Cardi B, Paris Jackson, Ashley Graham, and More in the Best Looks of New York Fashion Week Fall 2018

You’re So Vain . . .


. . . And that’s a good thing, especially when, like Cardi B, Paris Jackson, Grace Elizabeth, and Ashley Graham, among many others, you will soon pour your proud self into the best looks from New York Fashion Week. For Fall 2018, let your feminine/feminist flag fly.

The revelations of the past six months that have coalesced into the Time’s Up and #MeToo movements have had us thinking a lot about the opening salvos of the sexual revolution and the heroines of those early battles for equality in the workplace and the bedroom. This winter, we found ourselves intently listening to the emotionally honest chanteuses of the ’60s and ’70s and, in particular, to Carly Simon, admiring her lovely melodies and unflinching yet poetic candor. When we watched the Fall 2018 runways in New York, what stood out were the clothes that shared the qualities we so admire in Simon: fierce, unapologetic femininity and feminism, head to toe.

Watch: Cardi B, Paris Jackson, Ashley Graham, and More in the Best Looks of New York Fashion Week Fall 2018

On the final day of the collections, Fashion Editor Jorden Bickham and director Charlotte Wales gathered a gaggle of our favorite collaborators—including Cardi B, Paris Jackson, Ashley Graham, Karen Elson, Grace Elizabeth, Isabeli Fontana, Elsa Hosk, and Cindy Bruna, among others—for a gorgeous sing-along to “You’re So Vain.” Did it matter that not one of these ladies was alive when Simon first unleashed this diatribe to fill in the blank (Warren Beatty?) nearly 50 years ago? Not at all. Truth and beauty know no age . . . and who among us has not had some dreams that were merely clouds in our coffee? Behold, the beautiful fall.

 


Director: Charlotte Wales
Fashion Editor: Jorden Bickham
Fashion Editor for Dancers: Alexandra Gurvitch
Art Direction: Look Studios
Production: Helena Martel Seward at Lolly Would
DP: Byron Werner; 1st AD: Jules Cortez
Steadicam: Michael Hauer; Gaffer: Jon Ervin; Key Grip: David Morett
Swing: Stefano Ortega; Lighting: Chemistry Creative; Set Designer: Nicholas Des Jardins
Casting for Dancers: Zan Ludlum; Choreographer: Danielle Polanco
Hair: Christiaan Houtenbos; Makeup: Mark Carrasquillo; Manicure: Tracylee Percival; Tailor: Christy Rilling Studio
Filmed at Broadway Stages
Post Production: Consulate; Editor: Ryan McCally, Consulate; Color: Studio RM
Music: “You’re So Vain” by Carly Simon
Title Design: Jason Duzansky
Visual Editor: Thomas Wolfe
Special Thanks to Yamaha Entertainment Group of America

Dancers Courtesy of The Ailey School:
Rawinan Asawakanjanakit, Antoinette Melissa Boode, Michia Carmack, Raelynn Chase,
Ryan Claytor, Caroline Dartey, Courtney Epps, Lakeeksha Escobosa, Mathilde Guerrero, Jamaris Mitchell,
Brandi Pinnix, Tailys Poncione, Shanice Reyes, Hannah Richardson,
Napat Rodboon, Mikayla Scaife, Brena Thomas, Dayzjah Thomas,
Elaisa Van Der Kust, Gabriela Vazquez, Erica Welty, Jasmine Yates