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Matthew Schneier is a features writer for New York Magazine and the Cut, where he covers culture, style, and the city. Previously, he was a reporter with the New York Times “Styles” section.

  1. nyfw spring 2021
    A Runway Show for 10, and for Everyone ElseAn unusual Eckhaus Latta show, in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge.
  2. fashion
    An Independent Collective Gets a LifelineVaquera wondered if it had the cash to keep going. Then Dover Street Market stepped in to help.
  3. glou glou
    Does This Natural Wine Go With My Outfit?Designer Rosie Assoulin’s new side project will get you drunk, not dressed.
  4. fashion
    Margiela Speaks!In a new documentary, the famously reclusive designer talks for the first time in years. But what does he have to say?
  5. shitstorms
    In 2020, We Are All This BeetleJust looking for an escape out the back door.
  6. the epstein case
    More Ghislaine Maxwell Documents See the Light of DayNewly unsealed filings in a settled 2015 case include Maxwell’s emails with Epstein.
  7. fashion
    What Makes a Man? Here, Let’s Ask a Fashion VideoBottega Veneta welcomes all opinions.
  8. rise and fall
    When We Were Bread HeadsWhat did we want from sourdough? And did we get it after all?
  9. the epstein case
    More Secret Epstein Papers Could Be Unsealed As Early As Next WeekA judge ruled against Ghislaine Maxwell, who hoped to keep documents related to her and Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged child-trafficking ring under seal.
  10. the epstein case
    Ghislaine Maxwell, Deemed a Flight Risk, Is Denied BailHer lawyers proposed she be released to a luxury hotel in Manhattan; a federal judge instead ordered her detained until her trial begins next year.
  11. fashion
    Need Supply and Totokaelo Will ShutterThe companies, comprised of regional boutiques, wide-ranging e-commerce, and their own house labels, fell victim to mismanagement and the pandemic.
  12. covid-19
    The City’s Tattooed Virus Expert Has Some Group-Sex Advice to Battle COVID-19The Department of Health’s Dr. Demetre Daskalakis is watching to see if infections rise as the city reopens and residents gather to protest.
  13. fashion
    Samira Nasr Is the First Woman of Color to Run Harper’s BazaarHearst finally settled on a new editor-in-chief after a long search.
  14. larry kramer
    The Love and Rage of Larry Kramer“No one can be neutral” about Faggots, even 42 years later. Kramer wanted it that way.
  15. fashion
    Gucci Makes a Big Change. Will Fashion Follow?Alessandro Michele announced he would slow the brand’s hectic pace, and stage two shows a year, down from five.
  16. fashion
    Can Amazon Save Luxury Fashion?The online megastore has never cracked high fashion’s resistance. As retail plummets and the pandemic rages on, is now the time?
  17. black tie
    Benefit Dinners Got Canceled. Will Nonprofits Go Hungry?Philanthropy without gala season.
  18. recommendations
    Now Is the Perfect Time to Memorize a PoemGive yourself over to a rhythm that is not your own.
  19. coronavirus
    With Coronavirus at Pandemic Levels, the Met Gala Is OffThe museum now says the Costume Institute’s spring show will be postponed until the fall.
  20. coronavirus
    Fashion Magazines, in Lockdown, Consider Their FutureAn industry in flux confronts further changes.
  21. beans on beans
    In Quarantine, Beans Take Center StageWith coronavirus fears pervading, a pantry staple has become a new essential. Bean sales are up — way up.
  22. coronavirus
    Quarantines Mean Record Days for New York’s Weed Delivery ServicesThe city is shutting down as coronavirus spreads. Black-market marijuana delivery is just ramping up.
  23. profile
    The Fashion Industry’s Librarians of LuxuryHow the Assoulines made their name on books to be seen (and occasionally read).
  24. spring 2020 fashion issue
     The Enduring Joy of Fran DrescherTwenty-one years after the end of The Nanny, we’re still in her thrall.
  25. talk the talk
    The Woman Who Made Princess Dresses PunkMolly Goddard is London’s tulle whisperer.
  26. talk the talk
    How the Designer Behind Marni Makes Fashion FunIn the hands of Francesco Risso, the label is a colorful corrective to the industry’s pervasive self-seriousness.
  27. fashion
    Sally Singer Leaves VogueThe magazine’s digital guru is departing after a career that spanned 20 years.
  28. q&a
    The World of Rick OwensA career-spanning conversation with the godfather of goth glam.
  29. fashion
    Christopher John Rogers Wins the CFDA/Vogue Fashion FundGigi and Bella Hadid, Ashley Graham, and more came for the 16th edition of the American fashion prize.
  30. brouhaha at barneys
    Good-bye, Barneys New York. Hello, Barneys at SaksAuthentic Brands Group finalized its acquisition of the struggling retailer. Next up: A partnership with Saks Fifth Avenue.
  31. brouhaha at barneys
    It Looks Like Barneys Has a BuyerLast-minute bidders are still hoping to submit, but the deal-close deadline looms.
  32. parties!
    Very Ralph Premieres at the MetA loving tribute to the legendary designer.
  33. style
    What Went Wrong at Barneys?How a New York institution and shopping paradise went big, then bankrupt.
  34. copenhagen invasion
    Out to Lunch With the Women of GanniThe fashion label is a Danish invasion in Technicolor, and they are the emissaries of its good word.
  35. fashion
    At the Russian Baths With the Big Boys of BrawnWelcome to the new frontier of plus-size male modeling.
  36. lfw spring 2020
    The Highs and Lows of London Fashion WeekThe British designers dug in and went big. The results were mixed.
  37. we can’t even
    2009 Killed Fashion As We Knew ItBut it gave birth to our zombie digital era.
  38. style
    Peter Lindbergh Shot Cindy, Christy, and Naomi. But I Loved His Martian Best.Peter Lindbergh, one of the greats of fashion photography, gave us something more than clothes: He gave us characters.
  39. the epstein case
    Ghislaine Maxwell’s Great Escape Didn’t Get Her FarRumors had circulated that she had decamped to Europe, or an island. The truth: Boston.
  40. fall fashion
    The App That Has Gen Z Hooked on ThriftingIf eBay is a bazaar and Instagram is a beauty pageant, Depop is both.
  41. ghislaine maxwell
    With Epstein Gone, Will Focus Turn to the Woman at His Side?New court documents unsealed on Friday cast more light on the role allegedly played by Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s alleged madam.
  42. the epstein case
    Ghislaine Maxwell, The Socialite on Jeffrey Epstein’s ArmEveryone who was anyone in New York knew Ghislaine Maxwell. But they didn’t know the whole story.
  43. hypebetsy
    Mitch McConnell Would Like to Buy Betsy Ross Nikes, PleaseClearly, the Triple S hype has peaked.
  44. a million rihannas
    Rihanna Takes a Stand for Immigrants: ‘Everyone Out Here Is Just Like Me’“A million Rihannas out there getting treated like dirt.”
  45. work work work work work
    Rihanna Has Come for SohoThe Bad Gal visits New York for the second drop of her new Fenty collection.
  46. rest in power
    Gloria Vanderbilt Was the First Name in Designer JeansBefore Calvin, before Tommy, an American aristocrat bold enough to stitch her name across your butt.
  47. rest in power
    The Death of the No. 1. Partygoer of New YorkSylvia Miles was an Oscar nominee and a Warhol Factory girl. But she was most famous for being inescapable after dark.