Elizabeth Wellington has been The Inquirer's fashion writer since December 2002. She believes that great fashion is for all people, not just the rich and wealthy. She has an eye for the new, the unusual and that which suits us all.
Creativity blossomed larger than a white water lily at this spring's end-of-year student fashion shows, where young designers sent versions of thrift-store chic and 1960s mod looks down their runways.
- At the U.S. Open, fashion is swinging colorful
- Moore College & Art Institute Student Fashion Show
- Robert Pattinson is the new face of Dior
Pants are back.
And this summer, they sure are fun:
Polka dots pop on skinny cotton trousers. Denim bottoms are chic yet loud in funky blue toile prints (yes, like your grandmother's china patterns). Pucci-inspired designs turn wide-legged pull-ups into breezy works of art.
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At the U.S. Open, fashion is swinging colorful
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Some of menswear's hottest trends - shrunken silhouettes, pops of color, and, yes, Justin Bieber hair - have finally landed on the golf course.
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A shorter 'do is cooler in every way this summer
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In recent summers, mane trends dictated that women had to brave the humidity in wavy, below-the-shoulder hair. The only stylish relief was a fishtail braid.
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The latest trends, shapes of engagement rings
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The emerald-cut diamond, in all of its hot, white engagement-ring splendor, has some sparkling new competition this wedding season.
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The independent, free-spirited bride wears what she wants
- White, red, vintage, celeb - the mature, independent bride dons not the strapless princess costume, but exactly what she wants.Today's older, more free-spirited bride is mixing old-school glamour with millennial individuality to create a new genre of wedding dresses that often are captured on smartphones, but look as though they emerged from a black-and-white still.
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At its worst, fast fashion is actually killing people
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If nothing else, so-called fast fashion is cute. A Michael Kors-esque striped maxi skirt for $25 at Zara? I can always rationalize that purchase, right?
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Shopping for prom proves to be a challenge for plus-size girls
- Shopping for the big night presents special challenges for those who wear larger sizes. Here's one girl's story.Like most teenage girls, 17-year-old Madelyn Rosario is enamored with this spring's prom dresses. She loves the trendy princess gowns and body-skimming mermaid frocks made popular on this year's red carpets by the super-slim Miley Cyruses and Taylor Swifts.
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An appreciation / Missoni: Master of zigzags, sultan of stripes
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If it wasn't for Ottavio Missoni, fashionistas wouldn't know how beautiful, flattering, and powerful a bunch of zigzags could be.
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'20s fashion craze culminates in release of 'Gatsby'
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There's a scene in Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby in which Daisy Buchanan arrives at Nick Carraway's bungalow for afternoon tea in a stunning, straight-from-the-Roaring Twenties ensemble.
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