Vanessa Friedman

Martine Rose named first female designer of Balenciaga. This is gonna be fun.

Pierpaolo Piccioli officially out at Balenciaga. Third designer ousted under new Kering CEO Luca De Meo. He’s cleaning house.

The new theme for the Costume Institute’s 2027 mega show after the Galliano debacle is finally revealed - and curator Andrew Bolton talks. Drumroll please… nytimes.com/2026/11/05/style… via @NYTimes

And the big one: CFDA American women’s wear designer of the year. The winner is … drumroll … Rachel Scott for Diotima. It’s her second time winning the award.

The CFDA emerging designer of the year is … Colleen Allen.

And now for the CFDA award for accessory designer of the year… Ana Khouri.

Time for the Oscars of American fashion, aka the CFDAs. First award: men’s wear designer of the year. And the winner is… Ralph Lauren. This is Ralph’s 11th CFDA award.

A posthumous gift from Gloria Steinem: this is what 92 looked like -nytimes.com/2026/10/20/style…

Yup, all the rumors were true, and Anthony Vaccarello is leaving Saint Laurent. Assessing his tenure - nytimes.com/2026/09/30/style… via @NYTimes

Miu Miu final parade. See how many famous faces you can spot (hint: Olivia Colman, Jamie Bell, Emma Corrin, Louisa Jacobson and Noah Jupe among them).

That Celine show was a home run.

I like a little Rick Owens in the afternoon.

Very nice Dries Van Noten by Julian Klausner. He understands the assignment.

Wall of drooping, rotted flowers at Maison Margiela.

Ok, yeah, fashion is nuts. The Dior show invite just made it obvious.

Ok, the button discourse here is actually very entertaining - nytimes.com/2026/09/28/fashi…

Yeah, I talked to Mark Zuckerberg about his fashion rebrand. I really did that - nytimes.com/2026/09/25/style… via @NYTimes

Fendi through the (literal) looking glass, by Maria Grazia Chiuri.