Confessions of a fashion victim
byIn the fall of 2008, I carried my one and only suit jacket on a wire hanger into the men’s department of Bloomingdale’s White…
Power suits
In the fall of 2008, I carried my one and only suit jacket on a wire hanger into the men’s department of Bloomingdale’s White…
Rubin Singer knows the power of a suit. He knows it in his bones. “What happened was that (my grandfather) escaped from the Nazis…
It is no small irony that just at the moment when armor appeared to outlive its usefulness in the 16th century – swords having…
Photograph by Audrey Ronning Topping Of all the power suits in the world, the Chinese jade ceremonial suit is arguably the most powerful suit….
“This is my second tour of duty,” Julie Gaynor says with a laugh. The new vice president, general manager of Neiman Marcus Westchester in…
She has created fanciful corsets that will never be worn and ties that won’t adorn a single neck. She’s even made a collection of…
Story and photograph by Leif Skodnick You might say Barnum Financial Group managing director Paul Blanco got his fashion sense from the ball…
Cat Greenleaf coveted her Brooklyn brownstone long before she bought it, since her good friends live right next door. But when the place went…
Fans of “Downton Abbey” are a loyal, enthusiastic bunch. They – let’s be honest, we – replay DVDs of the hit television show that…
It’s not hard to figure out what iconic American product has captured Dicky Riegel’s imagination. Moments after driving onto his Bedford Hills property, you…
DAY BED Summer still has a few weeks left, but we’re planning on extending the season even further. And there’s a most fashionable way…
Three new fashion books by Thames & Hudson – about the legendary milliner Paulette, photographer William Helburn and the incomparable Yves Saint Laurent –…
Jeff O’Geary knows retail. For 1½ years, he ran the designer apparel floors at Saks Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Prior to that, he’d been…