The Guardian fashion team picks from the Isabel Marant for H&M range – in...
She's the queen of modern French dressing, so an Isabel Marant for H&M collaboration was always going to get fashion pulses racing. The Guardian fashion desk pick their favouritesJess...
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Can a catwalk-inspired fashion collection save Marks & Spencer?
With a lineup that references 90s minimalism and Isabel Marant, M&S is about to unveil its most fashion-led look for years. Will it turn the store's fortunes around?A "hero piece" is a fashion term...
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Purple is not just for elderly eccentrics. Jess Cartner-Morley selects some purple clothes for your wardrobeJess Cartner-Morley
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The Victoria's Secret catwalk show has nothing to do with fashion
Call me old-fashioned, but a fashion show without clothes is not my kind of fashion show. And I know what you're thinking, but it's not like the lingerie brand's show is about sex eitherIt is the most...
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Paul Smith design showcase is 'absolutely not a retrospective'
Second Design Museum homage to veteran British designer focuses not on trademark designs but all aspects of the business"If you ask a question, I'll give you a pair of socks," announced Sir Paul Smith...
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How to dress: purple
'The Obamas have rebooted purple by making it modern'With all due respect to the Vatican and the royal families of Europe, the Obama White House pretty well owns purple. At Barack's inauguration at the...
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Five reasons to visit Isabella Blow's fashion retrospective
There's so much more to this display of the late style muse's wardrobe than a bunch of crazy hatsIt is a history lesson in hatsDid you know, for example, that in 18th-century France there was a fashion...
View ArticleHow to wear cocoon coats - video
From flamingo pink to classic cuts, Jess Cartner-Morley chooses a selection for your wardrobeJess Cartner-Morley
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How to dress: ovoid coats
'Forget going to work on an egg: it's much smarter, now, to go to work shaped like an egg'Just so you know, "That looks like a sack" is now a compliment. Power dressing has gone soft. Forget going to...
View ArticleHow to wear lace dresses - video
Lace dresses, thanks to their delicate transparency, are a winter classic for all occasions. Jess Cartner-Morley chooses a selection for your wardrobeJess Cartner-Morley
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Suzy Menkes: five reasons why we love her
Suzy Menkes will receive special recognition at the British fashion awards. Too right – the bequiffed fashion editor is one of our industry idolsYou may be surprised to hear that here on the fashion...
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How to dress: lace
'There's something in the ritual of lace that draws us to it at the time of year when tradition matters most'Around this time of year, each year, I start to crave lace. Mulled wine, mince pies,...
View ArticleHow to wear leather skirts – video
The leather skirt has been considered risqué – but now it has gone mainstream. Jess Cartner-Morley chooses a selection for your wardrobeJess Cartner-Morley
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How to dress: leather skirts
'Leather has been mainstreamed. It isn't foxy or rude or stick-your-neck-out, any more. Let's celebrate'It is not often fashion welcomes a genuinely new species but today I stand before you in a...
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Isabel Marant: 'I want my clothes to be perfect, easy-perfect'
She won't do eveningwear or work for anyone else. But after 20 years in the fashion industry, with vast queues for her new range at H&M, French designer Isabel Marant has burst her nicheFresh off...
View ArticleHow to wear status jackets – video
Jess Cartner-Morley chooses a selection of new-generation status jackets that are a lot cheaper than the classic Chanel versionJess Cartner-Morley
View ArticleChanel in Dallas: the Metiers d'Art fashion show hits Texas
Jess Cartner-Morley: When you think of Chanel, you think of … Texas, right? Maybe not. But Karl Lagerfeld likes a challenge, so Chanel staged the latest Metiers d'Arts catwalk show in DallasJess...
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How to dress: jackets
'There will always be a need for a status jacket'There is power dressing, and there is status dressing. Power dressing is about work; status dressing is about a more subtle wielding of position, wealth...
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The fashionable guide to last-minute Christmas shopping
Don't panic. The high street is full of stylish, glamorous and affordable solutions to 11th-hour present dilemmasForget mulled wine, Bing Crosby or queueing in the post office: there's one thing that...
View ArticleHow to wear party jeans – video
Jess Cartner-Morley makes a prediction for a new trend for jeans - the party jean. She selects a few pairs that would look good on anyoneJess Cartner-MorleyTim Tyson Short
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