Brenda Butler

A black dress becomes what you make of it in your own life story. You are the heroine here. There is no other way to put it. It's that simple....

Dorothy Dandridge. Frida Kahlo. Redfern? This time around, many of the European designers found their muses in the curious and odd celebrity. Dandridge, the ill-fated actress; Kahlo, the eccentric artist....

In seeking a defining fashion sense, Coco Chanel developed her look from utilitarian things around her--a man's polo sweater, a straw boater, a yachtsman's beret, a duke's line of English...

In the realm of suitability, the so-called slouch suit weighs in on the extreme side of this current pantsuits trend. It's big, in every way. The jacket sleeves are long,...

Socks for sport and for the sporting peppered the runways for fall. For the last few seasons the sheer leg has been in, better to work with the minimal, clean...

You've got lots of sweaters in your closets. Good. Get them out. Most of them will make the cut this season. The reason: The looks for fall are all over...

When overzealous editors declare that black is dead, we wonder: Are they totally clueless or simply listening to a few news-starved gremlins? Why would a color so compatible, versatile, seasonless,...

Ask a child's opinion about what he or she would like to wear back to school and the answer is likely to be, "Anything, as long as it's not too...

The truism that opposites attract will be most appropriate this fall. With the dominant power suit in practically every designer's collection something must soften that hard edge. Enter the camisole....

A friend of mine often laments that as a child, from age 8 to preteen, she had to wear discards from her cousins and other folks' daughters. Her struggling parents...