Last year, longtime Alexander McQueen creative director Sarah Burton, one of the few women designers currently at the top of a luxury fashion house, announced she was leaving the brand after more than ...

In fashion at the moment, as seen on catwalks: frills, corsets, big shoulder pads, and "naked dresses". Out of fashion: employing women as chief designers. In the most recent Spring-Summer 2026 ...

Diane von Furstenberg has never forgotten what a well-known male designer once told her: “Women make clothes. Men make costume.” It was a dictum that has stuck with her for years, and one that she ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rachel Burchfield writes about fashion, beauty, wellness & pop culture There is a designer that defined American fashion—who ...