V&A hosts Europe's first major exhibition on kimono
Catwalk pieces and costumes from Memoirs of a Geisha and Star Wars will feature in showA rare 17th century treasure from Kyoto, the costume worn by Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars and an...
View ArticleHow to wear fancy polo necks | Jess Cartner-Morley
High necklines have been a winter staple for almost a decade, but they needn’t be boringYup, I’m still in a polo neck. This is, I believe, the eighth year running. Getting on for a decade since a high...
View ArticleMoody blooms: how dark florals became the new Breton stripe
Winter florals are glamorous but casual, womanly rather than girlish – and are an instant style updateYou probably think this is about a trend. It’s not. Floral patterns on a dark background is not so...
View ArticleFrom foreign news to fashion, how our editors see the climate crisis
Editors from across the Guardian explain how they are putting the climate emergency front and centreSupport Guardian journalism today, by making a single or recurring contribution, or subscribingThe...
View ArticleWagatha Christie or the Hot Priest? How to choose this year’s perfect...
The spookiest night of the year is set to be scary, narcissistic and all about showing off how modern you are. It’s 2019 in a nutshellYou might think the festival that is all about a plot to blow up...
View ArticleHow to wear trousers for evening | Jess Cartner-Morley
The trick is that they needn’t be fancy – a simple pair will often look bestTrousers in the evening is such a good look. Think of that 1975 Helmut Newton shot of an Yves Saint Laurent Le Smoking in a...
View ArticleHow to look modern in vintage
Can you shop the trends without buying new clothes? We trawl the secondhand shops for inspiration so you can look now without buying newI don’t want to look retro. I think victory rolls are twee and I...
View ArticleHow to wear the dress that can take you anywhere | Jess Cartner-Morley
If there is a fashion item that is catnip to women of all ages, it’s a one-stop dressPeople say that modern femininity is really complex and I mean, yes, in some ways it is – but in others it is...
View ArticleHow to wear a big easy coat | Jess Cartner-Morley
It works best when the supersized volume is offset by minimal styling – a neutral colour and not too much detailingA coat that you love is the best fashion investment you can make. Your coat is what...
View ArticleThe royal treatment: the majestic role of fashion in The Crown
By recreating the royals’ outfits and ramping up the glamour, the hit TV drama constantly blurs the line between fact and fiction. That is what makes the show so compellingAll publicity is good...
View ArticleKelsey Juliana: 'What if fashion came to represent a new way of living?'
The climate activist who joined forces with a billionaire designer Kelsey Juliana, a youth climate activist from Oregon, is joining forces with Gabriela Hearst, a fashion designer whose clothes are...
View ArticleThe 10 greatest cardigans
From Marilyn Monroe in a shawl-collar number to Prince George in a blue button-up, here are some of the memorable knitwear moments of the last 100 yearsThe cardigan x the internet. A new-style twinset...
View ArticleLuxury hoodies and unmissable bottoms: 10 looks that defined the decade
From feminist Ts to Love Island bodies, this is how fashion looked in the 2010sWith Michelle Obama’s signature look – a sleeveless dress that made a feature of her worked-out arms – she reset the dial...
View ArticleMany Spanx: how did shapewear become a political battleground?
Control underwear has gone mainstream, with everyone from the Kardashians to Victoria’s Secret jumping on the big-pants bandwagonA couple of weekends ago, I was waiting on a sofa in a communal changing...
View Article'Have a one-night-stand with a dress': the fashion rental revolution
Instead of buying a new dress for each event, join the sustainable fashion movement and hire your outfit insteadThe best party outfits for all ages Late in 1876, William Orton, then president of...
View ArticleChanel evokes ghost of Coco with 80s-inspired collection
Designer Virginie Viard attempts to draw a direct line of succession from ‘Mademoiselle’ to herselfChanel is to fashion what James Bond is to cinema: a franchise with controversy, global fame and an...
View ArticleSeasonal disorder: why January is the new September in fashion
From Annie Leibovitz’s quartet of ‘motherhood’ Vogue covers, to Cosmopolitan’s first non-female star, Jonathan Van Ness, the new year now trumps the new season on the style calendar‘September is the...
View ArticleHow to wear boilersuits | Jess Cartner-Morley
Switch up your jumpsuit for a grittier boilersuitI think this is how it works: boilersuits are what women who used to wear jumpsuits wear, now that everyone else is in on the jumpsuit act. A jumpsuit...
View ArticleScrooge is not an option: how to dress to add some much-needed Christmas cheer
It has been a long year – and it’s not getting any easier. If your midwinter mood needs a lift, your wardrobe can help’Tis the season to be jolly. I know, I know. Santa has some seriously heavy lifting...
View ArticleLittle Women become fashion influencers 150 years after inception
March sisters’ dress code resonates with ‘civil war chic’ trend visible on both sides of the Atlantic “Dear me, let us be elegant or die” is the narrator’s eye-rollingly sardonic verdict on fashion, in...
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