Cathy Horyn

The truth will out. Or at least someone’s version of the truth. Cathy Horyn played devil’s advocate in her profile of Stella McCartney, she of the illustrious pop parentage and hugely successful eponymous fashion line. In discussing McCartney’s rise to prominence, Horyn sheds light on a decade-old tale of Tom Ford, then creative director of Gucci, trying to woo Stella into his shoes. A story that McCartney maintains but that Ford, once the New York Times journalist asks him, openly refutes...Read Full Story

Search Loading... Strangely enough, the blogolution's greatest irony lies in the fact that a blogger's only real sense of power comes from that awarded by mainstream media, who have cleverly opted for acceptance rather than denial and rebuttal when it comes to an invasion of what was hitherto their exclusive space. What this means is that a blogger will seldom have the chance (or the balls) to express their true feelings on a designer or collection, in fear that this...Read Full Story

When Lady Gaga‘s video for “Edge of Glory” premiered, New York Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn, never one to mince words, was not having it: In a week, I told myself, Lady Gaga’s vintage Versace studs…will be history. If that. “Never be afraid to dream,” she tweeted to her followers, but I had already unfollowed, like a skiff breaking from its moorings. Goodbye! Now Gaga returns the favor in her latest column for V Magazine. Let’s talk about…reading “In the age of the Internet, when...Read Full Story

I’m starting to think more and more that I’m really the drunken left over of an unintentional Cathy Horyn and Tim Gunn smush. Seriously, these two embody my inner critic. I hope they get a show someday and invite me on with them. We’d be a family again. Check out Momma’s latest rant after the jump… On Alexander Wang: Mr. Wang is not a great designer, though he probably would be happy to accept any laurels that people want to toss him, but he is clearly a shrewd guy . . . The designs were...Read Full Story

Home » Fashion View 13 October 2010 No Comment Honesty is such a lonely word… The New York Times hasn’t always been a bastion of journalistic integrity — Google the infamous Walter Duranty for an example — but in an industry, Fashion Journalism, trapped in a world of false appreciation and “auto-fawning”, where the truth is held hostage to political correctness, there’s always a need for someone to speak out with honesty and tell us that the King, indeed, isn’t wearing any clothes. And...Read Full Story

According to New York Times style columnist/Lady Gaga‘s archnemesis Cathy Horyn, the must-see shows for New York Fashion Week are Proenza Schouler, Alexander Wang, Joseph Altuzarra, Prabal Gurung, Sophie Theallet, Calvin Klein, Narciso Rodriguez and Marc Jacobs. However, some designers not mentioned have a few things to say on the matter. Diane von Furstenberg: ”That’s her opinion. She is entitled. She has a voice, she uses her voice. I have a voice. All I will say is that I work very hard...Read Full Story

Cathy Horyn | Source: Fashionologie Fashion’s Most Feared Critic (Daily Beast) “Cathy Horyn wields a pointed pen to (sometimes) skewer her subjects…Carolina Herrera, Giorgio Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, Helmut Lang, Nicole Miller, and Oscar de la Renta have all banned Horyn and the Times from covering their collections at various points…None of this has seemed to faze the journalist, who, this fashion season, displayed her trademark ability to excite and infuriate.” Coach targets UK in European...Read Full Story

Stefano Tonchi can now add Cathy Horyn to his shit list. The Times fashion critic ripped Stefano a new one in her biting review of the new (and far from improved) W Magazine basically stating that the only thing promising about the magazine is “the energized new logo”. Ouch. Check out Cathy’s review below… I don’t expect W to deal directly with realities like joblessness or stressed European bankers or the emerging clout of Chinese consumers, but surely there is a need to put stylishness in...Read Full Story

The bride-to-be. Since you can’t click a single thing on the Internet today without being accosted by information about Kim Kardashian’s wedding on Saturday, here’s Cathy Horyn’s take on the situation: I couldn’t help noticing a Huffington Post item about Kim Kardashian’s wedding, and comments from readers professing to be appalled that she has reportedly asked her guests to wear black or white. Actually, thinking how nothing seems far-fetched these days, some of the comments are pretty...Read Full Story

They don't call them "supers" for nothing. Thanks to Modelinia, we know that Coco Rocha can now add "writer" to her impressive list of accomplishments, which is almost as long as her Irish-dancing legs. In the latest Elle UK, Coco interviewed Cindy Crawford and Iman about what they all know best, being supermodels. Interesting topic, no?Coco Rocha joins Jessica Stam, the model-slash-columnist (whose words of wisdom recently appeared on the Huffington Post Canada), Crystal Renn, the model...Read Full Story