How Designer Charles Harbison Is Redefining American Fashion
Charles Harbison designs clothes that are beautiful on the surface but rigorous underneath. They seduce, then reveal intelligence. Every seam is an argument, every color a citation. His collections may look romantic, but they are built like ideas — structures meant to hold emotion and meaning in equal measure.
Judging from the packed house and audible excitement as the doors opened at 7 p.m., the Saks Fifth Avenue show was once again one of the most social events of the year for the closing night of Fashion Week El Paseo 2025. Some opulently styled attendees embraced the...
On Tuesday night, Fashion Week El Paseo showcased students from international fashion school Istituto Marangoni Miami for a second year, providing a major platform for emerging designers to present their designs to the public. Sponsored by arts and education advocate...
The fashionistas were aflutter on Fashion Week El Paseo’s fourth night at the Running Wild on El Paseo runway event. They flitted into the tent fresh from cocktail reception chatter, and as the lights went down, images of Hunt Slonem’s neo-expressionist paintings...
They say, “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.” Well, meow to that. Midway through March for night three of Fashion Week El Paseo 2025, this proud crowd came dressed as if they planned to stride down the catwalk themselves. The show had started before...
In addition to evening runway shows, afternoons at Fashion Week El Paseo often feature designer meet-and-greets and pop-up shops. Sunday afternoon, designer Ace Harper hosted a pop-up at the Fashion Week tent, presenting pieces from her collection Talking Flowers. The...
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Ace Harper’s Fashion Week El Paseo debut delivered a theatrical, high-energy showcase that fused the elegance of dance with a new wave aesthetic. Her collection, Talking Flowers, transported viewers into a dreamscape where movement, music, and fashion intertwined. The...
As the sun dipped behind the mountains, casting a glow over El Paseo, the desert’s most fashionable gathered beneath twinkling lights for the opening night of Fashion Week El Paseo 2025 at The Gardens on El Paseo in Palm Desert. Attendees, dressed in bold prints and...
Planning to attend Fashion Week El Paseo 2025? This annual event — March 14–19 at The Gardens on El Paseo in Palm Desert — features six fabulous runway shows, plus pop-up shops and trunk shows with designers, in-store events at several retailers and restaurants along...
To businessman, art collector, and design enthusiast Jordan Schnitzer, fashion is more than clothing — it’s a form of art. “Fashion is art in fabric,” he says. “It does two things. First, aesthetically, it’s stunning to see creative designers shape, form, and push...
The luxury department store returns to Fashion Week El Paseo with a vibrant runway presentation of Spring/Summer 2025 menswear and womenswear from Saks Fifth Avenue's most coveted designer brands. The show will shine a special spotlight on Italian designer Etro’s...
To witness the future of fashion in its rawest, most exploratory form, reserve your seat for Istituto Marangoni Miami. The global fashion school returns to Palm Desert for what is sure to be another inspiring showcase of student creations. Founded in Milan in 1935,...
Divas, those who purchased a Diva Package for Fashion Week El Paseo 2025, gathered for a meet and mingle luncheon at Shorebird in Palm Desert on Feb. 26, previewing looks that will be shown during the West Coast’s largest fashion week. At the luncheon, hosted by The...
Art, fashion, and the ease of resort living collide in Running Wild on El Paseo, a showcase of ready-to-wear styles from retailers on Palm Desert’s premier shopping boulevard. Neo-expressionist paintings by Hunt Slonem, courtesy of Dawson Cole Fine Art, add a dash of...
Known for pioneering Space Age designs and avant-garde silhouettes, the house of Pierre Cardin has left an indelible mark on fashion. The late Italian-born French designer revolutionized personal style in the 1950s and ’60s with geometric shapes, unexpected materials,...
Queens-born LaQuan Smith debuted his luxury ready-to-wear line in 2013 at just 21, swiftly turning heads with his sultry, avant-garde aesthetic. Since then, his designs have graced clients such as Beyoncé, Hailey Bieber, and former Vice President Kamala Harris,...
Ballet served as the starting point for Ace Harper’s creative journey, eventually leading to a career as a professional dancer working with names like Lenny Kravitz, Jennifer Lopez, and Duran Duran. While immersed in music and performance art, she quietly shaped a...
Ace Harper Brings Punk Glamour to Fashion Week El Paseo
As a shy high schooler in Oklahoma, Ace Harper was a self-proclaimed “punk ballerina,” pairing fishnets and Doc Martens by day with pointe shoes and leotards by night. Around that time, she began designing her own dance costumes with the help of a seamstress. Fashion,...
Highlights From Fashion Week El Paseo 2024
“Fashion is a mirror of society,” says Susan Stein, director of Fashion Week El Paseo since its inception in 2006. “What’s happening in the world politically, economically, socially comes up in what we wear.” To that end, Stein sees the sartorial-minded public...
It was standing room only on Fashion Week El Paseo’s final night as Saks Fifth Avenue took the runway by storm. The luxury retailer culled fashions from designers around the world and wowed the assembled audience from start to finish.A floral flared and...
