GODMOTHER OF FASHION
Many people remember exactly where they were when the first plane hit the World Trade Center’s North Tower on September 11, 2001. Harper’s BAZAAR Editor-in-Chief Samira Nasr moderated a panel discussion with four of the subjects from the story titled “Resilience and Remembrance: New York 20 Years After 9/11.”
This month New York Fashion Week has decided to double down on its commitment to celebrate American fashion. After over a year of mostly digital shows and presentations, NYFW is kicking off fashion month with a myriad of in-person events.
Fern Mallis — the original mastermind behind New York Fashion Week — says the return to in-person shows and events has “been successful.” Along with bigger runways, she is also enjoying smaller presentations like one held by designer Phillip Lim.
Happy 10th Anniversary Fashion Icons! I can still remember my first night at the 92nd Street Y with my dear friend Norma Kamali, one of the most talented designers in the world. Stay tuned for big news on the future of Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis at the 92Y...
New York Fashion Week in September 2001 was supposed to be the biggest one yet. Instead, on a bright, clear Tuesday morning, the world changed forever. Twenty years after 9/11, the industry remembers.
Happy 100th Birthday, Iris! I hope you celebrate with caviar and an ice-cold Tito’s vodka with a few drops of Angostura bitters.
In celebration of the Met’s upcoming Costume Institute exhibit, the longtime industry insider is set to feature three revered personalities in American fashion.
Supima, the nonprofit organization that promotes the use of American grown Pima cotton, will sponsor the 14th annual Supima Design Competition, hosted by Law Roach.
FERN’S MET-ROPOLIS: Nearing the 10-year mark for her “Fashion Icon” series at the 92Y, Fern Mallis has found other reasons to celebrate, too.
New York, August 2021 – Fern Mallis, the fashion industry doyenne most recognized as the founder of New York Fashion Week, is continuing to release new and exclusive content on her digital platform Fashion Icons: The Archive ( a playlist available on the 92Y YouTube ), in collaboration with the 92Y. Since premiering in February 2021 The Archive has become the exclusive digital destination for Mallis’ popular and often sold-out conversation series, Fashion Icons with Fern Ma
Sabyasachi is a household name in India and its diaspora. And starting this week, consumers will be able to buy Sabyasachi at H&M (HNNMY).
Mallis received the Fashion Icon Award at Hamptons Fashion Week, on Saturday, August 7, at the Southampton Arts Center.
Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis The Archive: The CFDA Presidents
“Art who?” Artists would joke in Soho “in the old days.” Somewhere, hipsters may still be asking what — or who — is Art? But, for the rest of us, Art is Richie Rich: big money, big ideas.
Southampton Arts Center (SAC) has been a unifying force in the Southampton community since its inception. SAC continued to provide programming and outreach during the difficult year we have all suffered through, and last Friday, SAC held its first big event in almost a year.
In this second release of conversations, Mallis curates talks with three fashion icons who work tirelessly behind the scenes — and in front of them — to keep the American fashion industry running: the current and former leaders of the CFDA.
If it’s true that you can judge a person by his shoes, then it’s shoes from Respoke that I want to reveal my character! Stylish in a fun and sophisticated way, colorful, and full of life, these handcrafted shoes are wearable art. And this season, designer Michael Tonello has brought them to Nantucket. Check-out the story in “Yesterday’s Island” of how Fern had a role in getting Respoke shoes on the shelves. Click here to read the full article
It was a Zoom session not to be missed last Thursday when Fashion Group International hosted the ever-engaging Simon Doonan interviewing fashion icon Fern Mallis about her illustrious career in fashion and fundraising. Fern is most proud of the fundraising component of her work, both at DIFFA and at CDFA (Council for Fashion Designers of America), where, as newly elected executive director, she first raised $5 million from a tiny office at 1412 Broadway. “I had little confide
When the Look Online's Laurel Marcus saw that The Fashion Group International was sponsoring a conversation featuring Fern Mallis and Simon Doonan, she naturally thought that the former CFDA Executive Director and host of the 92nd Street Y “Fashion Icons” series would be interviewing the former Barney's Creative Director and “Making It” judge. But, the tables were turned in this talk to benefit the Fashion Group Foundation to promote Mallis’s “ Fashion Icons: The Archive ” on
The Hamptons are back! So says my friend and Hamptons neighbor L ee Fryd in New York Social Diary. She captured and wrote about a very special Memorial Day gathering on Big Fresh Pond. 50 years ago, Stan bought an enviable compound that juts into the lake at the end of a dirt road. There’s a sandy beach on one side and a shady dock on the other. Through the years, his guest house — dubbed the “Green Camp” — has hosted Willem de Kooning. Jerome Robbins, Ruth Kligman, Seventh