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Wenny Han brings cubism to life in newest NYFW runway

The up-and-coming 16-year-old designer awed audiences with her Pablo Picasso-inspired collection.
Dylan Henschen, Food Editor September 15, 2025

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Renee Cafaro Atelier redefines couture with inclusive vision at NYFW

“Out of Scale” offered a refreshing sense of lightness in today’s heavy political climate, presenting a runway entirely dedicated to plus-size couture.
Maya Santiago, Fine Arts Editor September 15, 2025

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Global Fashion Collective ends its NYFW run with a bang

Concluding its two-day series at New York Fashion Week, the Global Fashion Collective featured four designers hailing from Japan, Canada and Mexico.
Ella Sabrina Malabanan, Copy Chief September 15, 2025

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Lace dresses, beaded lehengas and more from 5 Global Fashion Collective designers at NYFW

Designers combined elements of their personal identities into unique collections at the brand’s second New York Fashion Week show of the season.
Siobhán Minerva, Arts Editor September 14, 2025

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Global Fashion Collective spotlights student designers at NYFW

The brand’s first New York Fashion Week show of the season featured five collections, two of which were created by students.
Natalie Deoragh, Deputy News Editor September 14, 2025

Mannequins wearing a variety of black and white pieces by Norma Kamali. (Ivy Chan for WSN)

Norma Kamali understands the modern woman in her latest NYFW show

Bringing back her revolutionary ’80s “Sweats” Collection, Norma Kamali materializes the desires and practical implications of being a woman today.
Ivanka Sun, Beauty & Style Editor September 12, 2025

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NYFW SS26 Predictions Spotlight: Anna Sui

Keep a lookout for these predictions of Anna Sui’s upcoming NYFW collection.
Yuuki Lubin, Contributing Writer September 11, 2025

Pinterest girls and metrosexuals alike have been awaiting the flood of new, trendy looks that the upcoming New York Fashion Week will inevitably bring. Unlike other fashion weeks,...

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NYU’s first and last ‘first days’

First-years and seniors on their first or final chapters at NYU.
Noor Maahin, Identity & Equity Editor September 9, 2025

For Tisch first-year Bo Ebeling, NYU has always been the plan. As a student hailing from Los Angeles and studying recorded music at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music,...

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Ranked: Restaurant hotspots for NYU students

Which of these quintessential NYU spots comes out on top?
Dylan Henschen, Food Editor September 8, 2025

When you finally decide that it’s time for a break from seeing all of your classmates at the dining hall and you go out to dinner for a change, you’ll realize that no matter...

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Culture’s favorite subway lines

“Did you hear about what happened on the subway?” Yeah, we did.

Like any good wannabe New Yorker, NYU students tend to walk around five miles per day. While this estimate is triple the national average, just know it could be substantially higher...

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What’s the move, class of 2025?

Billy Joel said it best — Vienna will, indeed, wait for you.
Sara Sharma, Staff Writer May 14, 2025

Four years later, my Brightspace page is still glitchy and Bobst Library’s fluorescent lighting is still dizzying and disorienting. I’ve lost my NYU ID in every nook and cranny...

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Ranked: Celsius flavors

From the WSN desk that never sleeps.
Aashna Miharia and Dharma Niles May 7, 2025

With no shortage of contentions and controversies to cover at NYU, our tenure as news editors has been defined by record-late work times and countless all-nighters. When you’re...