#This month’s Paris Fashion Week goes totally digital

#This month’s Paris Fashion Week goes totally digital

“#This month’s Paris Fashion Week goes totally digital” PARIS — Ending the confusion over the fate of Paris Fashion Week, French fashion’s regulatory body has said that this month’s Paris men’s and haute couture shows will be strictly audience-free over coronavirus fears. The Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode has told luxury…

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#How Jenna Lyons got her groove back

#How Jenna Lyons got her groove back

“#How Jenna Lyons got her groove back” After creative director Jenna Lyons left a floundering J.Crew in 2017 — reportedly a mutual decision between her and the company she helped grow from a catalog of laid-back preppy basics into a bona fide fashion behemoth — she needed a break. “It was a really strange time,”…

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#Mexico demands explanation from French designer Isabel Marant over indigenous designs

#Mexico demands explanation from French designer Isabel Marant over indigenous designs

“#Mexico demands explanation from French designer Isabel Marant over indigenous designs” MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s culture ministry on Wednesday questioned French fashion designer Isabel Marant’s use of patterns from indigenous Mexican communities, marking the government’s latest complaint over high-fashion brands appropriating local styles. According to the ministry, Marant’s latest collection, including a long cape with…

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#Abby Vakay turns old sweaters into luxe Hamptons fashions

#Abby Vakay turns old sweaters into luxe Hamptons fashions

“#Abby Vakay turns old sweaters into luxe Hamptons fashions” Abby Vakay is a popular Hamptons yoga teacher who’s spent much of the coronavirus pandemic meditating — with yarn and thread. Lately she’s become obsessed with cashmere — unraveling and reconstructing sweaters like a modern-day Penelope, patching moth holes with brightly colored yarns in whimsical shapes….

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