reported by Maria Elena Pombo Reyes and Julia Scinto,  Fashion Publishing Next time you have a break between classes, step off the streets of New York and take a quick escape to Paris at the Macaron Café at 161 West 36th St, just around the corner from Fashion Avenue (and a five-minute walk from 560!). [...]

by Julia Scinto, AAS Fashion Design Markus Huëmer ducks out of the grey October morning and into The City Bakery on 18th Street somewhat out of breath. He is a few minutes late, apologizes profusely for being so, and immediately offers to buy me something warm to drink. While waiting for his coffee, Markus is [...]

Paris fashion week means we’re scouring the runway reviews in Fashion Publishing. Yesterday we live blogged the results of a discussion regarding what we love to see reviewers do; today comes the “needs improvement” category. Pull all of these tips together and it’s a tall order for any blogger, but choose one or two and [...]

With the Paris shows in full swing, today Fashion Publishing had a heated discussion about the Do’s and Don’ts of runway reviews. Here’s what we collectively love… stay tuned for what we hate… I like to read info about the house’s background, or latest news in a fashion show review, because it explains a lot [...]

by Julia Scinto, AAS Fashion Design The museum at mid-town Manhattan’s International Center of Photography (ICP) is putting fashion in the foreground this season with the exhibition Harper’s Bazaar: A Decade of Style, a photographic look back at the past ten years of Harper’s Bazaar spreads since Glenda Bailey became editor in chief. Crediting creative [...]

by Lauren Sanchez Fashion + Music + New York City= a genius new fashion blog formula. Look/Hear , created this past June by Vogue Fashion Assistant, Sarah Slutsky, is a new spin on the fashion blog. Sarah provides her viewers with profiles of fashionable strangers. But the extra treat? Hearing snippets of music that her subjects were blasting from [...]

by Becca Blasdel Fashion’s Night Out turned 3 this year, and it seems that everyone in the tri-state area was now familiar with the citywide event.  I could hear screaming and applause from my apartment on Thompson street. as I was still getting dressed.  As I turned the corner on to Prince Street, I was [...]

by Sara Thobe, AAS Fashion Marketing The exhibit Alexander McQueen “Savage Beauty” is the current hit at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Organized by the Costume Institute, it is on view from May 4-July 31. Spectators are treated to the full breadth of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen’s work, spanning from his graduate show [...]

Fashion Publishing has been taking a close look at industry publications. Here’s a peek at a short piece by Alisha Newlander (AAS Fashion Marketing) that was written with “Lapidary Journal” in mind. Arik Kastan, an emerging jewelry designer who hails from Tel Aviv,  has taken traditional rose gold to a whole new level.  Beginning his career at the age [...]

This morning, Fashion Publishing, after talking at length about writing for and pitching to trade magazines, decided we were fated to seek out writing inspiration at MOMA. To begin with, MOMA was open on a rare Tuesday (!). Secondly, it’s going to be 80 degrees and sunny today. Thirdly, as a public service reminder, your [...]