Vanessa Friedman
Fashion Director and Critic at The New York Times
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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nytimes.com | Vanessa Friedman
In an exclusive interview, Miuccia Prada explains it all. Since 2011, Miuccia Prada, the patron saint of smart, messy women everywhere, has been using her Miu Miu line as a platform to commission short films by female filmmakers from around the world, including Janicza Bravo, Mati Diop and Haifaa al-Mansour. For Mrs.
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nytimes.com | Vanessa Friedman
The former vice president skipped the carpet, but slipped into the gala in a black silk gown in one of her first major public appearances since the 2024 election. That's one way to make a (re-)entrance. Just days after delivering her first major speech since conceding the 2024 election, in which she condemned the actions of President Trump and warned of a constitutional crisis, former Vice President Kamala Harris was the surprise guest at the Met Gala.
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flipboard.com | Vanessa Friedman
NowCelebrity facialist Cynthia Rivas gave me her Iconic Met Gala Facial, which uses microcurrent gloves, radiofrequency, and sculpting massage. If you thought getting ready for the Met Gala required merely a hairstylist and makeup artist, well, you are incorrect. It’s a production, with the most …
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nytimes.com | Vanessa Friedman
The party and its related exhibition, about Black male style, land in a moment when anything to do with race and diversity is under added scrutiny. Last October, when the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute announced its next fashion show, "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," the political landscape looked very different. Kamala Harris, the first female vice president and the first Black woman ever to top a major-party ticket, was in the final weeks of her campaign for the White House.
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nytimes.com | Vanessa Friedman
Amid the chaos of President Trump's first 100 days - norms upended, tariffs levied and tariffs paused, confrontations in the courts - one thing has remained consistent. Dependable even. The administration's look, and just how much it matters. Mr. Trump's cultivation of his own image (suit and tie and hair and tan) has been so relentless that it has become shorthand for all that he represents. So, too, when it comes to those around him: his cabinet secretaries, closest aides and family members.
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Get ready: the Met Gala is tonight. But what happens when cultural and current events are on a collision course? https://t.co/wpWXrfqKMA via @NYTimes
Interior of the Jack Shainman gallery where the Ralph Lauren show is taking place: built in 1898 for the New York Life Insurance company. Still has the vault. Feels very apropos. https://t.co/ewEjVXaWOq
This is literally the whole text of the LVMH release on JW Anderson's Dior men's gig: "CHRISTIAN DIOR COUTURE ANNOUNCES THAT JONATHAN ANDERSON IS WORKING ON THE DIOR HOMME SUMMER 2026 COLLECTION, WHICH HE WILL PRESENT IN PARIS ON JUNE 27, 2025, AT 2:30 PM." Feels like a rush job.