International Herald Tribune’s legendary fashion editor Suzy Menkes was in New Delhi recently to conduct the IHT conference on sustainable luxury. I met her and was pleasantly surprised by how much she knew about the country. Menkes has apparently been always fascinated by India and has travelled throughout the country. She is, of course, known for her views on Indian design and craftsmanship. She is a big supporter of Indian fashion designers retaining an element of the ethnic in their works and not losing their identity. But any way, here are a few travel excerpts from an interview I did with her: 1. You ...
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Moschino Fall 2009 MILAN, Mar 1, 2009 / FW/ — Moschino has always been known for its tongue-in-cheek approach to fashion. It can also be the fashion equivalent of the gridiron; so, is the Moschino Fall 2009 collection a tribute to Suzy Menkes? (For those new in the fashion business, Suzy Menkes is the Fashion Editor of the International Herald Tribune and she is currently the most influential fashion editor in the whole world, in relation to Anna Wintour being the most powerful.) That said; let’s go back to the Moschino Fall 2009 collection. With a definitive 1940s flair, the big cabbage rose print ...
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Q&A with Suzy Menkes, fashion editor, International Herald Tribune Moderated by Gladys Perint Palmer, Executive Director of Fashion Having recently participated in the 2009 Sustainable Luxury Conference in New Delhi, Ms. Menkes recalled some of the topics addressed including how fashion houses are rethinking their carbon footprint. She also expanded upon the future of online fashion journalism, blogging, Twitter, [...]
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Fashion scholars have penned histories of the high heel, the corset, and the little black dress, but no one has yet written a definitive history of the fashion show. The omission is curious: The fashion show is not only the promotional linchpin of a ...
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Suzy Menkes (born 24 December 1943) has been head fashion reporter for the International Herald Tribune since 1988. Menkes was born in Britain. She was educated at Brighton and ...
