Christina Binkley

Christina Binkley

Reporter, The Wall Street Journal.

         Christina Binkley is The Wall Street Journal's fashion and style columnist, a frequent on-air commentator, and author of the New York Times bestseller Winner Takes All. From the vantage of her weekly column in the paper's Personal Journal section, she critiques fashion runways from New York to Milan and Paris, and takes readers behind fashion's velvet curtains, with frequent forays into the arts and entertainment. She contributes to the Journal's weekend, Review and Off Duty sections, as well as to WSJ. Magazine.
          A graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Binkley hasn't always covered fashion, and certainly never expected to. On the Journal's staff since 1994, she covered real estate, travel, hotels and gambling. This led to her book, an inside view of the battle to control Las Vegas by the city's titans, Steve Wynn and Kirk Kerkorian, and a Harvard economist named Gary Loveman. An accidental opportunity to test drive a Ferrari led to her current job covering fashion, proving that just saying "yes" is an apt career strategy.
          While most people expect Binkley to be based in New York or Paris, in fact, she prefers to live in the hills of Los Angeles with her husband and two children, with a dead-on view of the Hollywood sign. That's where you'll find her when she's not on a plane, or waiting for a fashion show to get started already.

Articles by Christina Binkley

• Kanye West Hits Louise Goldin Show at New York Fashion Week

  October 16, 2013 04:54 p.m.
  Full-time rapper and part-time designer Kanye West popped up at Louise Goldin's fashion show Saturday at New York Fashion Week. What does it mean for the future of Kanye in the world of style?

• New York Fashion Week: How To Watch Online

  October 16, 2013 04:53 p.m.
  Some New York Fashion Week designers are trying to beat the heat of more than 300 collections scheduled to take be revealed by showing earlier in the week -- today.
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  Top 10 Fashions and Flubs

  October 2, 2013 07:31 p.m.
  Here's a handy cheat sheet to the best, worst and most outrageous of the spring 2014 runways from New York to Paris.
  •  Video: Fashion Week Rundown: Good, Bad and Bizarre

• Chanel Art, Valentino, and Carine Roitfeld and Jay Z (OnStyle Notebook)

  October 1, 2013 10:35 p.m.
  Karl Lagerfeld's collection for Chanel was one of Paris fashion week's highlights. For one thing, every cell-phone shot was Insta-bait, with cool Chanel artwork installed in the background.

• Saint Laurent, Stella McCartney, and Ungaro in Paris (OnStyle Notebook)

  September 30, 2013 06:50 p.m.
  Saint Laurent, Stella McCartney, and Ungaro show their latest looks in Paris.

• Kim's Blonde, Celine's Bold, Kenzo's Out There

  September 29, 2013 08:06 p.m.
  In a season when the caucasian-ness of models has been a focus of discontent, Givenchy may win the diversity award, regardless of Kim Kardashian's choice of caucasian hair.

• Viktor & Rolf Bend Pleats, Pucci Parties, Zahia Dehar Makes Confections (OnStyle Notebook)

  September 28, 2013 08:19 p.m.
  Some things don't exist in nature. Take the curved pleat. Pleats come in straight lines, generally vertical, and the most famous pleats ever were probably worn by Marilyn Monroe in that white "The Seven Years Itch" dress. But at Viktor & Rolf, designers Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren exist to create new structures with fabric.

• Raf Simons Shines at Christian Dior (OnStyle Notebook)

  September 27, 2013 05:54 p.m.

• Rick Owens Weeps, Balmain Flashes, Balenciaga Runs (OnStyle Notebook)

  September 26, 2013 08:11 p.m.
  Using step dance club "sorority sisters" from New York and Washington DC, Rick Owens put his collection into tear-jerker realm.

• Balancing Art With Wearability (OnStyle Notebook)

  September 25, 2013 09:03 p.m.
  There was a buzz around Rochas that had nothing to do with the current collection, which was frothy and delicious.
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  A Shoe Designer's Sole Venture

  September 25, 2013 06:33 p.m.
  After years of designing for European luxury labels, Francesco Russo strikes out on his own with a new collection of upscale footwear.
  •  Video: Designer on Pains of Going Solo
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  Fashion Goes to the Gym in Milan

  September 24, 2013 05:10 p.m.
  The spring 2014 collections at Italy's fashion hub have been full of blingy athletic wear.
  •  Video: Milan Fashion Week: Luxury Brands Get into the Bling Ring

• Marni Without Sound and a Heartbreakingly Beautiful Missoni Collection (OnStyle Notebook)

  September 22, 2013 03:18 p.m.
  Sunday's Milan fashion shows started out with some excitement here when a power outage left the Marni show without sound. The show's organizers delayed starting the show for a half hour, then sent the models down the catwalk without sound.

• Bottega Veneta, Prada Collections Will Be Hard to Beat in Milan (OnStyle Notebook)

  September 21, 2013 08:29 p.m.
  It wouldn't be fair to go picking best-of-Milan collections yet, what with it being Saturday with two full days of spring 2014 shows to follow here in this Italian fashion capital. Oh, what the heck: It would take a lot to knock Tomas Maier's collection for Bottega Veneta off the winners' podium (alongside Miuccia Prada's collection for Prada).

• Alessandra Facchinetti Gives Tod's a Facelift (OnStyle Notebook)

  September 20, 2013 07:20 p.m.
  Billionaire Diego Della Valle took in his own first fashion show, for Tod's, the company he founded that is known for its featherlight driving shoes and its heavyweight advertising budget.

• Miuccia Prada Delivers Another Jackpot (OnStyle Notebook)

  September 19, 2013 07:04 p.m.
  Miuccia Prada showed yet another jackpot of a collection that will be remembered both for her playful references to lingerie -- bras embroidered onto coats and dresses with beads and sequins -- and to murals by several contemporary artists including one who goes by the name of Stinkfish.

• In Milan, Gucci's Jet-set Glam

  September 18, 2013 05:49 p.m.
  One of the first collections to show in Milan, Gucci brings slinky dresses and chic styles with see-through panels.

• Gucci Flings Modesty to the Wind (OnStyle Notebook)

  September 18, 2013 02:38 p.m.
  The Gucci woman is always sexy, but come spring, she'll fling modesty to the wind, donning unlined mesh pullovers and bikini tops, and slinky dresses with revealing see-through panels.

• Marc Jacobs Explores Armageddon (OnStyle Notebook)

  September 13, 2013 12:34 p.m.
  Looking for trends is merely half the sport of a Marc Jacobs collection. The other half is peering into the designer's brain to figure out what's going on in there.

• High Speed Fashion Chase

  September 12, 2013 10:46 p.m.

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