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Is This What Fat Shopping Heaven Looks Like?

Browntourage: The Wokest Girl Gang Yet

André Leon Talley: "I Don’t Think Of Anything As A Challenge In The Industry"

Designer Tracy Reese: "None Of Us Can Afford To Be Complacent"

"People deserve an opportunity, but you also need to earn your opportunity."

Stephen Gan: "The Best Thing About New York Fashion Week Is New Y...

"I think America’s got so much going for it, but I'm hoping for some kind of creative combustion."

Leandra Medine: Fashion Houses Need "Generation Z Mentors"

"There’s definitely a tact about the generation below my own and an understanding of how the internet works that it seems like fashion really desperately

Ed Filipowski: "The Industry Is Just Keeping Pace With What’s Hap...

"Why wouldn’t we want fashion, which is a reflection of the way we live, to not be as inclusive?"

Renzo Rosso: "There Are Just Too Many Fashion Weeks Around The Wo...

"There is just no longer the time or the budget to travel everywhere and cover everything."

Bridget Foley: "We’re In An Experimental Age & Fashion Is Only A ...

In our State of the Industry series, fashion's most respected critics, editors, designers, publicists, and entrepreneurs discuss the biggest challenge

Vanessa Friedman: "New York Fashion Week Has Lost Its Identity"

In our State of the Industry series, fashion's most respected critics, editors, designers, publicists, and entrepreneurs discuss the biggest challenge

15 Years Later, Opening Ceremony Is Still The Coolest Brand Around

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Loeffler Randall's Jessie Randall: "Shoes [Are] The Core Of What ...

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Target Is Upping Its Fashion Game With A New "Brand-Focused" Stra...

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Christian Siriano Is Building The Next Great American Fashion Empire

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Gabriela Hearst's Mission: To Create The First Sustainable Luxury...

“I want my pieces to have desire, and desire is timeless.”

Jonathan Saunders On The Vibrant Future of DVF

"What the company stands for is not just about clothes, it’s about freedom of expression, it’s about creativity, it’s about community."

17 Years After Launching Her Line, Designer Ulla Johnson Is At Th...

Tracing her unconventional path to success.

How Brock Collection Is Building An Empire Of Beautiful, Well-Mad...

"I think we try to take an approach of making really romantic clothing, but for it to not feel too precious."

Rachel Comey Knows What Her Woman Wants

"To be able to understand who is shopping at my stores, what their lives are like, what they’re doing, and what they need is huge.”

Why Prabal Gurung Is A Socially Minded Designer

"Success is a true test of your character."

How Vans Became Fashion's Coolest Sneaker

Nostalgia is key.

Designer Brandon Maxwell On The Pressures Of Working In Fashion

I think it’s really important to say, ‘It’s okay to not be a size zero, you don’t have to be tall and blonde, you can look like you and be you!’?

Reformation's Yael Aflalo Says "The Future Of Fashion Is Fast"

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Mansur Gavriel On Their Envy-Inducing New Clothing

The label that reinvented the It bag is making its foray into ready-to-wear.

Everlane's Next Covetable Launch — Denim!

At a time when fashion is in a state of flux, we're looking to the industry's next generation of influencers as a guiding light. This New York Fa

Exclusive: See Jonathan Saunders' First Ad Campaign for DVF

Why Genderless Fashion Is So Important — & Why You Should Be Payi...

When 30-year-old interior designer Andrew Loren hit the wedding circuit this summer, he was faced with the inevitable dilemma of what to wear. Though a sta

How Vintage Became Hotter Than Present-Day Fashion

When ThredUp Founder and CEO James Reinhart introduced Luxe, a new portal for luxury consignment, on his eight-year-old online resale site last week, it wa

Azzedine Alaïa Makes His Triumphant Return To Couture

Though Azzedine Alaïa started his career exclusively with haute couture-level creations in Paris circa 1981, the designer abandoned this intricate, old wo