At Mortimer’s With Carrie Donovan, the Old Navy Lady
From the oversized frames of her eyeglasses to her roaring pronouncements, the heroic fashion editor in Isaac Mizrahi’s comic book, “The Adventures of Sandee the Supermodel,” is so unmistakably Carrie...
View ArticleDon’t Go Out Like That
O.K., it is warm. The streets are full, the freaks are out, the trees are blooming. Rejoice. But bear in mind our status as a fashionable city. In other words, darlings, your legs are white, perhaps...
View ArticleTim McCarver on Valentine … No Monica Video … Errol Morris, Documentary...
Wednesday, Feb. 10 Errol Morris, everyone’s favorite tormented documentarian, darling of this year’s Sundance Film Festival with his new film Mr. Death , has a dirty secret. He not only works for Truth...
View ArticleMay 22 – May 29, 2002
Wednesday 22th Get out your paddles, ladies! The personal effects of the late Carrie Donovan ( New York Times fashion journalist turned Old Navy spokeswoman who was, by all accounts, just a big old...
View ArticleCity’s Pee-wees Seek Chichi! Great Buys for Li’l Guys
A new marginalized constituency is emerging in Manhattan. We’re irate, we’re short and we can’t find a thing to wear! I’m talking about the sartorial pixies, we undersized male fashion gnomes who have...
View ArticleWhat’s That Ringing? Also, J. Lo Gets Down
Angelenos like to get all creative and ostentatious with their cell-phone rings. It’s just another form of personal expression! Bugs Bunny, 50 Cent or the “Hava Nagila” can suddenly bleat forth from...
View ArticleAn Unholy Sabbath: Their Need Is Great, And I, Too Small
This is a confession, of sorts. When my fiancé, Edward, and I moved to South Brooklyn a few months ago from our respective Manhattan apartments, we bought coordinating throw pillows, joined the local...
View ArticleA Dress Appears, As If In A Dream….
LAURIE: I made my once-yearly visit to Barneys the other day. Or rather, I made my once-yearly visit to the 8th floor, a.k.a. Barneys Co-Op, a.k.a the only floor on which I do not get the sense that...
View ArticleTempest in a Shop: I Always Want To Speak to a Manager
It was a balmy fall afternoon on the Upper East Side, and there was a loose cannon in Citarella. Unfortunately, it was me—again. I was engaged in a Socratic dialogue with the counterman over why I...
View ArticleJuly a Mixed Sales Bag for Chain Retailers
With government stimulus checks mostly spent, July was a gloomy month for retailers. WWD took a toll of the national chains that either fell short of expectations or took a hit last month–or...
View ArticleFashion Roundup: Ralph Lauren Steps Down While Giorgio Armani Remains...
And the youngest Hadid sibling makes his modeling debut.
View ArticleEverything You Need to Know About the Changes at Ralph Lauren
Stores will be closing and jobs will be cut.
View ArticleThe Rise and Fall of J.Crew Signals Masstige Prep Is Done
The once hot retailer was left behind in the wake of trends it created
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