan’s meatpacking district on a Sunday afternoon in January. I was captivated by the layered outfits they had assembled, which had distinct sensibilities and…
Wow, things have really gotten out of proportion. Inflation is everywhere. That’s often how life seems in the morning. On Monday evening, at the New York Public Library, Marc Jacobs simply gave some shape to the situation and put it on the runway. In the third of what might be called his show series of…
It would have been understandable — even natural — if the attendees of Sunday night’s Grammy Awards had decided to go subdued. If they had opted to appear toned down and quietly respectful of the trauma still being visited on Los Angeles in the wake of the wild fires, in simple black suits and equally…
With the new Trump administration there seems to be a general trend toward old-fashioned gender stereotypes and dress, which seems to me like a frustratingly restrictive version of how a “woman” looks. Is there a way to use clothes to rebel against this unspoken dress code, even in a fairly conservative work environment? — Renee,…
Minimalist fashion was pushed to an extreme at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night. Bianca Censori, the wife of the rapper and designer formerly known as Kanye West, appeared in a look so pared-back that many people wondered if her ensemble could be considered indecent exposure. Though Ms. Censori arrived at the awards in a…
In T’s column 1 Piece, 10 Budgets, we share 10 perfect versions of an item in a range of prices. Minimalist sneakers with a ’70s feel have been on the rise on the runways and city sidewalks. Here are T market editor Angela Koh’s favorites. With suede uppers and Skechers’ patented memory foam insoles, these…
First of Its Kind, Last of Its Kind tells the story of an exceptional accessory and the archival piece that inspired it. The 63-year-old Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, the oldest son of a taxi driver and a homemaker, grew up in a one-room apartment in northern Tokyo. As a child, he’d accompany his parents on…