How Kamala Harris made wearing pearls cool
As the pearl’s standing increases with that of women, a progressive new generation is reimagining Margaret Thatcher’s one-time trademarkThe pearl, insignia of traditional femininity and conservative...
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Missing glamour? Step into a pair of theseIt’s the little things that get to me at the moment. I miss kind bus drivers who wait for you to leg it to their stop in the rain. I miss being awed by the...
View ArticleVictoria Beckham opts for comfort over glamour at fashion label
Designer ‘optimistic but realistic’ about industry’s post-Covid future as she discusses her latest collectionVictoria Beckham is feeling “optimistic but realistic” about the future of fashion, and...
View ArticleCould lockdown relight our love for Valentine's Day? | Jess Cartner-Morley
With shops and restaurants closed in the UK, we can free 14 February from commercialisation and take it back to basicsValentine’s Day can feel like the most heartless of festive days. Your favourite...
View ArticleLondon fashion week shows sketch out the new normal
Designers embrace digital presentations and hope collections resonate with shoppers looking to post-Covid freedomsThe puffer jacket is everywhere – but so, too, are dreams of summer holidays. There is...
View ArticleBurberry's Riccardo Tisci taps into the fluid generation
Collection inspired by the ‘great outdoors’ featured silk skirts and women but was entirely menswearThere were elegant pleated silk skirts and several of the models were women, but Burberry’s latest...
View ArticleOld-fashioned glamour meets psychedelic print as Prada shines in Milan
Nowhere does beautifully strange quite as well as Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons in their womenswear collaboration A Prada catwalk show is not supposed to be easy on the eye, and the latest womenswear...
View ArticleWithout the front row drama, London fashion week was missing something vital...
There’s plenty to admire in the digital version, but watching dresses on a laptop screen is no match for crowds and chaosI have spent the past few days at London fashion week, while really missing...
View ArticleFashion at the Golden Globes 2021: pets, diamonds and sofa style
Virtual nominees and their photobombing pets made the bigger fashion splash while those on the red carpet played it safeGolden Globes 2021 winners – the full listThe winners and their living rooms – in...
View ArticleCan fashion be sustainable? Yes, says Gabriela Hearst at Chloé
Designer’s Paris fashion week line-up includes secondhand handbags and upcycled streetwear Can a mainstream luxury fashion brand built on “it bags” and ever-changing seasonal trends operate without...
View ArticleDressing to impress? Why comfort is the new luxury | Jess Cartner-Morley
What started with a run on tracksuit bottoms has developed into the chance to figure out what we actually like wearingYou don’t have to keep up with the Joneses when you’re not allowed to invite them...
View ArticleHer Dior: fashion photography celebrates female gaze – in pictures
Fashion photography more often celebrates the female body than the female gaze. To celebrate International Women’s Day, a new book challenges this tradition with a collection of work by 33 female...
View ArticleDior and Schiaparelli weave surreal fairytales at Paris fashion week
From magic mirrors at Versailles to Dalí-inspired humour, both houses found dramatic potential in lockdown limitationsParis fashion week is as theatrical as ever, even while playing to an empty house....
View ArticleChanel channels Stella Tenant’s chic androgyny in Paris tribute
Designer Virginie Viard combines late British model’s allure with après-ski wear and nightclub glamourIn a filmed catwalk show at Paris fashion week, Chanel has paid tribute to Stella Tennant, the...
View ArticleLouis Vuitton closes first audience-free Paris fashion week in Louvre
Catwalk setting for luxury luggage brand is in intimate Michelangelo sculpture galleries Louis Vuitton’s Paris show closed a catwalk season which will go down in fashion history not for a trend or a...
View ArticleModels turning into frogs and on-screen snogs: the AW21 fashion Oscars
This season will go down in history as the first without a live audience – and for having some truly excellent films. So how better to celebrate than with our very own awards?Continue reading...
View ArticleThe time has come to liberate yourself from your puffer jacket and be...
I am bored of dressing with stoic practicality. My fashion prescription for this week is an impractical coatI miss frivolity. Does that make me a bad person? Maybe it does in your book. In which case,...
View ArticleHow to wear a tea dress | Jess Cartner-Morley
It’s the perfect frock to wear to a six-person picnic. Just be careful not to go the full Vera LynnSpring is here. It’s official: the spring equinox, which marks the first day of astronomical spring,...
View ArticleThe fashion editor’s easy-peasy guide to refreshing your wardrobe (without...
Want to get the best out of your clothes, but can’t face the full Marie Kondo? Here’s howIf I opened someone’s wardrobe and found it colour-coded with each crisp garment hung on cedar hangers spaced...
View ArticleAs social life returns, it's time to dress up and look forward | Jess...
There are plenty of things to worry about in the first social encounters of 2021. Being overdressed is not one of themIf you invite me round for drinks in your garden or to a picnic in the park – and...
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