La Dolce Vita!
AIR MAIL and Bloomingdale’s kick off Fashion Week in high Italian style
The Man in the Tan Corduroy Suit
By insisting on manufacturing everything in his native Italy, designer Massimo Alba has won over fashion-world cognoscenti and action heroes alike
A Getty on the Dance Floor
The oil heiress Ivy Getty lost her father and divorced her husband—but found salvation in breezy, summertime pop
Muse of the World
The socialite heiress and fashion designer Daphne Guinness recalls musical advice from David Bowie, being best friends with Alexander McQueen, and dating Bernard-Henri Lévy
The Long on Shorts
Shorts are the most troubling of male garments. We’ve called on six men’s-wear experts for tips on when and how to wear them—if at all!
The Affluenza Set
Billionaire Stephen Schwarzman’s Gilded Age housewarming party has his Newport neighbors abuzz about his renovations and social ambitions
The Totes of Summer
What does your media-branded tote bag reveal about you?
Bring In the Suits
Dunhill’s new creative director is bringing Britain’s men’s-wear traditions to the next generation
Filippo Sorcinelli
Dubbed the “Pope’s tailor,” the designer behind Atelier LAVS makes ecclesiastical vestments for the Vatican and salacious perfumes for the masses
Lucky Ducks
The newest .01 percent status symbol? A $28,000 duvet made of eiderdown, gathered from rare Icelandic waterfowl
Haute Damn!
The latest trend in French design? Ceramics, pottery, and home accessories decorated with colorful language
A Night to Remember with Salman Rushdie
Gay Talese, Lisa Taddeo, Marlon James, Tony Danza, and others gathered at the Waverly Inn for a rousing book party in celebration of the writer’s new memoir
Isabella Bowie
With her shoe company, Izie, the young designer has her sights set on reviving the high heel
From Radical to Dame and Back Again
The photographer Ki Price’s portraits of Vivienne Westwood pay homage to Britain’s punk poster child turned couture designer in celebration of her birthday
Owen Mears and Emily Cameron
With Ffern, a small-batch natural-perfume line, the English siblings are reviving organic fragrances
Star, Spangled
Thanks to Dita Von Teese, who is now in residency at the Jubilee Theater in Las Vegas, the art of the striptease remains alive and well
Viva Biba!
Twiggy! Bardot! Pet food? A new exhibition in London pays tribute to Biba, the brand that made everything it touched fabulous—from silk sheets to baked beans
Mixed Bag
Phoebe Philo’s new brand was expected to be the hottest thing in fashion. So why has the enthusiasm cooled?
Rule of Three
Have the Bidens ruined aviator sunglasses for the rest of us? How to avoid looking like a rent boy on the runway! And more, in our column on how to live …
Clio Peppiatt
The London-based designer’s embroidered clothes and beaded bags have been snatched up by Julia Fox and Taylor Swift
The Swan Who Was Spared
The real reason Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, Truman Capote’s guest of honor at the Black and White Ball, was the only “swan” he didn’t betray
Belles of le Bal
Le Bal des Débutantes, in Paris, is a coming-out party to rival them all. The photographer who has documented it for 25-plus years takes stock of how a glamorous, unusual ritual has adapted to the times
Immortal Beauties
What does it really take to become a fashion icon? The society queens of Feud: Capote vs. the Swans provide a few clues
Circus Act
At the couture collections in Paris, the dazzling runway shows were met with even more frenzied activity on the streets
