Trendsetter Billy Porter says his first exposure to high fashion was in the black Pentecostal church in Pittsburgh where he grew up. “Every week was a fashion show, and the…
True performers never phone it in, and Billy Porter proved that point again and again during his Wednesday night talk with Fern Mallis at 92Y. Never mind that his second…
This remarkable organization was formed after the senseless murder in Greenwich Village of a beloved young advertising executive John Reisenbach. For 28 years the advertising and media industry has been…
At 71, New York Fashion Week founder Fern Mallis shared with the crowd at the Carter Burden Network’s Silver and White Gala: “It’s never too late to re-invent, reboot and…
Today's greying Gods and Goddesses are not going gently into that good night. There's too much life to enjoy. Take Fern Mallis, the founder and face of Fashion Week. She left…
In this episode, Jess and Stef sit down with the creator of New York Fashion Week, Fern Mallis. Jess and Stef recall the first time they met Fern and how…
The electricity went out during one of the runway shows. At another, the fashion editors got stuck in a broken elevator. But the last straw was when ceiling plaster came…
Vanity Fair correspondent, art historian, muse to artists, photographers and designers, Amy Fine Collins has been one of the New York fashion scene's greatest influencers. She’s one of the four…
Stan Herman, three-time Coty award-winning designer, served as president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America from 1991 to 2006. In 1993, Herman and CFDA executive director Fern…
From his Tony-winning portrayal of the big-hearted drag queen Miss Lola in Kinky Boots to his groundbreaking Emmy nominated role on HBO’s Pose to his joy-sparking cover of “I’m Gonna…