How Critic-at-Large Cathy Horyn Gets It Done During Fashion Week

Cathy Horyn is one of the most esteemed fashion critics and journalists working today. After a prolific 16-year career at the Times, she joined the Cut in 2015 as critic-at-large. Since then, she has profiled a range of designers, including a young Marine Serre, Shayne Oliver, Simone Rocha, Rachel Comey, Demna Gvasalia, and, most recently, Jonathan Anderson. In 2018, she went to Germany to better understand the cult of Birkenstock. She got the scoop on Raf Simons moving to Prada and has covered his moves from Dior to Calvin Klein. She took the pulse of the industry during the height of the pandemic. And, of course, during Fashion Month, she still shares her unfiltered opinions and sharp, thoughtful insights on runway shows in New York, Milan, and Paris. In such a surface-level industry, Horyn’s no-nonsense approach stands out. Giorgio Armani and Hedi Slimane have infamously banned her from their shows after negative reviews. (Only recently was she invited to Slimane’s shows at Celine.)

Before the whirlwind of New York Fashion Week, we called her up at home to chat about how she gets it all done.

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