Features
Pre-NYFW Spring 2022 Brand Roundup
New York Fashion Week (NYFW) is scheduled for September 8th-12th, with several shows being held in person this upcoming season. With COVID-19 safeguards in place (proof of vaccination status), New … [More]
Models to Watch for the Spring 2022 Season: New Faces, the Men and the Women
For this second edition of “models to watch,” we enlisted the help of two of the fashion industry’s top casting agents, Chad Thompson from Communa-k (communa-k.com), and Maurilio T. Carnino of MTC … [More]
Influencer Culture’s Changes Affect How Brands Should Market During NYFW
Over the pandemic, there has been a general rise in disdain regarding celebrity and influencer culture. Sub-par celebrity efforts to sympathize come off as out of touch. Gal Gadot’s “Imagine” project … [More]
New York Fashion Week Pre-Coverage Spring 2022 Season
With all that is going on in the country and the world at large, the crisis with the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the COVID-19 Delta variant wrecking global havoc, and global climate crisis, and … [More]
Editors’ Pick
Editors’ Pick: New Cozy-Meets-Cute Rompers for Fall from Smash + Tess
With cooler temperatures drawing near, consumers may be excited to pull out their warm and comfy clothes and put away their summer dresses. And if you are still working from home, as most of us still … [Read More...]
Editors’ Pick: TommyXRomeo Fall 2021 Capsule Collection
Tommy Hilfiger and Romeo Hunte have come together to create a fall capsule collection that features classic pieces with a modern twist. The TommyXRomeo collection is a meshing of Tommy Hilfiger’s … [Read More...]
Editors’ Pick: Fall 2021 Back to School and Back to the Office Essentials
Slowly, but surely, the world seems like we’re getting to some semblance of a new normal. Yes, we are still in a pandemic (we’re up to 13 COVID-19 variants across the globe). But schools and … [Read More...]
Beauty
New Fall 2021 Fragrances
How far have we’ve come in a year! In the fall of 2020 everyone was so sad, we had no COVID -19 vaccine, it was getting too cold to eat outside, and practically every movie that was supposed to come out was postponed. According to … [Read More...]
Editors’ Beauty Pick: Rinna Beauty’s Newest Icon Lip Kit Sasha
Sasha is the newest of the Icon Lip Kit personalities from Rinna Beauty, which was established in 2020 by Lisa Rinna. Rinna is recognized as being a bold personality on reality television and for her lip enhancement. Because of her celebrity status, … [Read More...]
Beauty Pick: HAOMA’s Earth Collection
Boy, it’s really hot!! No matter where you live in the US and some locales outside the US, temperatures are soaring. And all the heat and humidity can take a toll on your skin. The last thing you want in these last lazy days of summer is beat … [Read More...]
Beauty Alert: Get that Summer Lovin’ Glow with Beauty and the City
Summer loving had me a blast Summer loving happened so fast I met a girl crazy for me Met a boy cute as can be Summer days drifting away To, oh, oh, the summer nights—“Grease” Oh, the crazy, lazy days of summer, no better time to have a … [Read More...]
Les Hommes
Cult of Individuality Demonstrate Their Love of Music in a Hard and Soft Rock n’ Roll Aesthetic
Although it’s not quite true, it feels like we are in a post-COVID-19 pandemic period. Lots of businesses in the US have completed their reopening processes and if you are doubly vaccinated you can go … [Read More...]
Father’s Day 2021 Gift Guide
It’s almost Father’s Day, one of the most under-rated holidays on the calendar. Often times, dad is expected to pull out the grill and barbeque for the family, and in return, he gets poorly thought … [Read More...]
Trend Report
Pre-fall 2021 Trend Shopping Guide
Though it doesn’t feel like it, summer is almost over. As seasons change, so does our wardrobe. But not everyone is ready to change over their closets for the autumn weather. Luckily for us, there are the pre-fall collections—the bridge collections … [Read More...]
Summer of Love – Style Out
Music is a universal unifier. Coupled with fashion, music is a language of love and expression. There are songs made about fashion from Elvis Presley’s “Blue Suede Shoes” and Paul McCartney’s “Vintage Clothes” to Run-D.M.C.’s “My Adidas” and … [Read More...]
Fashion Flashback
Fashion Flashback: The 10 Most Memorable Olympic Fashion Moments
Every other year, sports fans the world over eagerly await the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. Spectators are riveted to every aspect of the Games, from where the Olympic Games will be held to the … [Read More...]
