Author Archives: By ERIC WILSON

Front Row: Rare Vintage’s Halston Sale Begins Aug. 19

The owner of Rare Vintage plans to incorporate Victor Hugo’s daring style in a display for the store’s vintage Halston sale.


Shoppers on a ‘Diet’ Tame the Urge to Buy

Wearing only six items of clothing for 31 days can prompt both frustration and liberation.


Internet Air Kisses

Fashion designers have been somewhat slow to embrace the more commercial elements of modern technology, like selling their clothes online or on mobile devices, perhaps hesitant about sullying their brands. Social media, however, they seem to have caught on to right away.


Front Row: Arnold Scaasi Retiring

After 55 years of custom-made dresses, he will stick to the jewelry business.


Front Row: Men Refine the Art of Rolling Up Pants Legs

The newest look in rolled pants legs for young men is a lightly pinched cuff that falls an inch or two above the ankle.


Front Row: Nice Goal! How’d You Like to Be a Model?

Designers have had their antennae up for a breakthrough fashion star at the World Cup.


Mannequins Take to the Streets to Help Garment District

Thirty-two designers are participating in a public art exhibition that opened on Broadway in Manhattan’s garment district on Thursday, which, in essence, is the fashion version of those cow statues that plastered New York a decade ago.


Front Row: Canvas Footwear, in 2 Senses

Jenny Holzer, the artist known for her pointed use of text in projections and LED displays, agreed to be the first artist to design a pair of Keds sneakers in a project to benefit the Whitney Museum of American Art.


Front Row: Kleinfeld Bridal Salon Now Has Tuxedos

Kleinfeld now needs male mannequins.For the first time since it began in 1941, Kleinfeld Bridal Salon has clothes for men.


Fashion Asks: Who Deserves Success?

A generational divide creates tension among designers, with some older ones asking: Can success come too soon?