What I wore this week: the cold-shoulder party dress | Jess Cartner-Morley
Previews of next year’s collections make it clear that it will rule 2017 as wellThere has been a fair bit of seismic change to take in this year, one way or another, so you’d be forgiven for having...
View Article2016: the year that Vogue went rogue
This was the year that Vogue launched its documentary, put a Royal and a plus-sized model on the cover, turned 100 and its US sister publically backed Hillary. All in all, it was a big year for the...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: the mermaid skirt | Jess Cartner-Morley
‘Christmas Eve deserves star treatment. It is a night to bring the glamour’Christmas has 12 days, and they are all brilliant, but Christmas Eve is the best of all. The anticipation of all that lovely...
View ArticleA guide to updating your Instagram for 2017
From the flat lay to being more mysterious, here are four ways to keep on top of fashion’s favourite social media platformThere are thank-you cards to be written and those last few Celebrations are...
View Article2017’s big ideas – part two: from a northern Labour party to fighting cancer
Jess Cartner-Morley is wearing Statue of Liberty green, Angela Hartnett hails the rise of regional bistros and TED’s Chris Anderson has a new vision for the futurePart one: from driverless cars to...
View ArticleMichelle Obama’s 10 best fashion moments - in pictures
Michelle Obama’s fashion legacy will prove that style plus substance can make political magic. It is a formula with which many have wrangled, but with less success. (Consider the term ‘fashion plate’,...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: the white polo neck | Jess Cartner-Morley
The challenge is to avoid the fondue-eating, orange-casserole-dish retro associationsTime for a recap, post-party frock and novelty sweater season, of where we are vis-a-vis normal clothes. The...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: over-the-knee boots | Jess Cartner-Morley
Over-the-knee boots have been gentrified. They are for fashion, not for pullingI t’s safe to say that this is an outfit I would not have foreseen myself wearing when I first spied Julia Roberts in...
View ArticleOre Oduba: ‘Strictly was like being a gladiator – without the lions'
The BBC presenter vowed to keep dancing after winning Strictly last month. And he has. He talks about his tendency to cry, hugging Ed Balls and why he left the glitterball at his mother-in-law’sIt is a...
View ArticleJackie Kennedy’s pink wool suit and the dark side of first lady fashion
The outfit she wore on that fateful day in Dallas represents the glamour of power – and is a symbol of a shattered dreamThe most iconic piece of first lady clothing in all of fashion history is no...
View ArticleWill Karl Lagerfeld or Ralph Lauren dress Melania Trump for the inauguration?
To dress such a divisive figure as the incoming first lady will be a bold and controversial statementWho Melania wears at the inauguration on Friday will be as important, if not more so, than what she...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: zebra print | Jess Cartner-Morley
The taming of leopard print has left a gap in our wardrobe for a look that is deliberately attention-seekingLeopard print has crossed the floor. What was once the party frock of the rebel is now the...
View ArticleFirst lady's Jackie-esque style works hard to set gracious tone for Trump
Bespoke Ralph Lauren outfit is a coup for Melania Trump, who has been snubbed by top US designers including Marc JacobsSomeone in the White House did their best to use the inauguration podium to set a...
View ArticleMelania Trump's style evokes Jackie Kennedy and Nancy Reagan
New first lady wore retro powder blue skirt suit for swearing in followed by vanilla off-the-shoulder gown for evening eventsIf Melania Trump had former first ladies on her mood board while shopping...
View ArticleWomen on the march at Paul Smith's Paris menswear show
Designer is following the trend for unisex catwalk shows 23 years after he started designing for womenWomen on the march was the story of the weekend. And so it was with perfect timing that 23 years...
View ArticleDior offers pure escapism with fairytale haute couture show
Designer Maria Grazia Chiuri moved from her debut’s feminist T-shirts into a fantasy world that heralded a bold new attitude Maria Grazia Chiuri made headlines three months ago with a Christian Dior...
View ArticleChanel haute couture show proposes a new catwalk silhouette
Karl Lagerfeld finds beauty beyond the thin with iconoclastic collection that features ovoid-shaped skirts and padded-out hipsHemlines go up and down, colours come and go, supermodels rise and fall,...
View ArticleThis is what a feminist T-shirt looks like
Street protesters and fashion designers have fallen in step with their slogans. What are they saying?There has been a recent trend in fashion that has been all too easy to mock and dismiss: men and...
View Article90s R&B and inside-out denim: what we learned from Vetements
The trend-setting label shows us the way forward – all in six minutes at their Paris couture showYou know that real-world thing where you wear a hoody or a hooded quilted Uniqlo jacket as a layer under...
View ArticleAlexandra Shulman: UK fashion's chief advocate – and its vocal critic
In 25 years editing British Vogue before stepping down on Wednesday, she has championed UK designers and challenged industry failings The fashion industry has plenty of colourful characters but few...
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