His designs earned him a reputation for precocious craftsmanshipthe late Vogue editor Andr Leon Talley, a Posen champion, compared him to the master American couturier Charles Jamesbut his status as a boy prince of the fashion world was achieved through a combination of charisma, social ambition, and a publicists instinct for, as he likes to put it, dressing the right girl in the right dress at the right time. Posen, a onetime judge on the reality show Project Runway, told me recently that his biggest heroes are not only fellow-designers but impresarios of the stage and screen, such as Walt Disney and Florenz Ziegfeld
Lampshaded by several characters after learning he's both a father and a widower, despite his youth
Wear it with leather thong sandals and a designer crossbody while you explore your sunny destinations
Soft, stretch-friendly fabric: 60% Cotton, 37% Polyester, 3% Spandex