Bernadine Morris, former New York Times columnist, brings an encyclopedic knowledge of fashion and a gift for forecasting style trends.

Until 1995, this internationally acclaimed authority covered fashion for the world's preeminent daily. Morris' dispatches have covered the lives and the collections of those who have shaped style in the second half of the 20th century. She has defined the elan in clothing from ball gowns to beach wear, and from haute couture to street style.

The international cast of designers she has known and written about form a virtual Who's Who of fashion in our times: They include Giorgio Armani, Bill Blass, Gianfranco Ferre, Hubert de Givenchy, Donna Karan, Kenzo, Anne Klein, Calvin Klein, Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld, Ralph Lauren, Isaac Mizrahi, Issey Miyake, Claude Montana, Oscar De La Renta, Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, and Gianni Versace, to name a few.