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Robin Givhan is a style and culture critic based in Washington, D.C. In 1995 she became the fashion editor of The Washington Post, where she covered the news, trends, and business of the international fashion industry. She contributed to Runway Madness, No Sweat: Fashion, Free Trade and the Rights of Garment Workers and Thirty Ways of Looking at Hillary: Reflections by Women Writers. She is the author, along with the Washington Post photo staff, of Michelle: Her First Year as First Lady. In 2006 she won the Pulitzer Prize in criticism for her fashion coverage.
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The Language of Thatcher’s Handbags
Political AccessoriesRobin Givhan on Margaret Thatcher, handbags, and power.

Dolce and Gabbana On Trial
Luxury And The LawDesigners join long tradition of fashion moguls accused of tax evasion, but in a new, tough Italy.

Street Style At Balenciaga?
Musical ChairsAs rumors fly that Balenciaga has hired Alexander Wang, Robin Givhan asks: What would the street-savvy designer bring to the fashion house?

Obamas Deck the Halls
Tis The SeasonThe first family decorates for the holidays with a 300-pound gingerbread White House, glitter pine cones and “Boflakes.”

Understanding Diana Vreeland
Editrix ExtraordinaireA new biography brings dark reality to the glossy story of the iconic Vogue editor. By Robin Givhan.

Meet The Next Tyson Beckford
Happy HolidaysJ. Crew model and shoe designer Armando Cabral is the fashion industry’s new exotic boy-next-door.

Amazing Grace?
FashionistasDespite a lifetime filled with glamour and adventure, Vogue’s Grace Coddington remains elusive in her new memoir.

The General, The Flirt And The Harlot
StereotypesThe stylistic archetypes whirling around the players in the Petraeus affair are as old as time, says Robin Givhan--and deeply unfair to women.

Vogue Fashion Fund Fetes 2012 Winners
GlitzBurberry’s Christopher Bailey was on hand to give a pep talk to winners of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund at its awards dinner last night.

Fashion of Jubilation and Mourning
Four More YearsIn their respective Election Night speeches, the clothes of the Obama and Romney families told the story of victory and defeat.
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