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Jeffrey Banks gestures while responding to questions Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

American menswear designer Jeffrey Banks is finally sharing his story and starting a new chapter

November 25, 2025

Menswear designer Jeffrey Banks’ memoir is a love letter to his family and the fashion community. The book is a visual feast of photos from Banks’ early days working at Ralph Lauren and later building his own menswear brand. He even includes a recipe or two. Banks says he wanted to write the book for his mother who is turning 105 in January. Banks has whole sections of the book dedicated to those who supported him throughout his career. Even with more than 50 years in the fashion business, Banks is not close to being done as he plans on relaunching his menswear label next year.

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Fashion trailblazers A$AP Rocky and Rihanna now have matching CFDA fashion icon awards

November 4, 2025

Celebrities and fashion heavyweights gathered at the American Museum of Natural History for the Council of Fashion Designers of America annual ceremony on Monday. From supermodels Naomi Campbell and Amber Valletta to designers Donatella Versace and Ralph Lauren, the starry guests wore their most fashionable outfits to celebrate and honor the fashion community. After more than 50 years in the fashion industry, Ralph Lauren won big again, taking home the womenswear designer of the year award for the second time. Other winners of the night included Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, who won American accessory designer of the year for their luxury brand The Row, and Thom Browne, who took home the award for American menswear designer of the year.

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FILE - Cast members from left to right, Stanley Tucci, Meryl Streep, Adrian Grenier, Anne Hathaway, and Emily Blunt, pose for photographers during the red carpet arrivals for the New York premiere of the film titled "The Devil Wears Prada," Monday, June 19, 2006. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, File)

A summer of fashionable spoilers, from ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ to ‘American Love Story’

September 19, 2025

“The Devil Wears Prada 2” and “American Love Story” have yet to be released but social media users have had their fair share of spoilers from paparazzi photos and fan snapshots of the sets filming this Summer in New York. From the cerulean Met Gala carpet to a central park stroll, fans have caught not only glimpses of the costume designs on set but full scenes being filmed. While early photos of the costume designs for “The Devil Wears Prada 2” and “American Love Story” caused quite the stir online, fans say they still want to see all the outfits on the big screen next year.

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Christian Siriano transports New York Fashion Week attendees to the silver screen

September 12, 2025

Designer Christian Siriano transformed a Macy’s department store into a New York Fashion Week runway show for his latest collection. The designer was recently named creative director for I.N.C., a Macy’s ready-to-wear brand, in celebration of the brand’s 40th anniversary. Siriano pulled inspiration for his latest collection from actor Marlene Dietrich and old Hollywood. Like the evolution of cinema, Siriano said he wanted to play with the color palette of his collection from black and white to Technicolor. Like Dietrich, Siriano designs embraced both the masculine and feminine. Celebrities from Oprah to singer Lizzo sat front row at the Friday show.

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FILE - Robin Givhan participates in the Global Citizen NOW conference in New York on April 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Q&A: Pulitzer Prize winner Robin Givhan chronicles Virgil Abloh’s rise to fashion fame

June 23, 2025

For her latest book, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Robin Givhan takes a deep dive into the fame and legacy surrounding fashion disruptor Virgil Abloh. Abloh was the first Black creative director of menswear at Louis Vuitton. He rose to fashion notoriety with little fashion training but managed to captivate the industry and develop a large and loyal following from his fashion fans. Givhan’s book “Make It Ours: Crashing the Gates of Culture with Virgil Abloh” releases Tuesday. She shares how social media played a role in Abloh’s career and how influences from architecture to skateboarding inspired his design outlook. Abloh died at 41 in 2021.

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