Oscar de la Renta’s Red Carpet Looks Through the Years
From Diane Lane to Nicki Minaj, the designer’s dresses appealed to a range of actresses and entertainers.
Oscar de la Renta, Who Clothed Stars and Became One, Dies at 82
By CATHY HORYN and ENID NEMY
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Gowns from Mr. de la Renta's spring 2011 show.
Mr. de la Renta dressed the wives of American presidents and socialites, but it was Hollywood glitz that defined him for a new age and a new customer.
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Mr. de la Renta in 1976.
Timeline: Oscar de la Renta’s Life Through the Years
By JOANNA NIKAS, VALERIYA SAFRONOVA and SIMONE S. OLIVER
Milestones in the life and career of the influential designer, who died Monday at age 82.
Looking Back
Mourning Oscar de la Renta’s Passing on Twitter
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Celebrities, designers and journalists took to social media to express their sadness over the death of the legendary designer.
Oscar's...Wild!
By CATHY HORYN
In this interview from 2009, Oscar de la Renta, the social set’s favorite dressmaker, holds nothing back.
Oscar de la Renta Names Peter Copping as Creative Director
By VANESSA FRIEDMAN
Oscar de la Renta, the king of the ladies who lunch, has appointed a crown prince.
On the Runway Blog
Why It Matters That Michelle Obama Finally Wore Oscar de la Renta
By VANESSA FRIEDMAN
The designer had been a bipartisan White House sartorial staple for years, but for the last seven years, the first lady had never appeared in the designer’s clothes.
Staying Within the Lines, Sister Style
By ALEXANDRA JACOBS
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The Trademark store eschews a groovy, let-it-all-hang-out atmosphere; instead, everything is shipshape and tidy.
To Siri, With Love
By JUDITH NEWMAN
How one 13-year-old boy with autism became BFF’s with Apple’s Siri
Flirting With the Dark Side
By RUTH LA FERLA
Bereavement plays a part in several current museum exhibitions, on television shows and in films.
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Alexander Wang introduced his athletic-fashion collaboration with H&M in Washington Heights.
Look Homeward, Reader
By MEG WOLITZER
An adult who reads books for young people counters critics who say she should keep to her own age.
Where Even the Long-Legged and Lithe Sweat It Out
By SHEILA MARIKAR
Under the guidance of Justin Gelband, models and ordinary people work out at ModelFIT, a gym on the Bowery.
Reverse Parenting
Friends for Life, and Perhaps Even Longer
By JENNIFER CONLIN
A longtime friendship survives a medical scare.
Modern Love
Life Was a Roving Party Until I Grew Up
By MONICA DRAKE
A divorce court can yield a man who is well dressed and good-looking, and available, but then time passes and the carefree days slip away.
The Treasure in a Small Package
By ANNABELLE GURWITCH
The siren song of the luxe life compels Kia owners to test-drive Teslas, but Sample Nation beware: The cosmetic companies are onto us.
Social Q's
Photo Inopportunity
By PHILIP GALANES
Questions about photos of someone’s home posted on Facebook; those who liken pets to children; a gift intended for an ex-beau; and a pianist’s handshake.
Thursday Styles
A New Band of Fashion Brothers
By JOHN ORTVED
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Ariel, left, and Shimon Ovadia, who are behind a line of preppy men’s wear called Ovadia & Sons, in their studio in SoHo.
In an American fashion movement, siblings are starting their own men’s wear labels and tapping into a growing luxury market.
Matt Edge for The New York Times
Jaimee Dormer, in doorway, who sells vintage clothes out of a van, swaps her Instagram influence for parking spots.
Your Instagram Picture, Worth a Thousand Ads
By KATHERINE ROSMAN
Popular on social media? Turn your Instagram influence into cash, prizes and parking spots.
Disruptions
Silicon Valley Stirs Up Hollywood
By NICK BILTON
Hollywood tycoons and directors at Vanity Fair’s recent summit weren’t sure if the technology moguls wanted to join forces, buy them or destroy them.
