Emporio Armani at Milan fashion week: 40 years of 'a determined form of grace'
Giorgio Armani continues to reveal his penchant for designs based on an ‘observation of everyday reality’The show notes at the Emporio Armani catwalk show in Milan defined the look of this collection...
View ArticleWe are family: the cool clans inspiring this season's fashion
From Dynasty’s super-glam Carringtons to the geek chic of the Tenenbaums, meet the screen families influencing the high streetContinue reading...
View ArticleFashion lessons from Strictly Come Dancing: sequins, superheroes and...
The outfits on Strictly might be too OTT for the average party, but there are pearls of fashion wisdom hidden among the spangles. Just ease off on the hairspray and fake tan …At first glance, the...
View ArticleThe geek v the extrovert: Milan's fashion face-off
Sensible shoes, specs and skirt suits competed with nightclub styling, 80s glitz and show-off frocks in Milan. But which look was better?News just in from Milan fashion week: the pouting sexpot who has...
View ArticleCarine Roitfeld brings super-sexy leopard print to Uniqlo
Uniqlo may be best known for brilliant basics but the brand’s latest collaboration is a thoroughly déshabillé affairIf foxy is not a word you immediately associate with Uniqlo, prepare to have your...
View ArticleGalliano's rehabilitation continues with high-spirited glamour
Show for Maison Margiela recalled gleeful days of old while Dries van Noten’s gaudy elegance edged a real-life comfort zoneThe 11am catwalk show in the Tuileries on Wednesday was, in theory, a display...
View ArticleFrench Vogue: what we've learned from its 95 years on fashion's frontline
The seminal style magazine is celebrating its 95th anniversary with a special edition featuring all the requisite Vogue themes: cigarettes, nudity and the odd flash of nippleWe think our colleagues at...
View ArticleBalmain goes back to 1980s with ruffles, jumpsuits – and an Instagram preview
Designer’s spring/summer catwalk has nostalgic flavour of 80s Paris club wear, but its brand-building is bang up to dateYou can debut your spring collection the old-fashioned way, in the...
View ArticleThe avocado is overcado: how #eatclean turned it into a cliche
Once exotic, it’s now the basic brunch of Instagrammers – which means it’s toast in style terms The history of the avocado and the modern history of popular culture are basically one and the same. I...
View ArticleLace slippers, silk slips and late-night lingerie: fashion embraces...
Cerebral chic is dead; long live sensual style. It’s time to put away your pyjamas and dust off your nightieEvery fashion week has a defining pair of shoes. Be honest: the one catwalk item you actually...
View ArticleBalenciaga appoints Demna Gvasalia as new creative director
Following the departure of Alexander Wang, Balenciaga has appointed the Georgian designer to take over the creative direction of the Parisian labelAs one fashion month finishes, news breaks that sets...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: glam geek
‘The look is part bookworm, part superpower. Think Violet from the Incredibles, or Napoleon Dynamite’We haven’t got all that long so, in the interests of saving time, may I assume you’ve all had the...
View ArticleStyle lessons from Donna Karan: seize power, work topless and forget convention
The New York design legend, whose memoir is published this week, proves that the fashion industry is a place where unconventional women thrive“The thing women have yet to learn,” Roseanne Barr once...
View ArticleMademoiselle Privé: exhibition brings Coco Chanel to life
Karl Lagerfeld’s vision of designer steers Saatchi gallery exhibition which brings brand’s history to life for the smartphone generationMademoiselle Privé, the Saatchi Gallery exhibition about the life...
View ArticleChristopher Kane stripped bare
Britain’s biggest fashion star began studying the body as a child by drawing his sisters. Now, life drawings and art therapy inspire his latest collectionsChristopher Kane is quoting Winston Churchill...
View ArticleFrom Victoria Beckham to Erdem: the British Fashion Awards nominees
Victoria Beckham and Jourdan Dunn are among those in the running for gongs at this year’s British Fashion Awards Hidden in the small print of the list of nominees for this year’s British Fashion Awards...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: over-the-knee boots
‘If you choose to go about your day dressed like Julia Roberts in the opening scenes of Pretty Woman, then go you’I know that whingeing about the hard life of a fashion editor isn’t a good look, but it...
View ArticleWhen is it socially acceptable to wear black tights?
When – or if – you wear black tights reveals a lot about your status, age, class and self-image. And it signals just how much you are prepared to suffer for your lookThe million-dollar fashion...
View ArticleDonald Trump, Kim Kardashian and Cecil the lion: the ultimate 2015 Halloween...
Ironic lolz are in for this year’s fright night. Dress like a sexy witch if you want. Here are other ideas ...Unless you pricked your finger on a spindle and fell asleep in a tower for the past...
View ArticleBalmain x H&M: the high-street's answer to super-glam partywear
Olivier Rousteing’s forthcoming collection for high street brand H&M is a riot of beads, gold and (fairly) affordable partywearThe aesthetic of the Parisian house of Balmain embraces the...
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