What I wore this week: a naval jacket | Jess Cartner-Morley
The abbreviated shape looks more modern with trousers than a hip-length blazer, and adds briskness worn over dressesFashion craves newness, which is a problem when winter shows no sign of shoving off....
View ArticleV&A hoping for another fashion blockbuster with Balenciaga show
Museum aims to capitalise on label’s current buzz with celebration of original designer’s ‘uncompromising creativity’To Christian Dior, he was “the master of us all”. Oscar de la Renta believed he was...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: a trenchcoat | Jess Cartner-Morley
The dream is to wear a loose trench over loose separates, and to make it look airy in a bold, uncluttered, modern wayI spend a lot of time with ridiculously well-dressed women, in my work. But it’s not...
View ArticleSo Cosmo: Devil Wears Prada for the Kardashian generation
A new reality series goes behind the scenes at Cosmopolitan and finds rival Carrie Bradshaws, a formidable editor-in-chief and a dash of tacky glitz. Sound familiar?Opening shot of high heels clicking...
View ArticleHow Beyoncé slayed the lingerie set – just in time for Valentine’s Day
Matching underwear is over. It’s all about aspirational underwear for the female gazeBeyoncé being the spiritual leader of 21st-century womankind – I lose track of whether the paperwork has been...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: a yellow dress | Jess Cartner-Morley
The yellow dress is to the millennials of our uncertain times what red lipstick was to the women of the BlitzThere is a lot to be said for wearing something different. Standing by your principles is...
View ArticleRaf Simons bids to make Calvin Klein great again with cultural popcorn
The firm’s design chief has staked a claim on its place at the heart of Americana with Fonz boots, flag colours and prairie quiltingRaf Simons’ mission at New York fashion week is simple: make Calvin...
View ArticleVictoria Beckham's New York show restores some sparkle to family brand
Her catwalk show is now enough of an event that it can’t be overshadowed by scandal over her husband’s hacked emails Brand Beckham has had a rocky time of late. In New York, it fell to the fashion...
View ArticleTrousers walk it on Bafta's red-carpet style parade
From Emma Stone to Meryl Streep, conventional dresses were out, with a ‘drouser’ the garment of choice for the politically and fashion consciousBest of the red carpet fashionFull list of...
View Article'Up-to-date, but it doesn't scream fashion' – the verdict on Samantha...
Having left No 10, the former Smythson designer has launched her own label, Cefinn. Is it more Vogue than true blue?I will still never forgive Samantha Cameron’s husband for calling that referendum,...
View ArticleWhat New York fashion week tells us about Trump’s US
From Raf Simons’ patriotic debut for Calvin Klein to Victoria Beckham’s in-control femininity – New York has shown the world a vision of a different USFor much of last year, the fashion industry’s most...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: statement sleeves | Jess Cartner-Morley
The new sleeve cuts through the white noise of endless versions of clothes we already haveI really, really love sleeves. With the caveat that this is fashion, so don’t hold me to it next year. Right...
View ArticlePrincess Diana's fashion legacy to be celebrated at Kensington Palace
Twenty years after her death, Diana: Her Fashion Story charts evolution of her image from teenage ingenue to international iconTwenty years after their flower-covered gates became her unofficial...
View ArticleFashion folk celebrate inclusivity in shadow of Brexit and Trump
Launch event and first catwalk show salute city’s diversity, as pragmatism comes to fore after industry shock at political upsets London fashion week is really in the entertainment business these days....
View ArticleRoland Mouret brings high-voltage to a grey Sunday in fashion week
Decade on from his Galaxy dress and just showing his collections in Paris, UK-based designer in celebratory mood in LondonA decade on from creating the hit Galaxy dress that became a defining look of...
View ArticleLady Macbeth cuts a swathe across London fashion week
Formidable women influence proceedings at runway shows for Berardi, Erdem and RoksandaThe namedropping is pretty highbrow at London fashion week these days. Lady Macbeth, Mark Rothko, John F Kennedy,...
View ArticleBurberry joins forces with Henry Moore as label becomes a creative force
Christopher Bailey of Burberry says Moore inspired a collection to ‘sculpt the body’ at show which doubled up as opening for Moore exhibitionTo the left of Henry Moore’s monumental bronze sculpture...
View ArticleTweed, thorny florals and Lady Macbeth: fashion goes for a hard Brexit
London fashion week featured tartan, corsets and formidable women as a new take on British identity came into focusI was early for Burberry on Monday evening, so as I waited I spent some time gazing at...
View ArticleMilan fashion week: Gucci embraces its brilliant absurdity with fluid show
Alessandro Michele’s collections, celebrating diversity and gender fluidity and featuring a fabulously mixed cast arrayed in geek chic, have the fans flockingThe current incarnation of Gucci is either...
View ArticleHalima Aden: Milan fashion week's star of the season
The first hijab-wearing woman to be signed to IMG models, the Somali-American made her catwalk debut for Kanye West’s autumn/winter 2017 Yeezy collection. Now she’s stealing the show at MilanA woman...
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