Club tropicana! Why kitsch is everywhere this summer
From fruit-patterned swimwear to cactus-covered greeting cards and inflatable lobsters, it’s impossible to escape the zing of feelgood Americana. So why has everything gone totally tropical?At Primark,...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: the sarong-wrap skirt
This skirt is not to be worn as you would on holiday, over a swimsuit. Treat it, instead, as you would a pencil skirtThe way to do summer-in-the-city dressing is to bring enough sunshine into your...
View ArticleQueen of cool: how off-duty Diana became style’s new muse
Diana has always been a style icon – but only now has she has become truly hip. Rihanna, Beyoncé and Alexa Chung have all been referencing her look and celebrating her at her most aliveFor the first...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: the new kaftan
More practical, less eccentric: a hippy classic gets a makeoverFreshly minted for summer 2017, I give you the non-eccentric kaftan. After half a century of alternative living, the kaftan has gone...
View ArticleThe style season starts here: everything you need to know from the September...
The fashion magazines have released their Autumn bumper editions, essential for the style-conscious. Think rhinestones, Basquiat – and being ‘excited AF’ for autumnContinue reading...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: loose clothing
Clothes that sit away from the body look grander, more elegant, more all-round fabulous than skintight onesOn the meta-issue of how to wear clothes in 2017, there is one essential piece of fashion...
View ArticlePutting the fun in functional: will Arket revitalise the high street?
Rather than fighting online retail, bricks-and-mortar stores are try to bring shopping to life – and H&M’s new brand is leading the way with a Nordic cafe and a haberdashery departmentWalk through...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: the maxi dress | Jess Cartner-Morley
Fret not, not all of your holiday wardrobe has to sit unused in your wardrobe until your next trip. A lot can be said for a long hemline, even miles away from the beach – just be sure not to take...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: the trouser suit
Fashion has a thing for female empowerment right now, which has moved on from feminist slogan T-shirts to office tailoringA woman in a trouser suit shouldn’t be a contentious sight. However, as Hillary...
View ArticleThe death of the Netflix-and-chill look: why smart is in style this autumn
Fashion’s embrace of cosy clothes for watching box sets is over. This season, designers are centring on a sharpened-up look – power dressing that empowersThe fashionable position to take on fashion,...
View ArticleSize-zero ban is proof fashion industry is finally listening to customers
It is too early to say whether LVMH and Kering’s ban on using size zero models will improve women’s health, but it is a sign the business is changingThe use of size zero models has been a fashion...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: navy | Jess Cartner-Morley
Ladylike or masculine, navy is the most modern of coloursNavy is a flattering colour to wear. Not in the complexion-enhancing sense so much as in the more significant all-round-vibe-enhancing sense. It...
View ArticleNipple pasties in New York: the return of Helmut Lang
Shayne Oliver, of Hood by Air, kicks off a series of guest takes on the designer whose look has never gone awayIt is 12 years since the designer left the Manhattan fashion scene in favour of life as a...
View ArticleRalph Lauren makes his cars the stars in elitist extravaganza
The designer invited just 300 guests to his New York fashion week show which was a celebration of affluence and exclusivity The late 19th-century arbiter of Manhattan society Samuel Ward McAllister...
View ArticleThe great cover up: why we're all dressing modestly now
Hemlines are down, necklines up – and there are complicated politics behind fashion’s embrace of a looser silhouette• Read more from the autumn/winter 2017 edition of The Fashion, our biannual fashion...
View ArticleMarc Jacobs heads off rumours of decline by revisiting former glories
The designer’s New York show was a journey through the archives with headwraps and bold colour leading the wayThat rumours of the artistic demise of the New York fashion week legend Marc Jacobs had...
View ArticleRihanna: the pop star who became a fashion powerhouse
The singer has cemented her status with an epic show at New York fashion week and the launch of her own beauty brandAnnouncing Rihanna as a keynote speaker at its prestigious fashion industry...
View ArticleWhat I wore this week: a double-breasted blazer
A new season calls for a new jacketA double-breasted blazer was the first thing I bought for this new season. Heretically, I don’t adhere to the industry edicts about snapping up coats at the end of...
View ArticleArmani, Hilfiger, Versace, Rihanna: big beasts head to London fashion week
International stars have been lured by the city’s pop culture heritage, but fashion week is keeping its idiosyncratic edgeFashion week is now in the entertainment business. Designers of today crave...
View ArticleHow Adwoa Aboah is shaking up the fashion industry
A familiar face on the catwalk, the outspoken model also tackles difficult issues on her online platformAdwoa Aboah is both the poster girl for modern fashion and one of its most vocal critics. The...
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