Laurie Pike

Photos by Julie Pavlowski Model: Camille Waldorf (M Models) “My clothes have no hanger appeal,” proclaims designer Nathalie Saphier. Her silk tops and dresses hang limp and wrinkled, and that’s just the way she likes it. “I have an aversion to newness, so everything looks like it’s been worn before......

Illustration by Cliff Pershes Los Angeles is the ugly stepsister when it comes to fashion shows — despite the hype over L.A. designers such as Rick Owens, Michelle Mason and Jared Gold, not to mention Paris transplant Jeremy Scott. Poor organization and production values have kept buyers and press away......

Photos by Larry Hirshowitz THE DRESS WAS SILK TAFFETA, FITTED, OLIVE GREEN. AND IT WAS ON backward. The model was sauntering down the runway at the debut fashion show of the spring/summer 2003 collection by Coquille et Coquette downtown last November, and designers Janet Planet and Elena Allee were cringing......

Illustration by Shino Arihara THE OLD CONCEPT OF SIZE ABSOLUTES — AN 8 IS an 8 is an 8 — has become as loose and deconstructed as a Yohji Yamamoto ensemble. At Old Navy, my size 8 butt nestles comfortably into the company's size 4 pants. But at Aero &......