Unbuttoned
This Emperor Needs New Clothes
By VANESSA FRIEDMAN
The way for Tim Cook, the Apple chief, to woo the fashion industry is to take its priorities seriously.
Dina Litovsky for The New York Times
The eager crowd at a “Fury” screening is left to wonder if Brad Pitt is underappreciated.
Smart pairings make fall dressing easy; A new Ronnie Fieg sneaker salutes 9/11 heroes and more shopping news.
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Karl Lagerfeld, Anna Wintour and Gisele Bündchen screen Chanel No. 5 film by Baz Luhrmann.
A Touch, a Smell, a Smile
By JON CARAMANICA
Band of Outsiders captures an authentic streak in men’s dressing: medium aspiration.
Alaïa Is Worth the Wait
By VANESSA FRIEDMAN
Azzedine Alaïa held his show last week, two weeks after fashion month ended, showing pieces like a reinvented shirtdress and knit evening gowns.
What to Wear This Week: Oct. 13
By SIMONE S. OLIVER
This week, as you suss out seasonal trends to court, borrow a few style notes from the mature fashion set.
Intersection
Less Is More in Denmark
By SHERN SHARMA
Danish design, known for simplicity and functionality, is often translated into minimal fashion that one may easily see on the streets of Copenhagen.
Openings, Sales and Events for the Week of Oct. 16
By ALISON S. COHN
Fashion and art unite this week for shoppers.
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Peter Copping in 2013.
Oscar de la Renta Names Peter Copping as Creative Director
By VANESSA FRIEDMAN
Oscar de la Renta, the king of the ladies who lunch, has appointed a crown prince.
Scene City: Fashion Season in Los Angeles
Julia Roberts and others attend Hammer Museum’s 12th annual gala in Los Angeles.
Sunday Styles
The Tao of Oprah
By JENNIFER CONLIN
Malin Fezehai for The New York Times
At every stop on Oprah Winfrey’s “The Life You Want Weekend” tour, streams of people are finding inspiration, exercise and plenty of promotions.
Dancing With the Design Stars
By ALEXANDRA JACOBS
Ballet’s partnership with fashion reveals some missteps.
The Gate-Crasher in the Front Row
By JOHN KOBLIN
Imran Amed, the founder of the influential website The Business of Fashion, has gone from back-row blogger to front-row fixture in just a few years.
Comer Cottrell, Who Got Rich on Hair Curling, Dies at 82
By DOUGLAS MARTIN
Mr. Cottrell helped break color barriers in Dallas’s business community after his company found success with an inexpensive treatment that replicated the Jheri curl hairstyle.
Declining Wool Demand Forces Scramble to Adapt at New Zealand Farms
By MIKE IVES
Competition from synthetic fibers has damaged earnings for the country’s wool exporters, and farmers are retooling their operations in response.
Hermann Brederhorst/Polaris for The New York Times
A guest enjoys one of the baths.
Naked Came the Strangers
By STUART EMMRICH
At the Friedrichsbad baths in Baden-Baden, Germany, everything you do — shower, swim, get massages, walk through drafty hallways — you must do completely naked.
Modern Love
In Matters of the Heart, We’re in This Together
By AUBREY HIRSCH
In matters of the heart, having a boyfriend who takes care of you is as important as the mending itself.
Social Q's
Parental Fortitude
By PHILIP GALANES
Discussing how to handle the bad behavior of a son and his friends, what to do about surname coincidences and more.
Cultural Studies
The Empty-Nest Book Hatchery
By NANCY M. BETTER
A flurry of publications and blogs is aimed at empty nesters.
Jennifer Lawrence’s Strong Stance on Privacy
By VALERIYA SAFRONOVA
Fans of the actress responded to her interview in Vanity Fair.
The Spring 2015 Shows
Interactive Feature: Test Your Knowledge of the Four Major Fashion Weeks
By DEVI VALLABHANENI
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How much do you really know about the runway shows in New York, London, Milan and Paris?
New York, London, Milan, Paris Fashion Week Reviews
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
Workers prepare a catwalk during London Fashion Week.