Sample Sales
Wednesday Sample Sale: Week of August 2, 2021
Fashion Reverie seeks to keep its loyal readers informed of great samples sales. Just remember, product disappears quickly, so it is important to get there early. Due to the COVID-19 health … [More]
Fashion Reverie Talks
“Fashion Reverie Talks” Season 2, Episode 2
This episode of "Fashion Reverie Talks" centers mostly on New York Fashion Week's (NYFW) spring 2022 season. Our hosts Cicily Daniels, Tijana … [More]
“Fashion Reverie Talks” Season 2, Episode 1
In this episode, the first episode of Season 2, co-hosts Carl Ayers, Tijana Ibrahimovic and William S. Gooch, filling in for Cicily Daniels, examine … [More]
Fashion Reverie Talks: Episode 22
In this last episode of the season, "Fashion Reverie Talks": Episode 22 co-hosts Carl Ayers, Cicily Daniels, and Tijana Ibrahimovic converse about … [More]
“Fashion Reverie Talks”: Episode 21
In Episode 21 of "Fashion Reverie Talks," co-hosts Carl Ayers, Tijana Ibrahimovic and guest co-host Cameron Grey Rose detail relevant fashion news … [More]
Front Row
Kevan Hall Spring 2022
No one could predict what New York Fashion Week (NYFW) spring 2022 season would look like. It certainly wasn’t going to be like previous seasons—and … [More]
Ricardo Seco Spring 2022
When you think of a typical show at New York Fashion Week (NYFW), you imagine a runway with people sitting in the audience on both sides. Ricardo … [More]
JUNNY Spring 2022
Artwork by Rebecca Moses for JUNNY’s NYFW showroom presentation encapsulates the collection’s spirit perfectly. The framed print depicts two Black … [More]
Whensmokeclears Spring 2022
Whensmokeclears is a NYC-based brand that rose from the ashes after a fire in the designers’ apartment nearly destroyed their first collection. The … [More]
House of Aama Spring 2022
Touchstone Pictures “The Inkwell,” Lawrence Otis Graham’s Our Kind of People and HBO’s “Lovecraft Country” all share the setting of affluent Black … [More]
Editorials
Holiday Groove
The holidays are always about having fun. In this 2019 holiday editorial, electronica dance music artist Mystina shows her unique fashion style through a wide range of holiday looks. To see the … [More]
MODERN FAIRY TALES
Everyone loves a good fairy tale. Whether you like the subtly, frightening Grimm fairy tales or the moral-based fairy tales of Hans Christian Anderson, fairy tales always distill great truths about … [More]
Jeremy Carver Epitomizes Fall 2018 Style
If you haven't watched "Empire," you should. "Empire" is a megahit for FOX Network, starring the incomparable Taraji Henson, Jessie Smollett, and of course Terrence Howard as the maniacal … [More]
Celebrity Style
Great Looks from the 2021 Emmy’s Red Carpet
Ratings were up substantially at the 2021 Emmy Awards, and all the attendees seemed to be excited to be at an awards’ show and the house looked packed. It did seem each group stayed within their circle, and it was clear big precautions were taken to … [Read More...]
The 2021 Met Gala Top Red-Carpet Looks
The biggest fashion night of the year is back! The Met Gala usually happens the first Monday of May, but because of the pandemic it was a smart move to do it right after New York Fashion Week (NYFW). It appears that some celebrities are almost … [Read More...]
Fashion Reverie’s Favorite Looks from the 2021 VMAs
So much happened at the 2021 Video Music Awards (VMAs)! After over a year of staying home and a virtual red carpet for the 2020 VMAs. everyone seems to be happy to be back walking the red carpet. Celebrities brought their best … [Read More...]
Lifestyle & Culture
Fashion Reverie’s NYFW Eats Roundup
Overheard at a Zac Posen afterparty Woman 1: They are giving us all this vodka, but they aren’t giving us any food? Woman 2: These people think vodka is food. New York is having an in-person fashion week! Hooray! NYFW: The Shows is going to … [Read More...]
Fashion Reverie’s Fall 2021 Movie Roundup
Blue Bayou The pressing issues of immigration and fate of people brought to the United States as children comes to a head in “Blue Bayou,” a new film by director Justin Chou. With a wife, young stepdaughter and a baby on the way, Antonio LeBlanc … [Read More...]
Stylist Eric Daman Speaks about the Reboot of “Gossip Girl”
“Gossip Girl,” the popular television series about New York City’s young Upper East Side socialites, has been rebooted for a new generation on HBOMax. This time around, and in the spirit of Gen Z, the show features a more diverse cast of characters … [Read More...]
