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Vanessa Friedman

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New York Times and INYT fashion director/critic, FT alumna, mother (of 3), flying trapezer, slow-but-happy bike rider, views are all my own

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Bella Hadid and the spray-on dress at #Coperni : the finale!
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Brooks Brothers converting NY, Mass and NCarolina factories from making ties and shirts to making masks and gowns. They are making 150,000 masks a day starting now.
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Bell Hadid and the spray-on dress at #Coperni : Part III
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Well now. That's a corsage that makes some noise. V from BTS #GRAMMYs , suit by Louis Vuitton.
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Whoa... @LouisVuitton has signed BTS as brand ambassadors. That’s quite the power move.
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The ⁦ @LouisVuitton Trump ⁩ ribbon cutting. “Louis Vuitton...cost me a lot of money over the years” said the President.
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Jeno backstage at #PeterDo #NYFW
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Jeno opens the #PeterDo show #NYFW
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Best @chanel finale video ever: Spot the catwalk- crasher! And spot the security guys running after her! #PFW
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attending the $35,000-a-ticket #MetGala in a Brother Vellies gown blaring "Tax the Rich" is a complicated proposition.
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So here I am at the @LouisVuitton ⁩ factory with the LV cattle in the LV fields in Johnson County, Texas for the POTUS ribbon cutting. Never did I think I would write all those words in one sentence before.
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POTUS discovers a ⁦ @LouisVuitton ⁩ bag
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Also, Blackpink pretty much wore PFW to the #VMAs (Celine, Dior, Chanel, YSL).
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Riz Amed: ""this is an homage to the immigrant workers who kept the gilded age going." #MetGala
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DK (Dokyeom) from Seventeen, in the house for #Bally #MFW
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Rep. Carolyn Maloney gets my #MetGala vote.
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I appreciate BTS in suits and ties #VMAs
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Lily Collins does Priscilla Presley. Works for me. #Metgala
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The seamstresses and tailors of the #Valentino #couture ateliers take their bow on the runway (note: this is the only big brand show all week where the people who actually make the clothes also get the recognition),
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So the men are wearing the gowns, and the women are wearing the pants. I like it, Billy Porter and Melissa McCarthy. #Oscars
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Malala wearing a fantastic Ralph Lauren silver sequined gown to the #Oscars . This is a winning look for me.
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At the end of the #Valentino couture show Pierpaolo Piccioli brought the entire atelier out with him on the runway for a bow.
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Victoria Beckham, with broken foot, getting a kiss from her biggest fan after her show.
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Kristen Stewart, also breaking some #Oscar red carpet rules. No mermaid dresses! No princess frocks! It's about time.
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And...Billy Porter attempts to one-up Lady Gaga. If this is setting the tone for the night, we are in for a doozy. #MetGala
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Final message from Karl Lagerfeld @Chanel #PFW
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Yup, all these fabrics are actually leather (including the knit red sock slippers) #BottegaVeneta #MFW
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Lil Nas X does a Gaga and strips down to reveal three outfits at the #MetGala . Maybe that's now an American thing.
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Bella Hadid and the spray-on dress at #Coperni : Part I
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Hats off to you, Janelle Monae #MetGala
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Just gonna start posting some snippets of the Maison Margiela show by John Galliano because you have to see it to believe. #couture
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Serena Williams, true to her brand, with train #MetGala She looks like a floral superwoman
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20 years after she wore it first...JLo does the palm print again ⁦ @Versace #MFW
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In all the inauguration fashion news, let us not overlook Senator Bernie Sanders’ mittens
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She's already won biggest jewel: it's the Tiffany diamond, 128.54 carats. #LadyGaga #Oscars Last seen on Audrey Hepburn in a "Breakfast at Tiffany's" photo shoot.
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The fairy tale dress is back #GoldenGlobes . Amanda Seyfried and Kaley Cuoco, both in @OscardelaRenta
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Mobile sculpture by Anthony Howe as the centerpiece of another eye-opening Iris Van Herpen #couture show
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Billie Eilish has arrived at the Ball -- sorry #MetGala . It's @OscardelaRenta folks. If Marilyn Monroe played Cinderella, this is how it might look.
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This picture of Anna & co. reacting to Lady Gag's entrance is pretty funny #MetGala
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A protestor got into the line-up at #LouisVuitton with a message for — well, everyone. Later, security guards tackled her and carried her off.
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Jean Paul Gaultier by Simone Rocha #couture . What do you think?
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More Alaia, up close.
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Ke Huy Quan understood the Lagerfeld accessories memo #MetGala (see: fingerless gloves, shades, tie pin).
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Bella Hadid and the spray-on dress at #Coperni : Part II
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Alicia Keys is the empire state building, in Ralph Lauren. I love it. #MetGala
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Jared Leto recreates the @Gucci carrying-your-own-head moment. It's called a cephalophore #MetGala
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Farewell Vivienne Westwood, a true fashion original, and disruptor extraordinaire.
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Ciara, in Dundas, wins for biggest hair #Metgala
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Gwendoline Christie closing the #MaisonMargiela by John Galliano show - and the whole #couture season.
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Not to say I told you so. But…
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I think Greta Lee should wear this #Loewe dress to the Oscars.
