Rachel Tashjian

New York

Fashion Critic at The Washington Post

Fashion Writer at @washingtonpost Creator of Opulent Tips Prev: @harpersbazaar, @gqmagazine, GARAGE, Graydon Carter's Vanity Fair [email protected]

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Articles

Inside Greta Garbo’s Former New York Apartment

3 days ago | townandcountrymag.com | Rachel Tashjian

“I don’t usually ask who did someone’s apartment,” says Donna Rosen, the art collector and philanthropist. “First of all, I can always tell—Mario Buatta, Billy Baldwin. But I think it’s gauche to ask.” She pauses. “Gauche. Wow, I haven’t used that word in a long time.”“It’s a wonderful word,” offers interior designer Stephen Sills. “We should all use it more often.”“But I have asked about two people’s apartments,” Rosen says.
The rise of one-on-one shopping at New York apartment stores

3 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Rachel Tashjian

The rise of one-on-one shopping at New York apartment stores (washingtonpost.com) The rise of one-on-one shopping at New York apartment stores By Rachel Tashjian 2025051109000000 NEW YORK — Few spaces are as alienating as the luxury boutique: white and gleaming like a shark's grin, and filled with outrageously priced clothes sold by people who seem to assume you can't afford them.
How the biggest stylists get stars ready for the Met Gala

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Rachel Tashjian

How the biggest stylists get stars ready for the Met Gala (washingtonpost.com) How the biggest stylists get stars ready for the Met Gala By Rachel Tashjian 2025050709002400 NEW YORK It's hard out here for a pimp!" Taraji P. Henson seized on the famous lyric from her star-making turn in "Hustle & Flow" as she bowed with a dramatic flourish, tipped a white bowler and dipped a pearlescent cane, and cackled.
The Met Gala’s perfectly tailored defiance

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Rachel Tashjian

The Met Gala’s perfectly tailored defiance (washingtonpost.com) The Met Gala’s perfectly tailored defiance By Rachel Tashjian 2025050616541300 NEW YORK — This year's Met Gala — anchored on the exhibition "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," exploring dandyism throughout the African diaspora — could not have come at a more auspicious time. Typically, this is a show of excess.
The 11 best looks from the 2025 Met Gala

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Ashley Fetters |Maura Judkis |Shane O’neill |Rachel Tashjian

The 11 best looks from the 2025 Met Gala (washingtonpost.com) The 11 best looks from the 2025 Met Gala By Ashley Fetters Maloy; Maura Judkis; Shane O'Neill; Rachel Tashjian 2025050603565000 On some occasions, the Met Gala veers into the territory of the fantastical or even the cartoonish.
Met Gala 2025 highlights: All the red carpet looks as Rihanna arrives late, showing off her pregnancy

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Rachel Tashjian |Shane O’neill |Ashley Fetters |Maura Judkis |Herb Scribner |Jada Yuan

Met Gala 2025 highlights: All the red carpet looks as Rihanna arrives late, showing off her pregnancy (washingtonpost.com) Met Gala 2025 highlights: All the red carpet looks as Rihanna arrives late, showing off her pregnancy By Rachel Tashjian; Shane O'Neill; Ashley Fetters Maloy; Maura Judkis; Herb Scribner; Jada Yuan 2025050517233900 It's the first Monday in May, which for those in the fashion world know means one thing: the Met Gala! This year, the star-studded event will celebrate the...
The Met Gala theme celebrates Black dandyism and fashion. Here’s what to know.

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Herb Scribner |Rachel Tashjian

The Met Gala theme celebrates Black dandyism and fashion. Here’s what to know. (washingtonpost.com) The Met Gala theme celebrates Black dandyism and fashion. Here’s what to know. By Herb Scribner; Rachel Tashjian 2025050509001800 The Met Gala — a red-carpet extravaganza that's brought us Katy Perry dressed as a chandelier and Rihanna in a 16-foot cape — is our ultimate entry point to the megamerger between celebrity and designer clothes.
Is it Lorde Summer?

2 weeks ago | readfeedme.com | Rachel Tashjian

Hello, Feed Me Readers, and this is the Jiminy Glick to Emily’s Martin Short: Rachel Tashjian. I’m the fashion critic at The Washington Post, where I write profiles of fashion people and explainthe news and, of course, pencriticism. Since 2020, I’ve been writing a fashion and shopping newsletter called Opulent Tips that I send out via my gmail. You have to chase me down on email or DM me to get on the list. It has (accidentally, I assure you) become a whole thing.
Is it Lorde Summer?

2 weeks ago | open.substack.com | Rachel Tashjian

Hello, Feed Me Readers, and this is the Jiminy Glick to Emily’s Martin Short: Rachel Tashjian. I’m the fashion critic at The Washington Post, where I write profiles of fashion people and explainthe news and, of course, pencriticism. Since 2020, I’ve been writing a fashion and shopping newsletter called Opulent Tips that I send out via my gmail. You have to chase me down on email or DM me to get on the list. It has (accidentally, I assure you) become a whole thing.
At the Ralph Lauren show, even the designer had shed his flag sweater

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Rachel Tashjian

At the Ralph Lauren show, even the designer had shed his flag sweater (washingtonpost.com) At the Ralph Lauren show, even the designer had shed his flag sweater By Rachel Tashjian 2025041817292300 NEW YORK — The meaning, not to mention the cost, of American fashion is suddenly a matter of great debate. For a century, preppy and Western were the staples with which we all endlessly played.