The New Yorker Archives

Vanessa Friedman Joins New York Times

March 12, 2014

The new fashion director and chief fashion critic for The New York Times is Vanessa Friedman. The current fashion editor at the Financial Times will be taking her new position next month and will be in charge of global fashion coverage for both The New York Times and International New York Times. Friedman has held …

The New Yorker Memorializes McQueen

March 22, 2010

The New Yorker’s style issue comes out today, and who better to feature and pay homage to than the recently deceased creative mastermind Alexander McQueen. The issue's cover illustration features the designer’s butterfly hat, originally inspired by McQueen's self-proclaimed muse Isabella Blow. In addition, writer Platon provided the magazine with a previously unpublished photograph of …