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It takes guts to invite the fashion world into your apartment (including three seat on your bed). But that’s what Pieter Mulier did for his Alaia show in Antwerp.
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The parade of @moschino alien Jackie Kennedys #MFW
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Opera gloves, tiara, and train. Blake Lively does not appear to have any qualms about embracing the Gilded Age theme #MetGala
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At a time when everything can seem very dark, it's worth remembering the legacy of Kenzo Takada, the great designer who died today of Covid, and who believed in joy: "Fashion is not for the few — it is for all the people. It should not be too serious."
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The bells of ⁦ @BALENCIAGA ⁩. Just watch. #PFW
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Farewell, Jane Birkin. Handbags, and style, will never be the same.
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Even I am distracted by the extreme skinniness of many of the models in Jason Wu’s show #NYFW
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Core Corré, Vivienne Westwood’s granddaughter, as the bride at the end of the #VivienneWestwood show #PFW
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And then there was Paris Hilton #Versace #MFW
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The singularity that is #irisvanherpen #couture
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Kanye West’s Sunday Service comes to Paris.
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Virgil Abloh, who changed what was possible in fashion, has died.
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LVMH, Louis Vuitton and Off White are devastated to announce the passing of Virgil Abloh, on Sunday, November 28th, of cancer, which he had been battling privately for several years.
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At the end of the ⁦ @MaisonValentino #couture show, designer Pierpaolo Piccioli brought all the petites mains out to take a bow, and they all went over to kiss and say thank you to Valentino, the man who founded the house.
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Naomi Campbelll, Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford, Carla Bruni, Helena Christensen, strutting the @Versace runway one more time #MFW
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The ⁦ @CHANEL ⁩ finale. “We could be heroes.” For many in fashion, Karl Lagerfeld was. #PFW
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Kenzo Takada, the designer whose exuberant prints and volumes helped break the Paris barrier and bring Japanese fashion to the world, has died from the coronavirus.
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Penelope Cruz walking goodbye to Karl Lagerfeld ay ⁦ @CHANEL #PFW
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Chanel built a replica of the cavernous space in the Grand Palais in the Champ de Mars because the Grand Palais is being renovated. They showed some videos at the entrance #PFW
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Lupita Nyong'o is a Prada tangerine #metgala
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Parade of the sugar plum fairies #GiambattistaValli #couture
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Serena Williams, in full feather #MetGala
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Kim Kardashian at the #Balenciaga show, wrapped in Balenciaga packing tape. She makes a sticky tape-y sound when she walks.
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Welcome to the @gucci sanatorium. And the last show of #MFW
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Imagination in bloom at #irisvanherpen #couture
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This one got some applause. #JPGaultier couture by Olivier Rousteing.
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LVMH is becoming a premium sponsor of the 2024 Paris Olympics. I'm telling you: sports and fashion are a thing. Get ready for the Great Convergence.
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Armani’s roses, from the back and front #couture
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First genuinely size-inclusive show in Paris: thin models, curvy models, and all body types in between. And they look happy. Thank you #EsterManas .
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Btw, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, was wearing Dior haute couture for her first public appearance with the royal family during the Queen's platinum jubilee. How's that for a fashion declaration of independence?
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At Christian Siriano’s #nyfw outdoor show, every look had a matching mask.
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Another thing about Pierpaolo Piccioli of #Valentino : he let all his models choose whether they wanted to wear flats, kitten heels, or spikes to walk down the very slippery Spanish Steps for his couture show in Rome. Let me say that again: he let the MODELS choose.
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Scoop: and the next Met Gala celeb co-chairs are…Regina King, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Honorary chairs Tom Ford, Instagram’s Adam Moressi and Anna Wintour. Theme is “Gilded Glamour.” Point is: this one is going to be very dressed-up indeed.
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Margiela by Galliano (really just Galliano by another name) #couture
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Ralph Lauren donating $10 million to COVID-19 funds and charities, including $1 million to the new Vogue/CFDA fund for small fashion businesses; also making 250k masks (non-medical-grade to start) and 25k hospital gowns.
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Rihanna in Loewe jumpsuit and bustier and Alaia jacket
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Oh yeah. The #Chloe girl is BAAAACK #PFW
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Running for Issey
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Well, that was a great Helmut Lang — oops, Peter Do — show. Saved the best for his own line. #PFW
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The designer takes a bow, and hugs his mother. Thank you, Peter Do. #HelmutLang #NYFW .
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Kudos to any #metgala attendee who actually wore Comme Des Garcons to the party honoring Comme des Garcons. There should have been more.
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Ok this is awesome: Natalie Portman's @Dior cape is embroidered with the names of female directors. That's one way to get them to the #Oscars
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Giorgio Armani held his show in silence out of respect for those caught in the war in Ukraine. One of the only designers to overtly acknowledge the conflict.
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Karl Lagerfeld’s final @Chanel set: an Alpine town in winter, with snow drifts, frozen firs, and many chalets #PFW
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This is REAL vintage people. Not clothes from five years ago. Respect.
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Last night @naacpimageaward in this beautiful archival 1956 Balmain @LUXURYLAW ♥️
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There’s a flaw in the machine #Prada #MfW
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