What I wore this week: three colours together | Jess Cartner-Morley
This is how fashion’s A-star students virtuoso-signal their brillianceQuite like Fab ice lollies; never thought I’d want to dress like one. Well, never say never. Fashion keeps on pushing the colour...
View ArticleChatsworth House hosts fashion exhibition sponsored by Gucci
Derbyshire estate stakes its claim to be the most fashionable house in England with a show spanning five centuries of design and decadenceEggs from Chatsworth House’s famed chickens were immortalised...
View ArticleDon’t Care Good Hair: more lo-fi than blow-dry
Alexa Chung has worked it for years, while Emma Stone and Strictly’s Claudia Winkleman have also adopted the new soft-power style that’s flat at the top, wavy through the middle and suggests...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: socks as a fashion statement
A ribbed sock and a chunky sandal has been a niche fashion-nerd trend for a while. Now it’s gone mass Hey, don’t let the photo put you off. Hear me out. Socks as a fashion statement are a trend, but...
View ArticleFashion week job swap: could I become an Instagram star?
Social media stars are wielding increasing power in the fashion industry. What happens when Jess Cartner-Morley trades places with ‘influencer’ Doina Ciobanu?The front row is a world divided. Montagues...
View ArticleVictoria Beckham's new high street range: our pick of the best
The designer has collaborated with Target. Here we choose the items to snap up, from bunny dresses for the Harper in your life to plus sized pieces and signature wide-legged trousersYou know a...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: elevated shirts | Jess Cartner-Morley
If your work shirt isn’t raising a few eyebrows, it isn’t working hard enoughA blue-and-white striped cotton shirt is as potent as the smell of black coffee. Crisp cotton in sky blue striped with...
View ArticleWhy we should all be afraid of Ivanka Trump's mismatched earrings
When the first daughter wore an odd pair of earrings this week, she wasn’t trying to look on-trend – she was trying to make us think she was one of usJust when you’re thinking geopolitics can’t...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: the social skirt
This skirt is the bottom-half equivalent of the silk shirt, in that it elevates separates into something with a bit more status The most important labels on clothes are not the stitched-in ones, but...
View ArticleMet Gala 2017: who nailed the trickiest dress code ever?
Last night the professionally glamorous interpreted the most challenging dress code: avant garde, inspired by Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons – and some handled it better than others The Met Gala,...
View ArticleKylie’s bathroom selfie and Diddy’s stairway nap: power moves at the Met Gala...
Engineering the perfect red-carpet arrival is no longer enough to truly win at this annual ball – but guests have found plenty more audacious ways to pull rankThe celebrity-packed squad goals selfie is...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: a polo neck for summer
There will be many summer days when a high neck and bare arms are as appropriate a reaction to the weather as a cotton shirtIt’s hard to look sophisticated in summer. This seems ridiculous, in a...
View ArticleRei Kawakubo interview: ‘Contemporary culture does not allow for nuance’
The Japanese fashion designer has had a huge influence on what we wear ever since the late 1970s – and this week she became the first living designer to be given a solo show at New York’s Metropolitan...
View ArticleThe other Macron moderniser: how France 2017 updated first lady fashion
She’s not a ‘trophy wife’, and she’s not a ‘school-run mum’. Does Brigitte Macron’s style signal a new era for the political wife?Leaving her home in Le Touquet to cast her ballot in the French...
View ArticleThe Alexa effect: what we can expect from her new collection
The new issue of Vogue has landed on the fashion desk – and with it, a first look at Alexa Chung’s new label. Here’s our snap verdictFashion has a million so-called influencers, but only one Alexa...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: the zigzag hemline
A ragged, all-over-the-place hem brings a topical note of chaos to your lookThat thing about hemlines reflecting economic fortunes: do you remember? When times are good, skirt hems rise along with the...
View ArticleLouis Vuitton stages flamboyant cruise show in Japanese mountains
Fashion house holds show at Miho Museum, continuing trend of powerhouse brands staging events in far-flung settingsThe Miho Museum in Japan is 9,628km from its Paris headquarters, but Louis Vuitton was...
View ArticleM&S puts faith in fluted sleeves as womenswear comes out fighting
Marks & Spencer’s beleaguered clothing department previews chic autumn collection up to speed with catwalk trendsWill knickers or canapes win the battle for the soul of Marks & Spencer, or can...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: pink trousers | Jess Cartner-Morley
How I have made it this far without a wide-legged pair in pale velvet as part of my pink-trouser repertoire?If white jeans are everyone’s favourite summer guilty pleasure, pink trousers are the new...
View ArticleV&A makes case for the rebellious beauty of Balenciaga
It is milder than McQueen, but there are monsters, ghosts and glamour in the museum’s account of a fashion giantThe first dress visitors to Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion will see, when the exhibition...
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