Gwyneth Paltrow has been at the forefront of pop culture for 20 years – I...
Paltrow is uncoupling from her lifestyle website. We might have eye-rolled at the Sex Dust and golden dumbbells, but she did, on occasion, talk a lot of senseI am sad that Gwyneth Paltrow is...
View ArticleCara Delevingne, tracksuits and ‘shawling’: how the September issues weigh up
Vogue, Love, Elle and more have unleashed their annual blockbuster editions. Which has the coolest cover star, the sharpest style tips and the best breakfast advice?On the cover: Cara Delevingne, who...
View ArticleRossy de Palma: ‘Seduction is great, but there is so much more to being a woman’
More than 20 years after making her name as Pedro Almodóvar’s muse, the Spanish actor and fashion icon is starring in his latest film, Julieta. She discusses age, glamour – and why she wants to play a...
View ArticleNever mind the catwalk, here’s how to dress this autumn
Something sporty, something dressy and big earrings – it’s the season made simple. Plus: eight key buysA funny thing happens in fashion, which is that you are bombarded with information about...
View ArticleSquads are for losers, but #twinning is winning
When Beyoncé and Jay Z and Theresa and Philip May are all working a trend, something is definitely afoot Now that we have had time to fully absorb and analyse the repercussions, it is clear that the...
View ArticleThe bikini is old-fashioned – no wonder it’s dying
The two-piece used to represent a saucy yet uncontroversial ideal of sex, summer and youth. Now its sales are tanking thanks to a combination of sun-avoidance, fitness, politics and, of course,...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: a pinafore dress
The trends that fly in September are always the ones closest in spirit to back to schoolIt is quite hard, as a grownup, to justify buying a new pencil case. I mean, my job is writing stuff down, and I...
View ArticleElle Macpherson: 'If you don't have a great body, how do you make a body look...
The supermodel dishes up some wisdom with her revolutionary underwear lineElle Macpherson has poured our tea, and now she is putting her spectacles on to demonstrate the new clasp she has designed for...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: padded power coat | Jess Cartner-Morley
It looks like the coat you grab off the rack to walk the dog, but it is, in fact, the coat those in the know will wear to fashion weekThis is a power coat. Yes, really. I know it doesn’t look like it....
View ArticleVictoria Beckham steers a clever course through New York fashion week
Not many designers have navigated the tempestuous new world of fashion week like the former pop starNew York fashion week is a tempestuous place to be: it is at the mercy of tyrannical celebrity egos,...
View ArticleNicola Adams: ‘I wish I’d told Muhammad Ali he was the reason I wanted to win...
The double Olympic boxing champion is also a style icon and LGBT role model. She talks about Team GB’s success – and swapping training for cake and clubbing‘She looks bigger on the telly.” It’s a...
View ArticleNew DVF designer keeps wrap dress centre stage in confident debut
Jonathan Saunders places Diane von Furstenburg’s feminine ideals in the foreground in aesthetic that chimes with fearless spirit of fashion brandThe fundamental right of a woman to have an ego the same...
View ArticleFrom Gigi Hadid to emoji fashion – New York fashion week is looking to the...
A new generation of designers are having their moment: this year was all about sexy skin and the Dancing Lady emoji dressDiane Von Furstenberg bowed out of the limelight at her own brand this weekend,...
View ArticleHow statement abs became the new thigh gap
The prized hollow of the ab crack has become the defining body obsession in the era of the crop top and the sports bra. Thanks for that, Taylor SwiftFashion has a new version of the chicken-and-egg...
View ArticleRetail to runway: what happens when clothes are sold direct from the catwalk?
In a want-it-have-it world, the six-month lag between the shows and the shops feels outdated. But are fashion houses ready for a See Now, Buy Now revolution in the way they work? Two years ago, at a...
View ArticleOlivier Rousteing on Rihanna, Kim Kardashian and the Balmain army
With his model good looks, celebrity friends and Instagram fame, Olivier Rousteing is not your traditional fashion designer. But his brand of bling has made Balmain a household name, so who cares about...
View ArticleTheresa May shows Britain is still open for business at London fashion week
In a crisp white shirt with drawstring waist, the prime minister looked more fashion forward than her cocktail-dress clad guestsThe defining policy of her government remains unpopular with this...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: super sleeves
A change in proportions is the most eyecatching way to reset the needle on your look. A super sleeve is any sleeve which is knuckle-grazing or extravagantly shapedFor the purposes of this column I will...
View ArticleTopshop aligns with ordinary people as Sir Philip Green stays away
Topshop’s fashion week show provides instant retail gratification with a pop-up shop selling clothing fresh off the catwalkHe still has his knighthood, but Sir Philip Green has forfeited another prized...
View ArticleBurberry's seasonless clothes usher in fashion's stream-of-consciousness era
September show breaks with arcane structures of fashion week, putting clothes online and on the catwalk simultaneouslyWhen Virginia Woolf wrote the fantastical biographical novel Orlando, she broke all...
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