Annals of Fashion
How Thom Browne’s Gray Suit Conquered American Fashion
The designer’s eccentric tailoring has long had a cult following. Now it’s filtering into the mainstream.
By Rachel SymePhotography by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari
Should Leopards Be Paid for Their Spots?
Style-setters from Egyptian princesses to Jackie Kennedy to Debbie Harry have embraced leopard prints. Proponents of a “species royalty” want designers to pay to help save endangered big cats.
By Rebecca Mead
Ann Lowe’s Barrier-Breaking Mid-Century Couture
How a Black designer made her way among the white élite.
By Judith Thurman
Sterling Ruby’s Mixed Media
The art star, a longtime collaborator of Raf Simons, wants to take his designs to a wider audience. But will his new clothing line devalue his other work?
By Christina Binkley
Batsheva Hay Rethinks the Traditions of Feminine Dress
Inspired by Victorian, Amish, and Hasidic styles, the New York designer’s clothing is both subversive and coveted.
By Anna Russell
Hood By Air’s Radically Aggressive Streetwear
The rigorously experimental label has fans lining up for six-hundred-dollar T-shirts.
By Christopher Glazek
Barbie Boy
By Lizzie Widdicombe
Trending
By John Colapinto
Skin in the Game
By Kelefa Sanneh
Fit For the White House
By Larissa MacFarquhar