Last month, the New York Times’ T Magazine received an odd request on behalf of reviled clotheshorse Moammar Gadhafi. He’s been busy committing war crimes, so a cultural minister asked the Times to help Gadhafi secure an exhibition of his...

Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill., is the model Congressman. Shirt off, abs swelling on the cover of Men’s Health, he’s a glorious display of what fitness and Photoshop can do. Of his “form-fitting Zegna suit and tapered shirt,” the m...

It’s the dress that launched a million knockoffs, but we’d already seen it. Kate Middleton walked down the aisle in an Alexander McQueen creation strikingly similar to the gown Grace Kelly wore in 1956, when she wed Prince Rainier of Mona...

Sampling champagnes and sniffing perfumes may seem like pastimes of the idle rich, but for luxe historian Tilar J. Mazzeo, it’s all in the name of research. The bestselling author of “The Widow Clicquot” releases her second biograph...

While the camera has made some notable advancements in the past 150 years, the disheveled look of bohemians has remained constant: unkempt hair, torn clothing and lips that rarely smile. But Kate Moss wasn’t first — the Pre-Raphaelites we...

When Louis Vuitton hangs a “Made in Africa” charm on a leather tote (modeled by Bono, of course), fashionistas ooh and ahh like the French luggage giant thought of something tres nouvelle. But Euro-centric designers are jumping on this ba...

“The Devil Wears Prada” author Lauren Weisberger wasn’t just a one-trick Wintour pony, and with four novels under an ever-chic belt, she’s just getting started. In town to kick off Bethesda Row Boutique Week — the fall-f...

Express has long admired older Italian men with crisp blue eyes and impeccable taste in handbags. Tragically, some pretty important totes are missing. U.S. Airways lost the luggage of Giorgio Gucci — the third-generation heir to the House of Gu...

Holding a fashion show in a room with hallways the size of Karlie Kloss’s forearms might seem foolhardy, but considering that 1) this is DC Fashion Week and 2) most models can fit in a Smart Car without claustrophobic impulses, we conclude that...

The end of New York Fashion Week feels like December 26th without the gift returning or the awkward “when are you getting married?”-mother-daughter-and-ten-Southern-women-from-your-neighborhood talk. You’re tired and cranky and you ...

Betsey Johnson is a grandma. Grandbaby Layla was the cutest thing at the show, and for a debt-ridden designer, that’s not what you want the audience to think. Video of her real-life dress-up doll rolled during the show’s finale, commandin...

It’s Thursday, Sept. 16, the last day of New York Fashion Week — and those who aren’t there have to console themselves somehow. Thus D.C. style mavens who are stuck here will come out in droves to shop the District Sample Sale, a tw...

Backstage at Vivienne Tam’s Spring 2011 womenswear show, celebrities waited to get photos taken … with her. The prolific designer — celebrated for merging Eastern details with Western style — transformed the fashion and art wo...

REBECCA TAYLOR It’s looking like a ’70s-inspired spring, with Rebecca Taylor showcasing a line of feminine silk print blouses straight out of Mom’s closet. Structured blazers and blouses are paired with draped and unfussy separates....

Those who doubt high fashion’s impact on culture haven’t met Beverly Johnson. In 1974, she became the first African American model to appear on the cover of Vogue, breaking racial barriers and paving the way for supermodels such as Iman, ...