Reviews about New York Fashion Week

“Ralph Lauren is the father of American sportswear. The very notion of a lifestyle brand started with him. Indeed, in the five decades since he began, he has managed to export the allure of a nation in a way no other American fashion brand has been able to. And the emotional resonance of his designs was more palpable than ever tonight. The designer took a victory lap with tears in his eyes, and there was barely a dry eye in the house.” —Chioma Nnadi

The Row

“Spring 2019 is about the careful and considered progression of the extreme volume play that the Olsens have been so beautifully considering these past few seasons, with much emphasis on exploring every kind of silk fabrication, quiet handwork (witness the gorgeous creamy white tweedy coat with the frayed edges rendered by nimble fingers), and all presented in a palette that gracefully arcs from ivory to sand, to charcoal, to black. If fashion elsewhere is going full throttle into anything and everything that’s quote-unquote new, here the art of gentle recalibration is at work—a nudge forward that only underscores that these are clothes that are the absolute antithesis of fast.” —Mark Holgate

Gabriela Hearst

“First, the tailoring: Gabriela Hearst has become the New York resource for a serious, expertly cut pantsuit as other labels here and in Europe succumb to ornamentation and frivolity. Her suits often come in a surprising color, like bordeaux or blush pink, or a novel fabric such as metallic linen, but this season’s most striking was cut single-breasted with slim trousers in dark navy silk wool. Her dresses, meanwhile, ran the gamut, from sleek and sporty tanks in color-blocked cashmere to an hourglass evening number embroidered in freshwater pearls. What you didn’t see were any of the florally, frilly—sloppy, even—dresses produced by so many other labels these days. Hearst is true to her minimal deluxe aesthetic.” —Nicole Phelps

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