Sure, a dozen red roses are a Valentine’s Day staple, but why not skip the de rigueur for something chic and unexpected? White sweet pea blooms, packed tightly, feel fun and flirtatious while a mixed bouquet of red anemones and chocolate cosmos are dramatic and sexy. Whatever your floral leanings, don’t forget about the vase — simpler styles for busier bouquets and vice versa.
Arrangements by Helena Lehane and Raúl Avila, photographed by Noa Griffel
In celebration of our Fall 2013 show this week, we’ve created a special wallpaper based on the backdrop to our runway. The inspiration: the feminine romanticism of Gustav Klimt, René Lalique and William Morris. Download this Tory Burch print to your computers, iPads and iPhones.
Our Fall 2013 show started around 9.20 AM, but for Tory, the day started much, much earlier. Here’s a snapshot of how the day unfolded.
In her monthly column, Vogue Style Editor-at-Large Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis (known affectionately by her friends as TNT) shares her jet-set adventures, which take her to points exotic and luxe all over the world — from art It Girl Dasha Zhukova’s 30th birthday in Africa to dog sledding with friends in the Arctic Circle. This week, of course, the German-born princess (wearing a custom Tory skirt here) found herself at the center of New York Fashion Week — and we got the lowdown on one adventure-filled night. For TNT, it’s all in a day’s work….
Where else would the Pet Shop Boys meet Claude Debussy but on our Fall 2013 runway? Here, the show’s playlist.
What’s the shoe of the season? The new jewelry statement? Find out in our accessories trend report.
Here, a breakdown of Fall 2013’s runway trends, inspired by the work of René Lalique and the rich detailing of Gustav Klimt’s portraits.
“The decorative styles of Gustav Klimt and René Lalique inspired Fall 2013’s free-spirited and romantic mood. We focused on the details: dragonflies and scarabs printed on dresses, as well as wrapped around the heels of shoes; metallic prints and patterns; mixed textures, and subtle volume. It all centers around the idea of 24-hour dressing — special pieces to wear from day to evening.” — Tory Burch
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Go behind the scenes with Tory once more. Here’s a peek at the menu for her post-show lunch, with her design team, at New York’s Il Buco Alimentari & Vineria.
Want to recreate the ‘do from our Fall 2013 runway? Here, hair stylist Eugene Souleiman breaks down the look and why he loves it.
We caught up with our backstage beauty experts — makeup artist Diane Kendal and manicurist Marian Newman — on getting the Fall 2013 runway look. They shared their insider tips and clued us in to the upcoming trends. Two words: Think natural.
The French may not go gaga over Valentine’s Day like we do with Be Mine sweets and rampant red flowers, but they still observe Saint Valentin. One such couple is Madjissem and Guillaume Salmon. She’s the model-esque managing director for Maisha Africa, a nonprofit supporting children while he’s the well-known pr for Colette. They make quite a pair.
If you were somehow under the impression that print media is dead, As If Editor-in-Chief Tatijana Shoan is here to prove you wrong. The second issue of her quarterly magazine, which features Alek Wek, Roxanne Lowit, Miguel Adrover and Isca Greenfield-Sanders, is an artful reminder why we love to hold glossy pages in our hands. Here, the photographer and former model talked to us about hitting New York fashion week — it involves recipes and a little Rosemary — and, as a cover girl for many a Harlequin Romance, gamely answered our question about Valentine’s Day plans.
You could call Philip Crangi and Darren Spaziani the power couple of accessories. Philip is the CFDA-winning designer of Giles & Brother while Darren is the Head of Accessories Design at Proenza Schouler. But it’s the little things, like being holed up in their New York apartment or finding (or making) thoughtful gifts, that make Philip and Darren each other’s best, well, accessory.
Rachel and Neil Blumenthal are a quintessential New York couple. They bond over parenthood, catching up with Homeland (she says) and Real Housewives of New Jersey (he says) and a shared entrepreneurial spirit. Neil co-founded Warby Parker while Rachel is founder and CEO of Cricket’s Circle. Here, they reminisce about their first date.
While the rest of the fashion crowd is zigzagging its way through the collections today, Shu Pei will be celebrating Chinese New Year, too. Here, wearing Tory’s 797 Crossbody Pouch, the model reveals her favorite traditions and talks about her early days in New York.
Happy New Year! Or rather, Happy Lunar New Year! We checked in with astrology expert Susie Cox on what 2013, under the Chinese zodiac, brings.
It’s Lunar New Year’s Eve tonight — not to mention Day Three of the official New York Fashion Week calendar — so we chatted with the Editor-in-Chief of Vogue China, Angelica Cheung, and got her thoughts on both topics. She dished jiaozi, jet lag, favorite Chinese designers and shared a few words of wisdom on keeping the work/life balance.
It’s Carnaval! So today, take a page from Veruschka and party like it’s…1969. Here’s the supermodel in one of our favorite shots, as she lives it up in Rio for the wild, take-no-prisoners festival. Even if you’re trapped in snowy terrain — and that’s much of the fashion industry right now — you can still shimmy and shake, glamorously, to the samba beat.
Veruschka, photographed by Hulton Archive/Getty Images, at Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro, 1969
Few songs and videos are as fashion as George Michael’s Freedom! ’90. Maybe it’s because it has bona fide supers Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington and Linda Evangelista pouting and lip-synching alongside a baby-faced then-model Mario Sorrenti, as directed by David Fincher (yes, of The Social Network and Fight Club fame).
Turns out, one of our Fashion Love couples, Alison Edmunds and John Pearson, was at the shoot. Pearson is the striking fellow peeling the orange. Alison was on set reporting a behind-the-scenes story for Vogue. We asked the couple, who had already been dating for nearly a decade by then, what it was like.
Alison Edmond and John Pearson met as teenagers in Yorkshire, England, before, as Alison says, “any of this fashion stuff happened.” That fashion stuff would be Alison’s career as a magazine and fashion stylist and current Fashion Editor-at-Large for Marie Claire and John’s as one of the most sought-after male models of the last few decades, producer and editor. That’s him on the Prada Spring 2013 runway. You might also remember him from George Michael’s iconic Freedom video with Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell and the lot — a shoot Alison covered for Vogue. Thirty years together and three children later, they are still very much in love.
With Fashion Week (and the weekend!) upon us, we hunted down mixologist Brian Bartels, of Fedora, Joseph Leonard and Perla, for a boozy refresher. The novelist and Director of Bar Operations for Little Wisco restaurant group surprised us with a cheeky take on the Aperol spritz, named after industry shutterbug Terry Richardson and resembling a camera lens. “A colleague of mine was joking about how anything can happen at his photo shoots,” says Brian of his mustachioed inspiration. “The same applies to cocktails — anything can happen.”
We caught up with Alexis Bryan Morgan, Executive Fashion Director at Lucky, before the onslaught of Fashion Week. Here, wearing Tory’s Isidor Dress (available in April), the mother of two talked to us about the Lucky life, Paul McCartney and why editors sneak in a drink or two between shows.