How the real world hijacked fashion
Race, gender and class took over the London catwalks this season. Elitism is out and diversity is inFashion week has been hijacked by the real world. For decades, “the shows” existed in a champagne...
View ArticleGucci's frenzied fashion is like an explosion inside a fairytale
Alessandro Michele, Milan fashion week’s golden boy, used a cryptic Nabokov quote to set the tone of an otherworldly showAt the entrance to a disused Milanese train depot repurposed for the afternoon...
View ArticleMiuccia Prada: 'It's time to talk about the present'
Prada is embracing modernity – with a twist – in clothes that project intimacy but are also wearablePrada’s profits fell 25% in the first half of this year, while the status of Miuccia Prada as Italian...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: the updated power dress
The dress to wear when you want to be taken seriously is not what you think it is If you are too busy being taken seriously as an important grownup to read a fashion column, then you are exactly the...
View ArticleFashion world balance of power shifts to social media superstars in Milan
With fashion week coverage dominated by Gigi Hadid, the most powerful brands are now to be found walking on the catwalksThe most powerful women of the catwalk circuit are no longer to be found on the...
View ArticleGiorgio Armani shows how to handle the heat
Unstructured tailoring is still the focus, but with trousers swapped for slim bermuda shorts or neat, sarong-wrapped skirtsAt 82, sole owner of the megabrand that bears his name and with personal...
View ArticleSporty evening sandals and bare ribs: Milan fashion week’s messages
Here are the five shows that mattered – and whyNo, I’m not winding you up. And, yes, I’m talking about that Gucci show, the one with the orange fur coat with the zebras and the red leather jacket with...
View ArticleThe rise of the alpha trainer sees sneakers step up in fashion
The news that women’s trainers have outsold high heels for the first time is no surprise in the context of the athleisure trendThe Mintel survey comes as no surprise to anyone who has been to fashion...
View ArticleSo long, Michelle Obama: a first lady with style
In eight years at the White House, Michelle Obama has reinvented power dressing. Here are some of her most memorable looks • ‘She took first lady chic and made it modern’Continue reading...
View ArticleMichelle Obama: ‘She took first lady chic and made it modern’
In eight years at the White House, Michelle Obama has proved to be the most stylish Flotus since Jackie KennedySee more of Michelle Obama’s most memorable looksWhen Michelle Obama gets on the...
View ArticleThe Duchess of Cambridge: ambassador of British style, post-Brexit
The Cambridges’ Canadian trip, their first as a family of four, has been deemed a success. But how did the Duchess’s wardrobe fare?A red evening dress has beaten tough competition from some clams in...
View ArticleMaria Grazia Chiuri's Dior debut spells out her feminist message
Chiuri closed the door firmly on her Valentino era with a potent collection that showed Paris fashion week her rangeWith a catwalk show in the gardens of the Musée Rodin that brought Rihanna and Kate...
View ArticleLuella Bartley and Katie Hillier: ‘You can have swagger in jeans, an old...
They spent their 20s designing by day and partying by night. So how do best friends Luella Bartley and Katie Hillier plan to approach their 40s? With attitude, of courseHow does a generation that has...
View ArticleDemna Gvasalia reinvigorates Balenciaga with strategic disrespect
Georgian designer clings on to mantle as high-fashion’s foremost dissident with bull-in-a-china-shop disregard for conventionThe bar for iconoclasm is pretty high at Paris fashion week these days. This...
View ArticleStella McCartney's flashmob finale ditches strutting for dancing
McCartney cut through the Paris fashion week tension with an open-hearted show that took a strong ethical stanceIt has been an emotional Paris fashion week. The Vogue-versus-the-bloggers plotline had...
View ArticleKarl Lagerfeld electrifies Chanel by embracing digital disruption
The designer’s Paris fashion week show plugged into our slightly sinister relationship with modern technology Other designers at this season’s Paris fashion week are miffed that the clothes on the...
View ArticleLa vie en rose: how fashion fell for the pink dress
Designers have been banging the drum for tracksuits and gender-fluidity for the last two years. So why is this symbol of femininity trending on the Paris catwalk?Paris fashion week is almost over,...
View ArticleLouis Vuitton luxury goes futuristic at Paris fashion week
Traditional tropes of Parisian attire were given a modern yet wearable twist with splashes of blue lace and metal beadingThe Place Vendôme, like Louis Vuitton, is a monumental triumph of French luxury...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: velvet | Jess Cartner-Morley
This glorious fabric has been a feature of every catwalk season since 2013Somewhere between John Singer Sargent’s portrait of the luscious, black-clad Madame X (1884) and Margaret Thatcher’s wedding...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: a slip dress over a jumper | Jess Cartner-Morley
This is the autumnal equivalent of the white T-shirt under a slip dress If you go by the fashion industry calendar, autumn starts at the beginning of September; if you set your watch by nature, it’s...
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