This is the October 21, 2026 edition of Fit Check, your front row seat to the power gamers, peacocks, and deep pockets of style– and how they affect the remainder of the world.
Hi from Los Angeles. I selected a hectic couple of days for a reporting journey to leave New York, where it’s a week of a thousand celebrations.
Most significantly, the CFDA and Style revealed the winner of its 2026 Fashion Fund on Tuesday at a supper. Congratulations to Zane Li, who has actually now won enough young-designer rewards to have something like an EGOT, and to Aisling Camps and Emily Dawn Long, who are this year’s runners-up. Hats-off to Henry Zankov, who is toasting his collab with Banana Republic tonight, and to Carlos Nazario, who is commemorating the United States launch of his brand-new book, Silver Lining, on Friday, and to Eckhaus Latta, which will toast to its brand-new New York flagship on the very same night. Unfortunately, you can’t be all over!
You can see whatever. There is much to be gone over about You Can See Everything, Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s overwhelming documentary on Elizabeth Holmes, and felt confident that X users are on the case. There’s a style angle to dive into here too. Discover it in today’s heading, plus more mess around the Victoria’s Secret style program drama, and keeps in mind about Jonathan Cohen’s enthusiastic revival of J. Mendel. (Yes, you have not heard that name in ages.)
Pointed out in this problem: Harry Styles and Harry Lambert, the star in You Can See Everything (spoilers ahead!), Steve Jobs, black turtlenecks, Conner Ives, beige cashmere, Piergiorgio Del Moro, and much more.
In Other News …
The Present Mess that Keeps on Giving
The ending of the 2026 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.
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Recently, I reported on the drama surrounding this year’s Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show casting and design Romee Strijd’s viral TikToks on the matter.( Catch up on that here.)Victoria’s Secret had actually stated in a declaration that on September 6, Piergiorgio Del Moro, who cast the program, had actually notified Strijd’s company, IMG, that she was not cast. Neither Strijd nor IMG responded to separate ask for remark recently. Strijd did comment on VF‘s Instagram post about this product on Saturday. (She later on sent me a really respectful message discussing this even more.) Strijd, it ends up, did not go to the VS casting till September 10.
Whether this is a basic blend concerning dates or a more complex problem stays a secret. “I had actually been on alternative given that early summer season,” Strijd stated in a declaration. “If the choice was that I need to no longer be thought about, I would value a description of what occurred and why I still went to.” Strijd comprehends not being reserved for a task, she stated, that’s not her problem. “They have every right to choose whom they welcome or book, however after that preparation and preparation, I believe clear interaction is a sensible expectation,” she stated. “I asked IMG for explanation however still have not gotten a description.” I once again connected to IMG for remark also and have yet to hear back. Victoria’s Secret likewise did not respond to a follow-up ask for remark by the time of publication.
“If there is still unpredictability, state that truthfully,” Strijd stated. “Keeping somebody enthusiastic since a choice may alter isn’t reasonable when they’re making strategies and putting their energy and time into something. That has actually constantly been my point.”
This is an age of social-media-induced extreme openness, and Strijd seems triumphing by pure virtue of laying everything out.
The Name on Everyone’s Lips Checks
Aisling Camps, Zane Li, and Emily Dawn Long at the 2026 CFDA/Style Style Fund winners statement supper
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Zane Li of New York– based label Lii is the winner of the 2026 CFDA/Style Style Fund, which has actually formerly granted emerging skills consisting of Rachel Scott of Diotima and Joseph Altuzarra. Li has actually bewitched the style set with his eye for color-blocking– which is nearly Lego-like, however considerably chicer– and his topsy-turvy take on American sportswear. Li likewise won the Fashion Trust United States Ready-to-Wear Award in April and the Karl Lagerfeld Prize at the 2026 LVMH Prize in September. That’s over half a million dollars in cash prize. The money must provide him the capability to develop his brand name as he chooses, or a minimum of with less compromises, and ideally he will discover the mentorship consisted of helpful. I’m more curious about whether we’ll see him employed to create a brand name at some point quickly. He is just in his mid-20s, however the market tends to lay it on thick once it gets delighted about a breakout name. Veronica Leoni did simply exit Calvin Klein Collection. I can picture that CK will go with a designer with a validated business performance history in the United States next, or a minimum of somebody less conceptual than Leoni. My pitch is still Zoe Latta and Mike Eckhaus of Eckhaus Latta, however Li’s take would be so enjoyable.
When Harry Met Sally Conner
Harry Styles is 2 thirds of the method through his 30-night residency at Madison Square Garden. His endurance is excellent, however I’m more in wonder of the variety of looks that his stylist Harry Lambert has actually assembled for the trip, which began in May and will continue through August 2027. On Saturday, Styles used an appearance by previous Fit Check profile subject Conner Ives, who, like Li, has actually ended up being a market beloved. “Conner Ives is among my preferred brand names,” Lambert stated, including that the appearance is among his favorites that Styles has actually used.
” Working with the Harrys has actually been an emphasize for me this previous year, “Ives, who just recently began consisting of menswear in his runway reveals, stated. Designs was among Ives’s very first male bespoke customers, the designer stated, and this ensemble, which is covered with more than 3,000 Swarovski crystals and made with classic silk headscarfs, is based upon that initial appearance. “I like their devotion to enjoyable and how collective the procedure constantly is,” Ives stated of the Harrys, stating that Styles “is actually the OG CI young boy.”
Spoiler alert! If you have actually not seen You Can See Everything, continue with care.
Fit Check of the Week
Jonathan Cohen is the brand-new”resident innovative director” at J. Mendel, the 156-year-old French-American brand name that, after numerous lives and a personal bankruptcy filing in 2018, is dealing with a return. Cohen texted me a number of fitting images over the weekend, and his launching collection, which he revealed this afternoon in New York, is elegant and stylish, however quite not your mom’s Mendel.
“My function is truly about bringing a brand-new point of view to the extraordinary structure that currently exists within your home,” Cohen stated through e-mail. J. Mendel has a terrific atelier in New York, among the last of its kind. It’s like Disneyland for a designer like Cohen, who is most understood for being a favorite of Jill Biden’s throughout her time as both 2nd and very first woman. “Craftsmanship, fabrics, and experimentation have actually constantly been main to my work, so I felt an instant connection,” he stated.
Business structure around this collection is still a bit ambiguous, and I’m curious about whether Cohen’s collection will be booked for personal customers or pitched as a ready-to-wear proposal, or both. (I asked, however did not get a straight response.) What I did get is a sense of the scale of Cohen’s aspiration, which appears to have actually discovered a great match at J. Mendel. “I desired the clothing to have a sense of lightness and ease, even when the building and construction behind them is exceptionally complicated,” Cohen stated of his collection, that includes some amazing evening dress and a handful of ready-to-wear pieces, consisting of an excellent leather coat and a large tuxedo t-shirt with shaved fur accents.
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