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Vanessa Friedman

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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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  • 3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Vanessa Friedman

    Dress codes at many private clubs forbid sneakers - but the category has gotten blurrier as shoes once relegated to sportswear become fashion forward. Our critic pins down the increasingly slippery term. Wow. I could write a whole treatise on this subject but will try to be brief. Officially a sneaker is "a sports shoe with a pliable rubber sole," at least according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

  • 3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Vanessa Friedman

    His appointment as creative director of both women's and men's wear may mark not just a changing of the guard, but a shift in the paradigm. In a historic, if long-awaited, move, on Monday luxury goods behemoth LVMH named Jonathan Anderson creative director of Dior for women's wear, men's wear and couture, making him the first designer to unite all sides of the brand since Christian Dior himself.

  • 4 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Vanessa Friedman

    Maria Grazia Chiuri’ is leaving the house after a final collection. Here’s how she changed Dior. The fog drifted in over the manicured lawns of the Villa Albani Torlonia in Rome just as the Dior cruise show began, lending what was already a somewhat surreal moment an extra-otherworldly air. All the female guests wore white, even Natalie Portman and Rosamund Pike; the men, black.

  • 4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Vanessa Friedman

    Maria Grazia Chiuri' is leaving the house after a final collection. Here's how she changed Dior. The tenure of Dior's first female designer, Maria Grazia Chiuri, formally came to an end on Thursday with an announcement that she was leaving the brand after nine years. It had been rumored for months, so it surprised no one. Really it had ended two days before in Rome, with a cruise show. One that encapsulated all she had brought to the house.

  • 1 month ago | nytimes.com | Vanessa Friedman

    Choosing clothes is one of the simplest forms of self-expression. Our critic offers advice for guiding kids without constricting them. The issue when it comes to the parent-child fashion gap, as in any form of coded dress, is what exactly constitutes "appropriate." The word has become a default for dressing in almost any context - it's the basis of most dress codes - yet it is one that resides entirely in the mind and mores of the beholder.

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Vanessa Friedman
Vanessa Friedman @VVFriedman
2 Jun 25

It’s official: Jonathan Anderson is the first single designer to create both women’s and men’s wear since Christian Dior. Even if we knows it was coming, this is a big deal. And a risk - https://t.co/uLhKwzlVI7 via @NYTimes

Vanessa Friedman
Vanessa Friedman @VVFriedman
29 May 25

The worst kept secret in fashion is finally official: Maria Grazia Chiuri really is leaving Dior and the cruise show Tuesday was her last collection. Here’s what it proved about why she mattered: https://t.co/WJ3ZXi2amf via @NYTimes

Vanessa Friedman
Vanessa Friedman @VVFriedman
19 May 25

Breaking: Pierpaolo Piccioli is the new Balenciaga designer. Here’s a sneak peek at the “civil” transition he has planned - https://t.co/3ILA1vKEo0 via @NYTimes