Who Is Fashion For?

Fashion Month Debrief: A conversation on New York pragmatism, Parisian myth, and Milanese craft

In my recent essay, “NYFW is for the People,” I wrote about New York fashion’s unique cultural position as pragmatic, energetic, and rooted in dressing the modern woman for her actual life.

After the piece went out, Giulia C. of The Inside Pocket left a thoughtful comment that reminded me of what enamored me with fashion in the first place. She reframed the conve…