Skip to main content

A look back at WWD’s comprehensive archives, featuring some of fashion’s most memorable moments.

Halston and Yves Saint Laurent hold court at Studio 54 following the Opium launch party in 1978.

Halston and Yves Saint Laurent hold court at Studio 54 following the Opium launch party in 1978. Fairchild Fashion Group

Take a trip through time with the WWD archives, a treasure trove of the most fascinating moments in fashion, beauty, culture and beyond. 

Trends may come, go and come back again, but the pages of WWD have never gone out of style as a trusted source to the fashion industry, covering some of the most compelling news stories for more than 100 years.  

Fashion has the ability to inform, reshape and, perhaps most importantly, inspire. In the spirit of keeping inspiration alive, here is a nostalgic look back at the archives from On This Day in fashion history.

On This Day is a recurring column in WWD that spotlights fashion moments of the past from the WWD Archives.

Newsletters

Sign up for WWD news straight to your inbox every day

Sign up