Author Archives: Marcy Swingle

Spring Forward: Belted Coat, Outside Self-Portrait FW2020

A great look outside the Self-Portrait show in NYC. Belted coats are still going strong, and I'm really feeling this bright kelly green color for spring.
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Look Book: Verity & Daughters

Here are a few shots from a spring look book I photographed for Verity & Daughters on a verrrry cold day in November in Brooklyn. Designer Jean Liu specializes in vintage-style jumpsuits with great details...
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Stars of Paris

Paris Fashion Week always brings out a few stars. Who can resist the glamour? And why is Sigourney Weaver going to fashion shows all the sudden? We don't know, but we'll take it. Here are...
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Just Because… Paris

Leaf Greener at Loewe.
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Ti Amo, Milano

Fourteen days and what seems like a lifetime ago, Milan Fashion Week was the most enjoyable fashion week I attended this year. The weather was beautiful - sunny and 60 degrees - the clothes were...
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Happy Valentine’s Day: Jeannie Mai and Jeezy at Pamella Roland FW2020

Jeannie Mai and Jeezy made for a super cute couple at the Pamella Roland show.
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NYFW Trend Takeaway: Winter White

If there was one look we noticed over and over again during New York fashion week, it was winter white. There were so many winter white outfits that rival editors and buyers showed up wearing...
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Best of NYFW (This Time Last Year)

It's that time again: New York Fashion Week is upon us. It brings the semiannual dilemma: what are we going to wear?! Here are some of the best looks from New York Fashion Week this...
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Over the Rainbow

A micro-trend this resort season: rainbow! Particularly rainbow tie dye. I'm not sure what the explanation is for this one, but perhaps it can be chalked up to optimistic exuberance at the dawn of 2020....
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Boots on the Ground

A few photos from a piece I shot in December for Footwear Plus on what boots New Yorkers are wearing now, and with what outfits. It was not easy to find boots that might qualify...
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June in January

New Yorkers shed their puffer coats and headed out into balmy 60+ degree weather this weekend. I don't know if I would even call all of these looks "fashion," but it's what New Yorkers were...
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Pantsuit Nation

One notable fashion takeaway from last night's Golden Globes was the number of stars wearing feminized versions of the tuxedo: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Awkwafina, Kathy Bates, Kate McKinnon, Portia Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres, to name a...
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Year of the Cat: Leopard!

If there was any one trend fashionable people embraced in 2019, a year in which many ignored fashion trends altogether, it was leopard. Editors, buyers and influencers alike wore this print to the shows this...
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The Best & Most Interesting Looks From Art Basel Miami 2019

Wow do I miss Miami right now. The sunshine, the art, the people, the music, the food - and here I am back in rainy NYC. But for a couple of days, we experienced some...
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NYFW Trend Takeaway: Fashion Is Freedom

NY fashion week September 2019 trends
Though there are fewer hard and fast rules in fashion these days, every NY fashion week highlights some change in the way people are dressing now. Here are some trends we noticed not just on...
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