A handy reference for all of the reviews of the spring 2015 shows.
Jennifer S. Altman for The New York Times
Photographs: Fashion Week: The Runway Revisited
Photographs by JENNIFER S. ALTMAN
During February and September 2013, the photographer Jennifer S. Altman followed a group of models as they walked the runway during New York Fashion Week. Here is where they are a year later.
The Designers of Spring/Summer 2015 Fashion Week Take Their Bows
By T MAGAZINE
We catalog the bows — some proud, some playful, some humble, some all of the above — of many fashion visionaries.
Disruptions
Meet Facebook’s Mr. Nice
By NICK BILTON
Arturo Bejar is trying to create empathy among teenage users to curb cyberbullying and harassment.
On the Runway Blog
Kering’s Big Power Reshuffle
By VANESSA FRIEDMAN
All at once, new chief executives were named at Christopher Kane, Brioni and Bottega Veneta.
What to Wear This Week: Oct. 20
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Red Door Spa, Elements Massage and Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa are offering a range of services for $50 each.
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Bill Cunningham | Chanel’s Paris Show
By BILL CUNNINGHAM
If you were to attend only one fashion show in Paris, it would have to be Chanel.
Evening Hours | The Collective Spirit
By BILL CUNNINGHAM
Celebrations of arts, letters, parks, perfume and flowers fill the week.
Highlights From Bridal Fashion Week
Held shortly after a month of ready-to-wear presentations conclude in Paris, Bridal Week in New York City is a relative bastion of traditionalism.
SCENE CITY
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Lavender look from Balenciaga. Hope they brought earplugs for baby North! Music's a bit loud for developing eardrums. — @AlexandraJacobs
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In the Studio Series
In the Studio
Rick Owens: Secure in His Own World
By VANESSA FRIEDMAN
The designer lives and works in his building in Paris's Seventh Arrondissement.
Clare Waight Keller of Chloé: Pencils, Pushpins and Paris
By VANESSA FRIEDMAN
The designer describes herself as "slowly invading" her office space.
In the Studio
Alber Elbaz of Lanvin: The Eye, the Mirror, the Screen
By VANESSA FRIEDMAN
There are few furnishings in the Lanvin designer’s office, but they all play a role in his work.
In the Studio
Vera Wang: Treasuring the Calm in the Eye of the Storm
By VANESSA FRIEDMAN
No desk, no computer, no art on the walls: For the designer Vera Wang, her minimalist office is her sanctuary.
In the Studio
Narciso Rodriguez: Never at a Loss for Sneakers
By VANESSA FRIEDMAN
The designer talks about what inspires him and what keeps him going.
In the Studio
Diane von Furstenberg: A Life in Five Floors
By VANESSA FRIEDMAN
The designer Diane von Furstenberg feels at her best behind her desk.
In the Studio
What’s Inside Jason Wu’s Office
By VANESSA FRIEDMAN
For the fashion designer Jason Wu, his office holds both inspiration and sentiment. And then there’s that cat.
Fashion Week
Street Style
Paris Fashion Week Street Style
The street fashion photographer Craig Arend of Altamira NYC took over our Instagram account for the spring 2015 fashion shows. Here are our highlights from Paris Fashion Week. Check out NYTimesFashion on Instagram for more.
It's All in the Details
Paris Fashion Week Accessories
By ANGELICA ROGERS
Golden brogues with cutouts at Chanel, a cherry-shaped clutch at Undercover and more details from the spring 2015 shows.
Milan Fashion Week Accessories
By ANGELICA ROGERS
Barbie-inspired bags at Moschino, ’70s style boots at Gucci and more details from the spring 2015 shows.
London Fashion Week Accessories
By ANGELICA ROGERS
Fur slippers at Simone Rocha, ear-cuffs at Julien MacDonald and more details from the spring 2015 shows.
New York Fashion Week Accessories
By ANGELICA ROGERS
Military-inspired bags at Marc Jacobs, 3-D glasses at Rebecca Minkoff and more details from the spring 2015 shows.
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