Demure drama: Pippa Middleton's wedding dress deconstructed
Choosing edgy designer Giles Deacon to create traditional gown results in elegant but unconventional bridal lookPippa Middleton marries James MatthewsThe Middleton sisters have established an effective...
View ArticleThe slip, the wrap and other cult dress shapes for summer 2017
Last year’s big look, the Bardot ruffle, is about to be usurped by city kaftans, fancy sleeves and baring one shoulder like a star at Cannes The dress season has officially begun. Nothing to do with...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: soft jackets | Jess Cartner-Morley
Functioning sleeves, a soft silhouette and definitely no shoulder pads... welcome to shoulder-robing without the dramaThe big news this week is that I’ve finally cracked shoulder-robing. I don’t mean...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: a cold-shoulder shirt
The 2017 take on this shoulder-revealing look is my favourite so farThe cold-shoulder top is the summer trend that point-blank refuses to die. The world has been in geopolitical turmoil for a whole...
View ArticleAlexa Chung on her new collection: ‘I deliberately went quite weird’
As her fashion label launches, Alexa Chung recreates the looks of her favourite style icons You would really like Alexa Chung. She’s famous for having loads of celebrity mates and an It hairstyle and...
View ArticleModel Adwoa Aboah: 'In 2017, there is more than one way to be beautiful and...
The in-demand face of Gap and Versace is changing the rules of how to make it big in fashion. She talks about authenticity, her depression – and why her shaved head was a two fingers to the...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: pastel colours | Jess Cartner-Morley
Pull the look off, and pastels become strangely powerfulThere’s a reason they don’t make traffic lights in pastel colours. Primary colours are show-stoppers; pastels suggest serenity. A pretty sunrise...
View ArticleGivenchy: the designer hailed as a 'personality maker' by Audrey Hepburn
As his eponymous exhibition opens in Calais, the 90-year-old fashion legend recalls career-defining friendships with Hepburn and Jackie KennedyA retrospective exhibition self-curated by a 90-year-old...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: paper-bag waist trousers
A pair of trousers that promises to make your midsection look like a bulging grocery sack of apples: I mean, at least you can’t accuse it of luring you in with false hopeDeep down, the trousers I truly...
View ArticlePerfume genius: how fragrances help explain the world
From the excesses of the 80s to the purifying smells of the 90s and the niche individuality of 2017, the way we smell says a lot about society, as a new exhibition provesI am on a road trip, somewhere...
View ArticleWho wears the skirt? Anyone. The fashion world goes gender-free
Fashion brands compete for the co-ed badge this summer dressing men in puffy gowns and blouses for the catwalkFashion reflects the times we live in, said Coco Chanel, and the Exeter schoolboys and the...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: a khaki utility jacket
If you’re a jeans-wearer, I promise you will find it usefulA few places where I’ve seen khaki utility jackets recently: on Kate Moss, teamed with black jeans and a leopardprint scarf, spotted out and...
View ArticleDon’t pack light, pack clever – what a fashion editor puts in her suitcase
Never bring more than one pair of high heels and remember wire hangers are your friends … here are Jess Cartner-Morley’s hardcore tips for holiday packing, plus five summer essentialsIn the art of...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: an asymmetric neckline | Jess Cartner-Morley
This is the eveningwear top for an era when the rules of how much flesh to show are all over the placeWonky clothes aren’t sexy clothes. An hourglass dress, a sweetheart neckline, a plunging V-neck:...
View ArticlePastoral chic: dressing for the summer you want, not the summer you have
The aspirational aesthetic of meadows, picnics and daisy chains ruled at London fashion week. This is boho, but not as you know itThey say you should dress for the job you want, not the one you have....
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: Miss Marple checks
Take your cue from a very British icon and hunt down those subtle squaresI believe we may have reached peak gingham. I really like it, but I think I am over it. Over having meetings with grown women...
View ArticleGlitz, glamour and tragedy: how Gianni Versace rewrote the rules of fashion
Two decades have passed since the designer’s murder. From embracing celebrity power to challenging sartorial snobbery, it is clear he was ahead of his time Gianni Versace changed fashion. Plenty of...
View ArticleFrom budgie-smugglers to nothing at all: our writers on what they wear to the...
For some it’s kaftans, for others straw hats, and painted toenails are apparently mandatory. Guardian journalists explain their rules for summer dressingPerhaps the very last time I gave even the most...
View ArticleHeel appeal: how the sexy shoe became the new status quo
The catwalk has recently favoured outrage over allure. But now, whether it’s the Duchess of Cambridge’s vertiginous Pradas or Rihanna’s beloved rhinestone Saint Laurent boots, high heels are backThe...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: a Birkin bag
A basket bag has adorned the arms of pouting French girls for decades. And it’s the cute way to channel this summer’s pastoral chicSo the good news is that you get to carry a Birkin bag this summer,...
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