If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, WWD may receive an affiliate commission. The seaplane whizzing above Lilly Pulitzer’s spring 2026 runway show, staged at Key West’s classy, upscale Casa Marina hotel, was no coincidence. The Lilly team — detail-obsessed and lighthearted all at once — used the opening detail to honor one of their brand founder’s most iconic, caught-on-camera moments, when Pulitzer is seen dashing out of a just-landed plane, circa 1963, with multiple fabric swatches in hand. While the grand entrance’s significance went over the heads (literally and figuratively) of many of the show’s front-row attendees, it was clearly taken straight from the archives, just like the SS26 Lilly Pulitzer launch at large. The label’s Vintage Vault is as extensive as you can imagine, with many of the original (and now-reissued) prints having been hand-painted right in Key West, making the presentation a kind of homecoming. Th...
All eyes were on the Gotham Awards on Monday night. For the film industry, the first major awards ceremony of the season offers a temperature check — or boost — for the months ahead. The future looks bright for frontrunners like “One Battle After Another” and international contender “It Was All an Accident,” the major winners of the night. But first, the fashion. “ This is Schiaparelli,” said “Lurker” director Alex Russell, detailing star Haley Rose Liu’s metallic gown as he held onto her Keyhole clutch. “This dress is made out of an extremely fragile fiber,” he added. “As you see, the hand details here, iconic Schiaparelli. You’ve got the lock. So it’s all very nice. Shout-out to Daniel Roseberry.” In the theme of shout-outs, the pair offered up a few of their favorite films of the year — for Liu, it was “Hamnet” and “Sentimental Value,” which she saw during Telluride. “A lot of the movies that were at Sundance with me, I feel like a lot of kinship with them,” said Russell. “‘Sorry Ba...