Brian Phillips

Style for President

So I'm guessing that by now everyone's heard that Madonna is engaged to the fetching young, semi-famous Brit director Guy Ritchie.

Is ''Fur'' a Bad Word

November is a notoriously dull month for clotheshorses, as the spring shows are but a faded memory now and the fall shows are still a light-year away.

Home-Run Phillips

Too bad the World Series is over. I quite enjoyed the jock-strap spectacle of it all, the ability to speak in sexy sports jargon for a week without sounding like an ESPN junkie.

Gloves Off

I call a protest of the VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards. Please join me in the struggle to extricate the tackiest awards ceremony (aside from the Daytime Emmys) from television forever!

Sprousing Up

Permit me to offer a critique on the current state of accessories. This subject is crucial, since formality, the great mainstay of style, is in serious decline.

Totally All Like

If you're not bopping to Kid A on your minidisc this week, then missy, you're out of the loop.

Drawing a Blahnik

Standing outside Barney's on a blustery Wednesday two weeks ago, eyeing the newly installed Simon Doonan windows, I was seized by panic.