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Vanessa Friedman

@VVFriedman

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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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Jin of BTS making a post-military service appearance at Gucci.
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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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“Diesel is denim” — but not like you’ve ever seen it before.
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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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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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Yup, all these fabrics are actually leather (including the knit red sock slippers) #BottegaVeneta #MFW
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Swan Schiaparelli couture.
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Bella Hadid and the spray-on dress at #Coperni : Part I
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Felix and Lee Know from Stray Kids at #TommyHilfiger
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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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Grunge Versace
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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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When a coat is actually part of the architecture #Alaia
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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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The shoes at Thom Browne #couture , meant to mimic the shape of a sprinter’s foot in the starting blocks.
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Ciara, in Dundas, wins for biggest hair #Metgala
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Farewell Vivienne Westwood, a true fashion original, and disruptor extraordinaire.
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Iris Van Herpen, in action #couture
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Gwendoline Christie closing the #MaisonMargiela by John Galliano show - and the whole #couture season.
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Big bags and ballet ribbons at Ferragamo.
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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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I would also like to note that I was told by a brand exec that they actually matched the animals to the people. So mull over these match-ups for a minute.
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The seating at Bottega Veneta: Jacob Elordi gets a rabbit, Julianne Moore gets a bear, Michelle Yeoh gets a lady bug and … I get a rooster. (They are actually very comfortable.)
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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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The underneath. Schiaparelli couture.
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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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A Saint Laurent ode to YSL (in the rain).
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And then there was Paris Hilton #Versace #MFW
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Kanye West’s Sunday Service comes to Paris.
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The singularity that is #irisvanherpen #couture
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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 Last Show. #DriesVanNoten .
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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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It's back.
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Lupita Nyong'o is a Prada tangerine #metgala
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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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Serena Williams, in full feather #MetGala
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Parade of the sugar plum fairies #GiambattistaValli #couture
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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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Dries Van Noten’s final silver brick road.
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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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Ralph’s world
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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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Still life with celebrities: Liv Tyler and Rihanna watching the Alaia models descend the Guggenheim ramp.
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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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At Christian Siriano’s #nyfw outdoor show, every look had a matching mask.
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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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