Haute Historian: Culottes Then And Now

Culottes began their fashion journey as a men’s pant—in the Renaissance era, upper class men wore breeches (or culottes in French). Often made out of silk, they were fitted trousers that were fastened just below the knee. They became so synonymous with the upper class that when the French Revolution came around in the late–1700s, …

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25 Bootie Picks For Fall 2014

The bootie is an enduring trend. Year after year and even season after season it comes back. For good reason. They go with everything from jeans to dresses, from the weekend to the office and from early fall to early spring. There are also a ton of styles to chose from when it comes to …

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New York Fashion Week Fall '10. The Tibi Girl Mans Up.

Summary: Inspired by the gritty and artful portraits of photographer Peter Beard, the Tibi fall'10 collection was a study of contrasting themes, a clear one being the pairing of masculine and feminine. Tibi dappled in more menswear shapes this season, pairing military-inspired coats and tailored trousers with their signature celebration of all things "girl" like …

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