Christopher Kane Interview
Christopher Kane talks with Vanessa Friedman about drawing nude bodies as a bonding activity with his design team and keeping nostalgic items from college.
Pursuing Elegance
Carolina Herrera, a fashion designer, reveals the process behind her Spring/Summer 2015 collection that is fully produced out of her atelier in New York City’s Garment District.
Designing for an N.B.A. Athlete
This season Nike has teamed up with the N.B.A. to reimagine the league’s uniforms. We take you inside its research lab, where data helps designers understand how athletes like LeBron James move during a game.
Saving Luxury With T-Shirts
Virgil Abloh is creative director of Off-White and consultant to Kanye West. Take a tour of his studio, where graphic tees and wedding dresses are part of the same outfit.
Bringing Balmain to the Instagram Generation
Olivier Rousteing, the creative director of Balmain, wants to make the French fashion house relevant to a new generation — and his 4.6 million Instagram followers are paying attention. We take you inside his Paris studio.
Dressing Melania Trump
Hervé Pierre designs for a very specific customer: First Lady Melania Trump. We take you inside his New York City studio.
All-Female Fashion House
At Simone Rocha’s studio, women’s wear means practicality — not fantasy. We give you a tour during London Fashion Week.
Inheriting The Legacy
Before their fashion week show, meet the young designers who are preserving the Oscar de la Renta brand — and pursuing a new vision.
Julie de Libran
Julie de Libran, artistic director at Sonia Rykiel, says the best advice Ms. Rykiel has given her is to learn to say “no.”
Tory Burch
Tory Burch talks with Vanessa Friedman about the importance of family, eclecticism and feng shui.
Thom Browne
Thom Browne talks with Vanessa Friedman about the virtues of minimalism, the color gray and having his staff members dress as if he’s their father.
Giambattista Valli
Giambattista Valli, an Italian fashion designer based in Paris, chats with Vanessa Friedman about his dream to have a maison d’haute couture that honors the past, but also feels contemporary.
Vera Wang
Vera Wang, fashion designer, chats with Vanessa Friedman about how her private office is her “haven-slash-disco-slash-mental hospital” from the pressure and demands of building her brand.
Tomas Maier
Tomas Maier, the creative director of Bottega Veneta, chats with Vanessa Friedman about how his clean white office space in New York City helps him appreciate the happy accidents in his clothing.
Rick Owens
Rick Owens chats with Vanessa Friedman about how his creativity used to thrive on chaos before he transformed his five-story building in an upscale Parisian neighborhood into an open ascetic space.