Why Botticelli's Venus is still fashion's favourite muse
Erotic, youthful, ethereal: the Botticelli beauty who, 500 years on, continues to inspires Lady Gaga, Andy Warhol and Dolce & GabbanaHow long is a good innings as an iconic beauty, these days?...
View ArticleChloé shows us a post-girly world
A show inspired by Anne-France Dautheville, the first woman to motorcycle solo around the globe, gave Paris fashion week its first out-of-the-box hitWhat has happened at the Paris-based, English-led...
View ArticleVetements show is cathedral of raw energy
The most talked-about show of Paris fashion week heightens anticipation for Demna Gvasalia’s Balenciaga debutThe most talked about show at this Paris fashion week was neither chic nor pretty. There...
View ArticleMarc Jacobs: ‘I have the word Shameless tattooed on my chest'
The distinguished designer’s return to New York has been triumphant. Here he talks about sobriety, social media and how clothes help articulate our feelings“You can ask me anything. I’m an open book....
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: fancy tights
If bare legs is at root a New York thing – cover-girl gloss underpinned with balls of steel – then the vogue for lace is very ParisianI know from experience that nothing annoys you, my beloved readers,...
View ArticleStylewatch: Jerry Hall and Rupert Murdoch on their wedding day
Sunny blue and a trench coat. It’s true love, guys! How to confound those cynics who raise an eyebrow at the wedding of supermodel Jerry Hall to a billionaire 35 years her senior? I don’t know, but I’m...
View ArticleFive front row trends and what it means for your wardrobe
Paris fashion week’s frow is awash with the Talented Mr Ripley loafer, the frayed-hem jeans and high-rise polo necksContinue reading...
View ArticleDior's Paris catwalk upstaged by Blenheim Palace coup
Label confirms it will exhibit next cruise collection at the Oxfordshire country house – 58 years after its last show thereIt is a symptom of the current state of flux in the fashion industry that...
View ArticleEasy Riders, anoraks and patchworked jeans – the rise of post-chic Paris fashion
The most Instagrammed piece on the catwalk this week is a green Balenciaga anorak, while, in the front row, Kanye West is the new Catherine Deneuve. How did Paris get so hard-edged?All you really need...
View ArticleCan you really wear pyjamas to a party?
The new rules are: there are no rules. But is it really OK to wear lingerie to the office or a tracksuit to the shows? Jess Cartner-Morley rips up the dress codeEarlier this year, when the headteacher...
View ArticleHow I dressed as a student: our writers on what they once wore
From M&S sweaters covered in fag burns to channelling the Charlatans and All Saints, every student has their distinctive look. Here, five Guardian writers discuss their college clobberUniversity is...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: a winning outfit from two staples
Bring together a polo neck and a spaghetti-strap dress for a bona fide spring trendI love buying summer dresses, because they remind me of being on holiday. So I am always on the lookout for ways to...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: a summer dress you can actually wear
Catwalk fashion has a grown-up, wearable approach to what a summer dress should look like in 2016I don’t know about you, but skipping through meadows chasing butterflies is not something that takes up...
View ArticleTake the money and run: the rise of the £1,000 tracksuit
Previously the uniform of the underdog and the outsider, the tracksuit is this year’s power suit. But if you want the hottest brands, you’re going to need your credit card …The rules of power dressing...
View ArticleTemporarily break up with your clothes (and other ways to spring clean your...
Spring cleaning your wardrobe can be a bit of a chore, but from breaking up with a top to operating a one-in, one-out policy, it’s worth making a dentHands up who needs some motivational help to spring...
View ArticleStylewatch: Beyoncé launches Ivy Park in a leotard
The singer’s long-awaited clothing line is imminent. Read right, this image – posted on her Instagram – tells us what to expect.Hmmm, are you going to the gym tonight? Take a look at Beyoncé in a...
View ArticleBeyoncé stamps her unmistakable brand on sportswear fashion
Singer’s new Ivy Park label is a fusion of empowerment and enjoyment, just as she isIt is a stone-cold fact about the modern world that where there are emotional buttons to be pressed, there is a...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: a pie-crust blouse
I almost gave up on this blouse. What you can’t see in the picture is the pile, out of shot, of things I tried on with it and gave up onI can’t pull off “ironic” fashion. Man, I wish I could, because I...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: a boy/girl divide top | Jess Cartner-Morley
In 2016, when we have men modelling skirts in womenswear ad campaigns, making a big deal about traditional sartorial gender divides seems passéIs this a shirt or a blouse? Hmmm. It is cotton and crisp,...
View ArticleThe Queen at 90: a constant style icon
As the Queen enters her 10th decade, we look back at the classic, unchanging style that makes her a beacon of styleThat there is absolutely nothing unexpected about the Queen’s choice of clothes to...
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