Oscars menswear: the end of black tie?
Remember Emma Watson’s speech about how men should be feminists too? I’m calling that as the numero uno influencer on men’s Oscar style this season. How else to explain that after 47 million years in...
View ArticleTime, tide and Burberry shows wait for no woman – not even Naomi Campbell
Big names in fashion and film shuffle along the front row to let supermodel squeeze in to see Christopher Bailey’s folksy, hand-crafted collectionThe Burberry catwalk show, being these days not so much...
View ArticleLondon fashion week: the eight shows that mattered
Boudicca collided with Ing-er-land fans, girl gangs stared down the photographers, and an 80s revival zoomed up the inside laneUnpatriotic though it may be to admit it, one of the most important names...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: how to stand out in denim
‘Denim will always read as a more individual, more adventurous choice, so you can use it to add edge to “straight” outfits’Denim can be many things – timelessly cool, perennially useful – but smart...
View ArticleSalma Hayek: ‘I am a feminist because a lot of amazing women have made me who...
When the star of Frida and From Dusk Till Dawn first arrived in Hollywood, she was dismissed for sounding like ‘a Mexican maid’. As she prepares to showcase her new film at the Women of the World...
View ArticleFashion superhero Alexander Wang on style, sportswear and never going to the gym
The designer’s vision for Balenciaga, his own label and H&M has made him a 21st-century fashion superstar. He explains how Danielle Steel inspired him, why he turned down Diane von Furstenberg and...
View ArticleFashion picks: Jess Cartner-Morley on silhouettes
Fashion has a new silhouette. The look has an ankle-length hemline on skirts and wide-leg trousers, elongated vests with unrestricted torsos. It’s striking, it’s simple, it changes everything. We’re...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: flares
‘I guess I had written off flares, to be honest, and had started thinking of them as comedy fashion’This is not a drill; this is actually happening. Flares. Believe me, no one is as surprised as me. I...
View ArticleParis fashion week: latest Céline collection evokes woodland wildlife
Designer Phoebe Philo delights in springing surprises on the fashion industry with Sunday’s show, littered with images of otters and foxes, her latest curveballOn the list of looks you do not expect to...
View ArticleChola style and Victoriana are unlikely themes at Givenchy
Riccardo Tisci took a dramatic turn away from dramatic femininity with bold piercings, lace and ‘Victorian-chola girl’ styleMoustaches and facial hair are the latest trend in Paris. And while East...
View ArticleParis fashion week: Stella McCartney unveils 'fur-free fur'
Despite Cara Delevingne, Kanye West and dad Paul in attendance, all eyes were on McCartney’s elegant, relaxed collectionWhat gets a supermodel out of bed in the morning? Linda Evangelista once famously...
View ArticleSarah Brown's mission to send 57 million children to school
Since leaving No 10, Sarah Brown has campaigned for global health and education. She explains why she has teamed up with a luxury jewellery brand for her current ambitious projectSarah Brown – global...
View ArticleToo cool for school: Saint Laurent's signature look is out in force
Skinny jeans, leopard print and a rockstar-heavy front row. It must be the Saint Laurent autumn/winter 2015 collectionWalking into a Saint Laurent fashion show feels like walking onto the set of the...
View ArticleChanel's Lagerfeld in love letter to France, written in Parisian cafe
Designer’s brasserie-set show gave us a wearable collection of silk shirts, knee-length skirts and cosy blazers, perfect for a stolen half-hour in a Left Bank cafeKarl Lagerfeld is a man on a mission....
View ArticleThe wrong trousers – and other tales of the unexpected at Paris fashion week
What will we be wearing next autumn? Pat Butcher earrings, car-wash skirts and loopy faux furA death knell sounded in Paris – minimalism, the trend that made plain and simple the height of chic, is...
View ArticleParis fashion week: Alexander McQueen show finds beauty in blemishes
Sarah Burton’s latest collection for the luxury label imported the theme of the English rose to a Parisian venue generally associated with the French RevolutionThe very last moments before its petals...
View ArticleParis fashion week: Louis Vuitton show restyles label for digital age
The brand’s creative director, Nicolas Ghesquière, has remodelled the French label’s long-vaunted ideal of ambition for today’s world of iPhones and iPadsAmbition lies at the heart of the Louis Vuitton...
View ArticleAlexander McQueen's Savage Beauty to grab attendees by the thousand
A record number of advance tickets have been sold for the V&A’s retrospective on the late designer’s work. It is the best-dressed haunted house you will ever visitMuch has been said and written...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: long skirts with T-shirts
‘The long skirt – not just a smidge below the knee, but almost to the floor – is vying with Twin Peaks to be to 2015 what Kate Bush was to last year’I never actually thought long skirts would come back...
View ArticleHow to rock the 70s look: dress like your mum
Denim skirts, broderie anglaise and big hats: this season’s inspiration is the 1970s, as your mum wore it. Fashion editor Jess Cartner-Morley gets out the family photos, along with musicians Sophie...
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