Dressed to distress – fashion statements of the Trumps on tour
The Trumps dressed for their UK trip with all the nuance and subtlety that is their trademarkFor the Trumps, the optics of this state visit are ballot-box gold dust. The rest of us, furious and baffled...
View ArticleHow to wear: tie-dye | Jess Cartner-Morley
It’s associated with being laid back to the point of horizontal, but there’s a smarter way to make this look workI never wake up in the morning and think, “What I really want to wear today is something...
View ArticleLifting the cup: why sports bras are the stars of the summer
Since they were first created in 1977, they have been the unsung champions of the gym kit. Not any more. This season, the sports bra is the most valued playerThe first trainers, rubber-soled shoes that...
View ArticleSoulCycle has come to the UK – but will Brits embrace £24 spin classes?
US fans include Oprah and Michelle Obama. Expect an ‘inspirational’ experience, low lights, tears – and amethyst crystalsThere is a place on Sunset Boulevard where Oprah Winfrey celebrated her 60th...
View ArticleHow to wear: a portrait neckline | Jess Cartner-Morley
Without being too frisky for work, this just low enough neckline will see you through to dinnerThe neckline of what you wear sets the mood for the whole outfit. I’m not being judgy about cleavage, by...
View ArticleChic, not sombre – Karl Lagerfeld honoured in Paris
Famous faces attended Karl for Ever at the Grand Palais for a memorial as dramatic as his showsThe designer Karl Lagerfeld, who died in February, was honoured in Paris on Thursday with a memorial as...
View ArticleHow to wear: one colour from head to toe | Jess Cartner-Morley
Monotoning is the new colour blocking – try pairing items from your own wardrobe in a fresh wayI can be honest with you now. I wasn’t at all sure that it would work when I remixed my column into a more...
View ArticleDior designer wins fans by putting feminism above femininity
Maria Grazia Chiuri collects Légion d’honneur hours after her latest haute couture showFor Maria Grazia Chiuri, creative director of Christian Dior, fashion is about the world stage rather than the...
View ArticleViard displays quiet savoir-faire at first Chanel couture show
Designer nods to predecessors Coco Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld at Paris fashion weekKarl Lagerfeld is no more, but Chanel remains the blockbuster event of any Paris fashion week.That was the message of...
View ArticleHow to wear: summer shorts suits | Jess Cartner-Morley
A suit when everyone else is in a pretty dress is subversive without being inappropriately informalOK, stop looking at the photo now, because I don’t want it to put you off the concept of a summer...
View ArticleAll hail Céline Dion – the joyous new queen of fashion
From perfectly sculpted to jaw-droppingly daring, the singer has reinvented herself as an avant-garde couture-star – and the fashion world can’t get enough of herIn 2019 we like our fashion heroes...
View ArticleHow to wear holiday clothes | Jess Cartner-Morley
Some of the best looks could be described as après-hike – like après-ski but more summery and less snootyDespite spending a considerable amount of time thinking about clothes, I can’t honestly say that...
View ArticleHow to wear: a bodysuit | Jess Cartner-Morley
Welcome back to all-in-one simplicityDepending on your vintage, you may or may not know what a body is. Or rather what a body was, back in the late 80s, when Donna Karan came up with a new concept in...
View ArticleVin + Omi team up with Prince Charles to launch clothing line made of nettles
Unlikely collaboration results in ‘wispy, airy’ and sustainable fabric, made from Highgrove weedsWhat began with small talk between Prince Charles and the sustainable fashion pioneers Vin + Omi over a...
View ArticleHigh heels and an icy glare: how the Trump era brought back Dynasty dressing
What would Alexis Colby wear? This autumn, fashion is embracing the style pioneered by the 80s soap opera – and emulated by the women in the White HouseOnce upon a time, the most talked-about family in...
View ArticleBack to school: how the new term is shaking up fashion
From celebrity kids on Instagram to fresh outfits for the school run, the return to class is big businessOn Tuesday, children in Niagara, Canada, arrived up to 30 minutes late for class on the first...
View ArticleHow to wear: bourgeois chic | Jess Cartner-Morley
Hit refresh with a back-to-school update that’s on ladylike lines but a bit more tongue in cheek“Bourgeois chic” is a major trend in autumn fashion. I’m not convinced we need to read all that much into...
View ArticleNon to retro! The Parisian guide to vintage fashion
Want to get the Left Bank look without buying new clothes? Marie Blanchet, CEO of the go-to brand for celebrities’ secondhand dresses, explains howThe catwalk season has begun, and there is a new It...
View ArticleDuchess of Sussex unveils fashion line for 'unemployed women'
Patron of Smart Works charity at launch of collection meant to help women at job interviewsHer return from maternity leave coincides with the beginning of London fashion week, but after the furore that...
View ArticleHow to wear coords | Jess Cartner-Morley
Essentially a suit for softies – it looks smart and makes you smileMeet the coord. Matching separates, but in knit or jersey or silk, with no tailoring. It is essentially a suit for softies, and I am...
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