From the Archives: How the 1980s Saw Designers Go From Anonymous Atelier Dwellers To Bona Fide Society Fixtures

Money has brought more than influence and respectability. Designers now have Gulfstream jets (Klein and Lauren) and houses in all the right places. In 1987 when the Duchess of Windsor’s…

The 1980s Rise of Italian Luxury Ready-to-wear

“The Italians have a way of making everything easy,” WWD wrote in 1980, marking the rise of Italian luxury ready-to-wear and Milan’s emergence as its design center, taking over from…