“Nobody wears those, so it’s kind of funny that you do,” she said, blowing swirls of smoke out of the corner of her mouth…

Visitors to the address would have found an entirely different scene ten or fifteen years ago. Before it was a fashion headquarters, the building was a garment factory…

We both remembered the fashion house’s Van Gogh jacket with its exquisite hand-embroidered jewel toned flowers, but it was Mary, who, without a heartbeat, recalled the year, telling the archivist to pull from the 1988 collection.

Do I get hungry? Yes, that’s the point.

The designer talks fashion, the Garment District, and what Chinese rivers have to say about next season’s runway.

So ironic, it’s not.

So ironic, it’s not.

So ironic, it’s not.

So ironic, it’s not.

The newest fashion craze in Queens.