Fashion Critic Robin Givhan has been busy lately. The (in)famously outspoken critic has made headlines on no less than two different hot button issues in as many days. First, New York Magazine touched on her verbal scuffle with Karl Lagerfeld, sparked by an article she wrote for Newsweek back in January that if the famed …
Say it isn’t so! But apparently it is, according new a $50 million lawsuit that the young designer has been slapped with, according to the New York Post. Alexander Wang is being sued for heading up a Chinatown sweatshop where his workers are allegedly abused. Thirty workers claim they were forced to work 16 hours …
It’s a structure we Project Runway viewers have become fairly familiar with: as the number of designers dwindles, the challenges start to require an even greater set of skills and effort from the remaining competitors. But usually, as challenges go, there is at least one designer in the group who has more experience at a …
Could Mary Katrantzou be planning plus-size versions of her already infamous dresses? In a nutshell: hopefully. It seems as if the designer was approached by Net-a-Porter to do plus-size dresses of her signature digital prints. As much as she wold like to do it, there are several roadblocks ahead. “NET-A-PORTER.COM asked us if we would …
You might not know the name Misha Nonoo but you will soon. Misha Nonoo of Nonoo just won the Rising Star Award for Women’s Ready-to-Wear from the Fashion Group International. This win comes on the heels of opening her first independent showroom in downtown Manhattan and expanding her business into global markets. Nonoo is known …
