Thursday, January 27, 2011

Fashion & Style

Fashion Review

Onstage or Backstage, a Kiss for Paris

At Dior, John Galliano showed extravagant dresses, all more or less in the 1950s spirit of Penn, Avedon and Suzy Parker.
Valerio Mezzanotti for The New York Times

At Dior, John Galliano showed extravagant dresses, all more or less in the 1950s spirit of Penn, Avedon and Suzy Parker.

Tune out the usual malcontents and you’ll find relevant couture collections for fall.

On the Runway Blog

Paris Couture: Valentino

At Valentino, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli offered very pretty clothes, focusing on maxi lengths, simple day dresses in double ivory crepe with faggoting, and some very cool halter dresses in delicate lace, and shirtwaists.

Fashion Review

Feeding Dreams of a Better Life

For years, the Paris men’s collections have provided relief from Milan’s commercial steamroller. Some of that relief is comic, and some is meant to be virtuous.

Skin Deep

Full-Service Gyms Feel a Bit Flabby

Memberships and community are out of date as people go to a gym for exercise and nothing more.

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Skin Deep

Beauty Spots

Products designed to treat facial redness and dry skin, and make you look like a superheroine.

Front Row

A Filmmaker’s View of the Runway

Zoe Cassavetes makes a video of the spring Miu Miu collection, the first in a planned series of films to appear this year; after a two-year hiatus, the Ebony Fashion Fair is being revived in a new format.

Up Close

The Restaurateur Gabriel Stulman and a Bit of Wisconsin

Mr. Stulman is hiring his Wisconsin friends, and if he gets his way, there may soon be a Little Wisco for the New York mix.

Scene City

Jumping Out of Spider-Man’s Shadow

At the Manhattan Theater Club’s benefit dinner, the Broadway woes of Spider-Man were on everyone’s minds.

Crib Sheet

The 10 Things to Talk About This Weekend

Oprah’s half-sister, the furor over Tiger Mothers, American Apparel is suing manufacturers of its own nail polish, and other topics.

For Funerals Too Far, Mourners Gather on the Web

Webcast funerals reach more friends and relatives and reflect the fact that people are living more online.

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This Life

What ‘Modern Family’ Says About Modern Families

For “Modern Family,” self-analysis is part of the sitcom’s storyline.

Christy Martin, Boxer, Takes Another Shot

A stabbing, allegedly by her husband, almost cost Ms. Martin her life. Now, it may have given the boxer her career back.

Photographs: On the Street | X Factor

The look that dominates high fashion in New York is a long stretch of leg, ankle boots and a new posture.

Reality TV? Not Really, the Capital Says

“Potomac Fever” on E! searches for its cast among Washington’s players.

I Resolve. World, Don’t Fail Me Now.

Web sites exist for any number of things you want to accomplish.

From The International Herald Tribune

Reflecting on the Future

Karl Lagerfeld sent out a romantic but modern couture show for Chanel that, surprisingly, included jeans.

Browsing & Scouting Reports
Multimedia
Inspired Beauty at the Couture Shows

Couture shows this season have been pretty much in touch, with energy and a modern sense of ease.

Men’s Shows in Paris: Plainly Put

Photos from the men’s wear shows in Paris including Thom Browne, Givenchy, Raf Simons, Yves Saint Laurent and more.

Haute Couture: Jean Paul Gaultier

This was one of the most imaginative, uplifting Gaultier performances we’ve been treated to in a while.

More From the I.H.T.

Dior's Shadow Play

John Galliano sketched out the elegant history of Christian Dior.

Hats Off to Easy Elegance

Sometimes a single feature, like a hat, can capture a fashion moment.

Fashion Week
Spring 2011 Collections

View collections from the Spring 2011 runway shows in New York, London, Paris and Milan.

Updates from the T Magazine blog.

Designers