Joan Pedersen, Vogue model, 95 A ballerina who grew too tall for her partners, Joan Pedersen made a smooth transition from barre to catwalk. With other Conover models she was a member of the Copacabana Revue that traveled with the USO to entertain the troops. In 1946 she became the sixth model to sign with … Read more
In a year of shuttered stores and bankrupt fashion brands, the idea of a heritage label that’s made it through decades (or centuries) of war, recessions, and massive cultural shifts feels particularly remarkable. Beyond desirability, it requires an ability to pivot, react, and, in some cases, predict how the world is about to change. At … Read more
Well, it’s more fun now because I know a very little something about what I’m doing. Twenty or 30 years ago, I just was flailing. But doing Murphy Brown for 10 years gave [me] a certain confidence in front of the camera that you can’t replicate. And it was really fun to work with Meryl … Read more
For as dark as this year has been, it has clarified things. The lockdowns gave us lots of time to reflect, to study the numbers, to error correct. Some brands won’t make it through the crisis, but the ones that do will run smarter in 2021. Rag & Bone’s Marcus Wainwright drilled down to basics … Read more
Summer 2021 can’t come fast enough for Sarah Staudinger. Instead of dwelling on the vacations she missed this year, she designed a pre-fall 2021 collection for her first post-pandemic getaway. Beach cabanas, striped towels, and yacht clubs dotted with sailboats inspired this season’s colorful patterns, nautical grommet details, and experiments with nylon. A pair of … Read more
Whether she’s walking for Fendi or Alexander McQueen (breaking barriers with every step) or posing with one of her billboards on the streets of New York, model Paloma Elsesser makes every outfit fully her own. She wears the clothes; they don’t wear her. With a penchant for bright colors and patterns, Vogue’s latest cover star … Read more
“If someone had only told me to get rid of the eye makeup sooner!” Jane Birkin once lamented to Vogue. Birkin, who turns 74 today, is speaking of the Swinging ’60s, when she decamped from her native England and landed in France with exaggerated etchings and layers of lower-lash mascara. Fast-forward to the following decade, … Read more
Cover LookPaloma Elsesser wears a Michael Kors Collection dress. Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, January 2021 ON PAPER, THE IDEA of fashion insiders hitting up the local pumpkin patch seems utterly absurd, but on a chilly weekend in October, Paloma Elsesser and her friends find themselves amid an expanse of Dutchess County farmland nestled deep in … Read more
During lockdown, Ian Griffiths happened to watch a BBC documentary on Lee Miller, the multitalented American model-turned-photojournalist who became a war correspondent for Vogue in the ‘40s. “She has belonged to my pantheon of heroines since my days as a student at London’s Royal College of Arts,” said Griffiths during a showroom appointment. “Her life … Read more
