Runway / The explainer
Shown in 2026. Made for 2027.
A short guide to reading runway dates without mixing up the year of a show and the season of a collection.
Runway notebooks / New York
New York,
in focus.
A close reading of Tory Burch’s Fall/Winter 2026 detail, plus an archive study and a guide to fashion’s seasonal calendar.
Designers / New York notebook
A small knot, a whole design language
Tory Burch’s Fall/Winter 2026 detail offers a useful lesson in looking closely.
Style notes / Visual field guide
Three questions to ask of an archive photograph
What an old runway image can teach you—and what a single frame cannot prove.
From the photographic archive
A moment worth revisiting.
Felix Bujold walks the William Rast runway, New York Fashion Week, February 2009. Archive photograph.
This archival image provides historical context. Current collection coverage is labelled separately in the stories above.