Author Archives: By GUY TREBAY

Bunny Mellon Is Thrust to Center in John Edwards Trial

At 101, Bunny Mellon finds herself thrust into an unwelcoming limelight, as a central figure in the John Edwards trial.

The Frieze Art Fair Brings Its Art and Entertainment to New York

The London-based Frieze Art Fair brings its distinctive brand of arts entertainment to New York.

On the Titanic, Defined by What They Wore

The realities of the Titanic become available to interpretation a century later, just as with the sale this week of the hats, vests, and other items salvaged from the wreckage come into wider view.

At the Maastricht Art Fair, a Flight to Beauty

The acquisitive rich descended on Maastricht for the European Fine Art Fair, a destination for a restless and vagrant tribe seemingly always on the move.

Reporter’s Notebook: An Uneasy Exchange Between Fashion and Navajo Culture

Fashion styles that appear to borrow heavily from traditional Navajo culture raise questions about what belongs to whom and what people are really wearing.

On the Runway Blog: Vanity Fair’s Oscar Party Marathon

The party itself is so long that guest like Michelle Williams and Jessica Chastain are invited in shifts.

Fashion Diary: At the Oscars, Some Stars Missed the Cues on How to Wear a Tux

Apparently the memo on evening wear for men didn’t get through to much of Hollywood attending the Oscars awards.

The Hollywood Hostess Connie Wald Recalls the Storied Stars Circling Her Table

Fantasy is a layered proposition in a town perennially touted as a dream factory, and few locals understand this better than the elegant, white-haired Connie Wald.

On the Runway Blog: Oscars Tuxedo Report Card

Apparently much of Hollywood didn’t get the memo about the fit and the details when it comes to men’s evening wear.

A Tuxedo Should Reflect the Man

A reporter shopped on the high end but ended up buying a lower-priced tuxedo off the rack.