BOOKCLUBBIN’ : Tim Gunn’s A Guide to Quality, Taste & Style

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

For Christmas this year, Santa slipped down my chimney Tim Gunn‘s handy dandy tome on all things classy, A Guide to Quality, Taste & Style. Perhaps the big man was trying to tell me something, but I nonetheless was eager to explore what words of dry wit and wisdom Ms. Gunn had to share with me. Taking a break from making his usual acerbic asides and berating the brash hopefuls of Project Runway – with a little help from Parsons colleague and co-writer Kate Moloney – Gunn tells you how to get the most out of your wardrobe and, of course, how to “make it work.” 

Top 11 Classiest Fashion Schools in the World

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Welcome to our month of Fashion Education. To start you off in the right direction, let’s examine your choice of design university, or more importantly, the fashion schools of choice. Certain alma maters produce an exceptional level of talent, consistently. Let us see where you stand, and who stands out as your alumni and professors. (Note: we are only looking at schools that speak English. Paris has burned.)

The Sisters Gaga Fashioning a Line of Their Own

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Stefani and Natali Germanotta, known  to the world as Lady Gaga and — in some parts of the world — Baby Gaga, are  reportedly in talks to launch their own fashion line that will be — get this — “relatively normal and wearable.” In the Gagaverse, “normal” and “wearable” are always relative, but when the standard is a sheer Mugler bodysuit perched atop a 12-in tranny heel, how normal and wearable can we possibly get?

INTERVIEW: Satya Twena, Architectural Milliner

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

Satya Twena didn’t fall into design by mistake. Raised in an eclectic family of artists, the appetite to create was in her blood from the very beginning. After years working in the interior design business, Satya decided to test the waters of the fashion industry after realizing her great love for millinery. Lucky for us, her architecturally-inspired hats designed with experimental materials are truly wearable art. I got the chance to sit down with Satya and chat about her family history, vertical inspiration and the rise of the fascinator.

INTERVIEW: Colette Malouf, Inspired by Family, History & NYC

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

Colette Malouf is a lifetime New Yorker. Born, raised and currently creating in SoHo, she has been surrounded by the energy of emerging artists, both in her neighborhood and family, her entire life. There was never a shortage of elegance or grace in Colette’s home, and we are lucky to have that sophistication translated into her gorgeous hair accessories and costume jewelry. I met Colette in her beloved neighborhood for lunch, and she painted beautiful narratives of shopping with her father, Sundays at her grandmother’s and what she would wear to a cabaret in 1920.

Fusion Fashion Show FIT vs. Parsons: Interview with Wonki the Winner

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Selena Gomez Wins Dressed in Winner Irina Shabayeva

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Selena Gomez wins Favorite Breakout Artist Award at the People’s Choice Awards. Good for her. I’m sure making out with the Biebs didn’t hurt her odds. But the breakout artist also happened to be the best dressed of the evening. She flutters in this bouncing chiffon and organza number by Irina Shabayeva, a young designer who also rose to success through TV like Selena, however, with Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn’s blessings.

Random Facts About Fashion Designers Path’s Before They Were Major

Edited by Nicole Vardo

Most of fashion’s biggest names weren’t born to design royalty: they weren’t raised in fashion capitals like New York or Paris (Todd Oldham and Tom Ford hail from Texas) and some didn’t even start out in fashion (Christian Dior was an art dealer) or go to school for it (Miuccia Prada has a PhD in Political Science).

Don’t miss these tidbits about some of the world’s top fashion designers: