Nicolas Ghesquière brings joy to Louis Vuitton at Paris fashion week
The luxury label's sunlit show at the Louvre nodded to its heritage with classic leather bags and reflected the new designer's experimental side with avant-garde, feminine cocktail dressesThe...
View ArticleShrimps faux fur: the coats to be seen in
Shrimps – a tiny label selling brightly coloured faux fur – stood out at the autumn/winter 2014 fashion weeks, despite not having a show. Its secret? Coats that it is impossible to feel grumpy inJess...
View ArticleIt's over! Highlights from the AW14 fashion weeks
From fashion editors shoplifting at Chanel to Christopher Kane’s best show ever and clean, classy lines at Victoria Beckham, our critics pick the best autumn/winter 2014 catwalk momentsJess...
View ArticleThe many faces of Stella McCartney
Jess Cartner-Morley: Designer, campaigner and working mother, Stella McCartney understands the challenges that face the modern woman Jess Cartner-Morley
View ArticleHow to dress: spring coats
'You want clean lines and a pretty colour – a coat that almost thinks it's a dress'Spring is a tantalising concept long, long before it blooms into reality. Every year without fail, it gets to March...
View ArticleThe great British fashion invasion: how UK designers are taking on the world
The big French luxury fashion conglomerates have been making unprecedented investment in young UK designers lately, and no wonder – the current crop of British talent is some of the most...
View ArticleEditor's picks – fashion's key trends explained: spell it out
It's not about logos, it's about ideas – from Susan Sontag to the Flamin' Groovies, slogans on T shirts and sweaters are back, and this time they're really saying something, says Jess...
View ArticleSpring fashion: eight pieces you need for a right-now wardrobe
Leap into a fashionable spring with these excellent transitional pieces for those weeks when the weather can't make its mind up1 The non-flirt skirtCool girls don't roll their skirts up these days,...
View ArticleHow to wear white shirts – video
Jess Cartner-Morley shows how the white shirt can be worn not as a smart tailored piece, but rather as a casual plain white T-shirtJess Cartner-MorleyCaterina MonzaniAlex Healey
View ArticleHow to dress: the white shirt that thinks it's a T
To be on-trend these days, you ought to be wearing a white shirt as casually as you would a T-shirt. Here's why…A white shirt is a timeless and egalitarian piece, but all white shirts are not created...
View ArticleHow to wear spring tunics – video
A long top worn over simple bottoms is a combination rarely seen in the office. Jess Cartner-Morley shows how the tunic can be worn for a dress-up occasionJess Cartner-MorleyCaterina MonzaniAlex Healey
View ArticleHow to dress: the Properly Off-Duty wardrobe
'Something odd is happening. The Properly Off-Duty silhouette has been co-opted by the fashionables'Many of us don't really have separate work and leisure wardrobes any more. I know I don't. I have...
View ArticleOscars 2014 red carpet fashion in pictures
Lupita Nyongo chose Prada, Jennifer Lawrence fell over in her Dior gown (again) and Pharrell Williams wore shorts. The Guardian fashion team bring you the stars Oscar looks hot from the red carpet in...
View ArticleOscars 2014 red carpet fashion rated
The standout looks from the red carpet rated and reviewed by the Guardian fashion teamOscars 2014 red carpet fashion in picturesFive Oscars 2014 style scene stealers
View ArticleFive Oscars 2014 style scene stealers
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View ArticleOscars 2014 live: the ceremony
So that was the 2014 Oscars. We were liveblogging all evening, guiding you along the red carpet, then through the ceremony. See how the night unfolded belowPeter Bradshaws takeFull list of winnersThe...
View ArticleHow to wear dungarees video
Jess Cartner-Morley shows how dungarees can be worn with a shirt, blazer and high heels. Whether or not you deem dungarees to be age-appropriate is not relevant here. Instead of asking 'Can I wear...
View ArticleHow to dress: dungarees
'By adding a white shirt you make dungarees urban rather than rustic, and grown-up rather than childlike'I try not to pay too much attention, on the whole, to what is age appropriate or otherwise....
View ArticleFrom bomb sites to Bulgari: V&A falls under the spell of Italian glamour
A new exhibition charts how postwar Italy transformed the world's perceptions of it, using its greatest export: styleThe word glamour originally meant magic or enchantment: to "cast a glamour" was to...
View ArticleHow to wear socks with sandals video
Jess Cartner-Morley takes on a fashion taboo as she demonstrates how to wear socks with sandals. The trend of wearing ankle boots with summer clothes the filled-in shoe, blank leg, filled-in top has...
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