What Is Your Definition Of Fashion?

Fashion's next wave of talent doesn't hail only from style capitals New York City and Los Angeles. Ohio's Kent State University boasts one of the best fashion design programs in the country. And that talent was on full display at its 2026 student fashion show. The annual event closed the school's fashion week, a five-day lineup featuring digital presentations, a portfolio showcase, a behind-the-scenes experience for prospective students and a gala honoring this year's Fashion School Hall of Fame inductee, Fern Mallis, founder of New York Fashion Week . On May 1, the entirely student-produced runway show featured 171 looks by 52 graduating designers. Garments spanned knitwear to streetwear to menswear, with themes ranging from sustainability to cultural heritage. "The Class of 2026 demonstrates an impressive commitment to both innovation and responsibility," Dr. Mourad Krifa, director of the Kent State Fashion School, said in a press statement. "Fr...

These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Thursday. Big Tech Wore Indie Designers to the Met Gala Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri wore Kartik Research, while VP of Fashion Eva Chen wore Proenza Schouler . Stewart Butterfield (Slack CEO) and Selby Drummond (founder of tech venture firm Plum Alley) both wore Conner Ives. Charles Porch, OpenAI's VP of global creative partnerships, wore Kallmeyer 's first-ever men's look. "Opting for an emerging name signals a level of investment in fashion's rising stars, rather than its established houses," Madeleine Schulz writes for Vogue Business . { Vogue Business /paywalled} James Murdoch Is Reportedly in Talks to Buy New York Magazine James Murdoch is in "advanced talks" to buy Vox Media's New York magazine and podcast division, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The deal, which is through Murdoch's Lupa Systems investment company, isn't yet final. A challenging advertising mark...

The Savannah College of Art and Design ( SCAD ) stands apart from its peers thanks to its extensive hands-on training: Its film majors explore an 11-acre backlot, aspiring actors enjoy an on-site casting office and now, its fashion design students can sell their one-of-a-kind garments in a luxury boutique. Located at 318 E Liberty St. in downtown Savannah, GA, Bazaar by ShopSCAD opened its doors in March to showcase student, faculty and alumni creations while simultaneously preparing its collegiate designers for the realities of the retail landscape. To Bazaar Director and Manager Ash Williams, the off-campus boutique functions as "a trading post of sorts for the school of fashion." "Students learn about design, branding and consumer behavior in the classroom, and Bazaar gives them a real-world environment to see those lessons play out," she expands. "When a customer picks up your product, examines it and decides to buy it, [it] allows a kind of feedback n...

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This year's Met Gala dress code, "Fashion Is Art," left guests and designers with a lot of room for interpretation. As a result, the best looks on the red carpet were those that took advantage of that opportunity with maximum creativity and clever nods to famous artworks (and, sometimes, nipples ). Sabrina Carpenter wore a Dior dress made from actual film strips; Rihanna evoked medieval architecture in Maison Margiela ; Emma Chamberlain turned heads with a long watercolor train by Mugler ; Hunter Schafer embodied Gustav Klimt’s "Mäda Primavesi" in Prada ; and Heidi Klum committed to the bit by transforming herself into a marble statue. And yes, as always, some guests just wore very, very pretty dresses, and there's nothing inherently wrong with that, especially when you're Zoe Kravitz. See all the best looks from the 2026 Met Gala below. Sabrina Carpenter in Dior at the 2026 ...