The Chanel jacket that launched a thousand copies – and why that’s OK | Jess...
Keira Knightley got married in one, Rihanna pairs hers with trackies … and with copies rife on the high street, we can all afford a Chanel lookalike When is a Chanel jacket not a Chanel jacket? When it...
View Article‘This place is a stargate between earth and sky!’: dreaming big with Gucci’s...
In a 13th-century Puglian castle, the fashion house’s creative director would rather think about magic and the universe than party clothes for the richThere is a philosophy class on the Harvard...
View ArticleFor summer party season, an anti-work suit is your passport to fun | Jess...
Months of outdoor weddings and birthdays call for a just-ahead-of-the-trend trouser suit in a bold colourTis the season for peonies, hay fever and wardrobe dilemmas. Everyone I talk to this time of...
View ArticleA question of style: will Top Gun’s apple-pie nostalgia work its magic in...
The original film’s James Dean T-shirts and flying jackets harked back to a safer, more wholesome era. Three decades later, its sequel will try the same trickFlicking through a magazine one day in...
View ArticleShowing your midriff is back, but it’s now more Beyoncé that Britney | Jess...
Baring your belly used to mean sucking in your tum and freezing your kidneys. But the new ‘kissing crop’ gives the look with none of the drawbacksIt started, as things often do these days, at the gym....
View ArticleGet louder every decade: the new rules for dressing your age after 50
Worrying about what to put on as you get on? Relax, we’ve got you coveredIn the rulebooks of how to age gracefully the don’ts make a lot more noise than the dos. No leather trousers! No cleavage! No...
View ArticleTrue blue: royals show jubilee unity with Meghan on same style page
Queen, Kate, Camilla, Meghan and younger Cambridges wear harmonious shades of blueTrooping the colour kicks off Queen’s platinum jubilee celebrations‘I was there when she was crowned’: royal fans pack...
View ArticlePink suits and manbags: Elvis rips up stereotypes in Baz Luhrmann biopic
Upcoming film explores how Memphis upbringing shaped king of rock’n’roll’s music and styleThe hottest pop heart-throb wears sugar pink suits and lace blouses, and whips teenage crowds into delirium...
View ArticleBoris Johnson hosts champagne party to celebrate sustainable UK fashion
PM pledges £80m of government funding to move industry to circular modelThere has been little cause for celebration in Downing Street this week. But on Wednesday evening the prime minister, accompanied...
View ArticleCultural relevance essential to business today, says Tiffany boss
Exhibition at Saatchi Gallery shows how important popular culture is to the jewellery brandCultural engagement is a high-risk strategy but worth pursuing because relevance is now essential to business,...
View ArticleWrinkle-free linen? Good luck with that. Thankfully, it doesn’t matter | Jess...
Channel the cool elegance of Jay Gatsby this summer, not the crumpled heap Atticus FinchYou know that thing on social media – “How It Started v How It’s Going” – where you contrast the way a story...
View ArticleFloral dresses: wear ’em like you don’t really mean ’em | Jess Cartner-Morley
Whatever blooms you are sporting, style them with a dash of irony to make it clear you’re not stuck in a period-drama time warpSome types of fashion work best with a dash of irony. Case in point: the...
View Article‘Democratic and a great way to flirt’: wave hello to the handheld fan
In Seville, Dior plays with elements from flamenco and bullfighting but the big style takeout is the fanHiding behind sunglasses is so last year. With the UK and Europe facing a heatwave while rising...
View ArticleThe simplest way to update your summer look is a white vest | Jess...
Utilitarian but unmistakably now, this is perfect top for the great British summerThere is only one contender for the trophy piece of this season. The look that model Kaia Gerber wore when she opened...
View ArticleTrainers have lost their edge – slip on some loafers if you want to cut it...
Once the shoe of the establishment, loafers work with almost any outfit. But dare you get a pair in white?Life used to be so simple. Loafers were smart and trainers were not. Loafers were for work or...
View ArticleWant to look stylish? Pop on a pair of socks | Jess Cartner-Morley
Wearing them will make your look more fashion, not less – just don’t confuse them with novelty socksYes, you read that right. Wearing socks is the new popping your collar, the new French-tucking your...
View ArticleAs tans fade from culture, I’m finally going to give up the sun worshipping |...
My lifelong fixation with tanning pales in comparison to its inherent dangers. Which means a new holiday wardrobe is requiredIn the mid-1980s, Bergasol ran a series of magazine and billboard adverts...
View ArticleHow the kaftan won hot hot summer
Forget loungewear. When it’s hot, try the airy, comfortable Persian favourite. Just don’t let anyone tell you it was ‘discovered’ by western fashionYoga, veganism, tattoos, wearing secondhand clothes,...
View ArticleHand luggage only! 10 tips to save space and money as you pack for holidays –...
This summer more than ever, if you’re travelling by air you’ll want to do it with the smallest, lightest bag or suitcase – and definitely not check it in. Here’s how …Anya Lakovlieva, who posts on...
View ArticleWhy is everyone dressing like a whimsical prairie milkmaid | Jess Cartner-Morley
With details like puff sleeves or a rustic print, the whimsy dress may be fun and folkloric – but it can also mean businessListen, can we have a quick chat? Nothing to worry about. But we need to talk...
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