How to wear: ankle boots | Jess Cartner-Morley
Interesting ankle boots turn a midi skirt or cropped trousers or jeans into an interesting lookI am starting to see what the Victorians meant about ankles. I have a bit of a thing for them myself these...
View ArticleColour comeback: sunshine-yellow and fashion chemistry on the Golden Globes...
After the 2018 blackout, red-carpet stars revived vintage Hollywood style – though protest flared with many wearing ‘Time’s Up x2’ bracelets Lady Gaga is not the first actor to wear Valentino on the...
View ArticleHow to wear: smart-cold | Jess Cartner-Morley
One can’t neglect standards just because the mercury dips. It’s too bad for moraleThe trickiest dress code to get right isn’t smart-casual, it’s smart-cold. Smart-cold doesn’t get printed in...
View ArticleCatherine Deneuve is selling her Yves Saint Laurent wardrobe – but that look...
The designer dressed the actor on and off-screen for decades. Although Deneuve is auctioning those outfits at Christie’s, they continue to inspire the likes of Versace and BurberryParis fashion week...
View ArticleVictoria Beckham: ‘You have to be quite controlling’
She juggles a global fashion brand, four children and one of the world’s most scrutinised marriages: how does the former Posh Spice keep the show on the road?Along an Edward Hopper-esque cobblestone...
View ArticleChristian Dior in Paris: big-top showcase of technique and daring
Maria Grazia Chiuri continues to show there is more to Dior than the full-skirted ‘new look’In a striped circus tent in Paris, nine pairs of rope-muscled female acrobats twisted and braided around each...
View ArticleKarl Lagerfeld misses Chanel haute couture shows in Paris
Speculation grows over 85-year-old’s health after non-appearance for catwalk bowKarl Lagerfeld was absent from Chanel’s haute couture shows in Paris, fuelling speculation over the 85-year-old...
View ArticleGivenchy in Paris: Waight Keller embraces purity
For her third haute couture show, Clare Waight Keller went ultramodern with latex and a white shell of a catwalkHaute couture is a real-life industry based on making fairytale dresses. Clare Waight...
View ArticleHow to wear: brown on brown | Jess Cartner-Morley
Forget black and white, channel the 70s with chocolate, coffee and trenchcoat beigeMy New Year resolution is to get better at vintage shopping. Vintage, charity, secondhand, call it what you want. I...
View ArticleFirst look inside Dior at the V&A: haute couture with a very British twist
Designer Maria Grazia Chiuri talks about aligning the fashion house with modern feminism ahead of the exhibition openingClose your eyes and think of Dior. What comes to mind? Christian Dior never had a...
View ArticleHow to wear: fake fur | Jess Cartner-Morley
The new way to wear fake fur is to channel your inner teddy bear and try on a Borg jacketForget about looking like a fox. Or a mink or a chinchilla, come to that. The new way to wear fake fur is to...
View ArticleTom Ford's classic glamour is now served with side of modesty
It’s not time to be super-sexy, says designer as he dresses supermodels in polo necksWhen Tom Ford sends the supermodel Joan Smalls on to the catwalk in a silk blouse chastely fastened to the chin, and...
View ArticleHow to wear: a sensible trenchcoat less sensibly | Jess Cartner-Morley
The trench just got fun – and about time, too Ignore the trousers for now. Yes, that’s right, ignore the shiny, zippered, ketchup-red trousers. They are only here to make a point about the trenchcoat....
View ArticleNew York fashion week shines light on new talent and embraces AI
A futuristic Rag & Bone show sits alongside Kate Spade’s homage to the late designer The buzz about this New York fashion week was that there wasn’t any. With Calvin Klein sitting out the season...
View ArticleFashion’s first major trend of 2019 is here – and it’s frilling
Frothy frocks are everywhere on the red carpet and catwalks this month, but the look’s biggest boost comes from Rihanna and a certain TV assassin, who are already killing itYou may not have heard of...
View ArticleDate dressing: how fashion in the age of MeToo redefined sex appeal
What women wear has always been part and parcel of sexual politics. But, 18 months after MeToo was born, has fashion’s centre of gravity moved away from sex?Read more from the spring/summer 2019...
View ArticleHow to wear: burgundy with blue | Jess Cartner-Morley
This colour-blocking combo is top of fashion’s Premier LeagueYou say West Ham; I say Milan streetstyle. You say Aston Villa; I say fashion influencer. You say Burnley… yup, you get the picture. It’s...
View ArticleAnna Wintour: a rare face-to-face with the most important woman in fashion
The editor-in-chief of American Vogue talks to Jess Cartner-Morley about Michelle Obama, fake news and only spending 20 minutes at parties. Portraits by Tyler Mitchell• Read more from the spring/summer...
View ArticleAlexa Chung’s crisis dress code: tights and rollneck
The model-turned-designer reveals a darker, more thoughtful take on a troubled world in her latest show“I feel like I’ve aged about a thousand years in the last six months,” said Alexa Chung backstage...
View ArticleVictoria Beckham's naughty side returns at London fashion week
Designer brings leopard print, plunging necklines and heels to her second show in the capitalA decade at New York fashion week transformed Victoria Beckham from a pop star into a serious fashion...
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