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The Gap Has Taken Over MetroCards Around Manhattan

The Gap Has Taken Over MetroCards Around Manhattan

Cougar October 9, 2012 0

This weekend, the MTA kicked off its new MetroCard advertising project. Instead of the usual yellow graphic, the entire face of the new MetroCard is taken up with a royal blue Gap ad. Turn the card over, and

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Deer Dana Creates Supermodel Inspired Tees for Opening Ceremony

Deer Dana Creates Supermodel Inspired Tees for Opening Ceremony

Cougar October 9, 2012 0

When Jay-Z rode the subway to his eighth and final show at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday, October 6, he was wearing a Deer Dana T-shirt bearing the image of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

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Hedi Slimane vs. the Fashion Press: It’s Not Over Yet

Hedi Slimane vs. the Fashion Press: It’s Not Over Yet

Cougar October 9, 2012 0

Over the weekend, Hedi Slimane scrubbed his Twitter feed clean of all things Cathy Horyn, including his open letter. In what is surely just a very convenient coincidence, WWD ran a strange and lengthy story this morning about some old drawings

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Valentino’s New York City Ballet Costumes Take to the Stage

Valentino’s New York City Ballet Costumes Take to the Stage

Cougar September 21, 2012 0

When dancers of the New York City Ballet graced the stage at Lincoln Center at last night’s fall gala, they were wearing extraordinary costumes by Valentino – and not many people can say that

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Prada Releases a Special Fashion Week Bag

Prada Releases a Special Fashion Week Bag

Cougar September 20, 2012 0

It’s as if the smart folks at Prada heard our musings about how sweet it would be if Fashion Week had a souvenir—something to prove you’d survived aside from the lack of sleep and cab receipts. Fall’s

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New York Fashion Week by the Numbers: More Models Of Color Are Working

New York Fashion Week by the Numbers: More Models Of Color Are Working

Cougar September 19, 2012 0

New York fashion week wrapped up its Spring-Summer 2013 season with a whopping 143 shows and live presentations — more shows and presentations than we’ve ever had to cover during the eight seasons we’ve

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Harlem’s Fashion Row Celebrated Five Years at New York Fashion Week

Harlem’s Fashion Row Celebrated Five Years at New York Fashion Week

Cougar September 19, 2012 0

During the recent spring shows in New York, a handful of New York designers and brands celebrated anniversaries. Harlem’s Fashion Row was among them. The concept behind Harlem’s Fashion Row started simple enough. Brandice Henderson, its

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New York Fashion Week’s Top Models

New York Fashion Week’s Top Models

Cougar September 18, 2012 0

Now that New York Fashion Week’s wrapped, we took the weekend to analyze the openers and closers at 70 of spring 2013′s top shows, and, using math and other magic, we came up with a list

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Beauty Trends from New York Fashion Week Spring 2013

Beauty Trends from New York Fashion Week Spring 2013

Cougar September 18, 2012 0

A riot of color may have engulfed the clothes on the runway, but most New York Fashion Week designers opted for über-minimal makeup. Lash overload and lip color were largely absent. For next spring,

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Acne-Plagued Teen Lands Spot on Fashion Week Runway

Acne-Plagued Teen Lands Spot on Fashion Week Runway

Cougar September 17, 2012 0

Cassandra Bankson, the teen whose makeup routine to cover up her acne-plagued skin made her into a YouTube sensation, started the next chapter of her life, landing a spot on the runway during New York Fashion

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