Fashion faces a stark choice: stop flogging cheap clothes or go out of style...
Unless the industry starts taking sustainability seriously, it risks becoming the thing it most dreads – uncoolFashion has become a dirty word – and believe me, it hurts. Not long ago, fashion was the...
View ArticleAll hail the shacket, and 20 years of other great (and not so great) outfits...
The shacket – half jacket, half shirt and a really good idea, despite the silly name – is this column’s swan songFor 20 years, I have been dressing up every week in the look I write about in this...
View Article‘Naomi for president!’: London fashion week comes back to life
In-person events are part of industry’s ‘reset’ as models return to the catwalks and the party restarts “Ecstatic” was how British Fashion Council chair Stephanie Phair summed up the mood as London...
View ArticleRoland Mouret and Rejina Pyo defy convention at London fashion week
With diving models and female-directed Greek odysseys, this years event felt anything but ordinaryLondon fashion week is back, but not back to normal.Roland Mouret, whose regular pre-pandemic fashion...
View Article‘Circular’ fashion: greenwashing myth, or attainable goal?
Hopes for recyclable fashion are far from mass market reality, warns a new documentary at London Fashion WeekCircularity – a concept drawing on principles such as “designing out” waste and ensuring...
View ArticleFendi channels Studio 54 disco vibe at Milan’s opening show
House evokes most iconic of parties with mirrored catwalk, white trouser suits and kaftansMilan “looks lively again, people are out for dinner and enjoying themselves”, reports British fashion designer...
View ArticleRelease the rainbow! Why red, blue, yellow, pink and orange are the new black
What’s the hot new colour, according to London fashion week? Anything you want, so long as it’s bright and bold. And the more you mix things up, the betterAt first I thought London fashion week was...
View ArticleMax Mara’s British designer brings a bit of beatnik to Milan
Ian Griffiths says he spent much of the pandemic at home in Suffolk reading existential novelsThe critic who in 1959 called the writer Françoise Sagan a “luxury hotel existentialist” didn’t mean it as...
View ArticleWant a more sustainable wardrobe? Take better care of what you have
Enough with the toxic cycle of clothes clearouts and binge-buying. It’s time we repaired, restored and renewed the things we loveWhat does it say about fashion that I’ve been writing about clothes for...
View Article‘Something special’: rumours in Milan over Versace x Fendi tie-up
Two of the biggest brands in Italian fashion are said to be staging a joint show this weekendFashion week is all about the gossip. The most talked about show in Milan is one that appears on no official...
View ArticleMiniskirts are back: Dior embraces post-pandemic era with a new look
Short hemlines evoke ‘revolution and the spirit of youth’, says creative director Maria Grazia ChiuriA new era calls for a new look. After a decade when below-the-knee hemlines have ruled fashion,...
View Article‘Innately low-impact’: Chloé brings eco-chic to Paris fashion week
Gabriela Hearst showcased artisan pieces handmade from leftover fabric, with Gillian Anderson and Demi Moore in the front rowGabriela Hearst, the creative director of Chloé, is bringing the values of...
View ArticleBored of your wardrobe? Try wearing one colour at a time
Dress in ‘monoclo’, says artist Pascal Anson, and you’ll rethink your relationship with clothes for ever. Jess Cartner-Morley gives it a goIt started when Pascal Anson’s mum bought him a yellow jumper...
View ArticleFarewell, cosy layers – it’s the return of sexy dressing | Jess Cartner-Morley
Party dresses and hemlines are short, and skin is on show everywhere – what better way to signal that nights out are back?Are pandemics always as puritanical as this one? What with it being our first...
View Article‘The joy of dressing up again’: why the mini is back in fashion
Rising hemlines in Paris are a sign of returning confidence, amid a belief the worst of Covid is overWhen the good times roll, hemlines go up. If you believe in fashion folklore, the forecast from the...
View ArticleD’oh! couture: Balenciaga puts The Simpsons on Paris catwalk
Fashion house’s cartoon poking fun at itself suggests industry realises it’s time to ditch the pompIt was the standout coup of Paris fashion week. Balenciaga secured a catwalk debut from Homer and...
View ArticleMove over cleavage – we are living in the age of killer abs and sculpted...
Fitness has been elevated from a chore to a religion, and a toned midriff is the mark of the truly devoutAbs began in 2001, between Britney Spears singing I’m a Slave 4 U at the MTV awards with a...
View Article‘Darkness and light’: Alexander McQueen fashion house comes home to London
Rooftop catwalk show celebrated the city and its ‘unpredictable skies’, said designer Sarah BurtonTwenty years after a young Lee McQueen signed a deal with Gucci and moved his catwalk shows from East...
View ArticleHow to wear a sweater dress | Jess Cartner-Morley
For those of us trying to break free of our lockdown loungewear, there is no better autumn outfit Every time I wear a sweater dress I wonder why I ever wear anything else. There is actually no better...
View ArticleWhy ‘thanks, I rented it’ is the ultimate eco fashion brag | Jess Cartner-Morley
From handbags to dresses, hiring clothes and accessories for a special occasion is hot right now – and can save you a fortuneBackstage after one of the London fashion week shows, I complimented the...
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