Group chat overload: have we reached peak WhatsApp?
From pictures of puppies to deadly political manoeuvres, WhatsApp is the world’s most popular messaging platform. But is it losing its appeal?Every morning before she leaves for work, Rosie, a...
View ArticleThe key fashion pieces right now? Clothes you’ll want to still wear (or sell...
Trends are so last season. As the resale clothes market booms, traditional styling is now leading the way over the quick fixI suppose, in theory, sustainable fashion shouldn’t have any one look. After...
View ArticleBlack is back – but with a washed-out twist to keep it fresh | Jess...
Faded, with a dash of apocalypse-adjacent gloominess, the new black is the ideal colour for early autumnFashion has a new black. Guys, this is a big moment. If fashion had a Sistine Chapel, white smoke...
View ArticlePre-loved up! Miquita Oliver gives her mum and grandma a charity shop makeover
Secondhand clothes are cooler and sexier than anything new, says the TV presenter. So she took her family shopping in Oxfam to prove it‘I think it’s so sexy to get dressed for a fiver,” says Miquita...
View ArticleNo influencers, no filters – BeReal shows the beauty of the lives we actually...
Frazzled hair, sleepy eyes, warts and all: at last, an app that lets us share the glory of daily life in all its compelling mundanityI have been on BeReal since March – this year’s grooviest,...
View ArticleAutumn’s new look is the no-frills belt, so buckle up | Jess Cartner-Morley
Summer is fading so pack away the prairie dress and start wearing trousers – because the belt is backSeptember is the January of fashion and therefore the best time to turn over a new leaf,...
View ArticleThe Queen as style icon: colours solid and bright as a Cluedo piece
Her remarkably consistent, well-chosen wardrobe made her as recognisable to us as a member of our own familyThe Queen was one of the greatest fashion figures the world has ever known. It is testament...
View ArticleQueen of style: Elizabeth II’s 10 best looks – in pictures
From country casual to colour blocking, a look back at the former monarch’s inimitable fashion senseContinue reading...
View ArticleBring on the colour! Autumn fashion to keep you warm, cheer you up and wear...
As the summer fades, lift your mood with Barbie pink, vibrant greens, warm chocolates and bold heathersI know what you’re thinking. Why should you care about fashion at a time like this? The country is...
View Articlethe dos and don’ts of holiday shopping
Always tempted to stuff your suitcase with holiday knick-knacks? Resist the tat and seek out stylish souvenirs you’ll still love when the sangria has worn offYou wake to sun streaming through the...
View ArticleA suit still cuts it, but it’s all about comfort now | Jess Cartner Morley
We feel different about suits now the rules of office life have loosened: bring on slouchy linen or even a chic tracksuitThere is something deeply satisfying about wearing an outfit made up of two...
View ArticleOptics of royal mourning must appeal to nation at a pivotal moment
Public displays of royals at times of loss can generate powerful symbols of personal unity with the publicFrom marmalade sandwiches and beribboned beehives to black stilettos and military uniforms,...
View ArticleWillow Smith on life in Hollywood’s most talked-about family: ‘I always knew...
At 10, she was so sick of fame that she shaved off her already-famous hair. Now 21, and five albums in, has the daughter of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith learned to live in the spotlight?Eleven years...
View Article‘It felt important to keep going’: grief hands London fashion week a dilemma
Whether to pay homage to the Queen amid the party dresses has divided participantsThere was only one show in town in London this weekend, and that was the Queue. But the catwalks of London fashion week...
View ArticleRoyal family turns out in flawless fashion for the Queen’s funeral
From pillbox hats to pearls and sharp tailoring, the dress code was one of resplendent solemnityFuneral of Queen Elizabeth II - live updatesThere was not a hair out of place, nor a shoe unpolished. Not...
View ArticleItalian fashion houses are in the midst of a shake-up at Milan fashion week
The luxe Italian brands have hired relatively little-known designers who will make catwalk debutsThe London catwalks were muffled and muted by national mourning – but in Milan, fashion week is in...
View ArticlePrada lets it rip with ‘gestures of error’ at Milan fashion week
Prada and Raf Simons added pre-lived defects to their immaculate simplicity, with abstract filmic backdrops by Nicolas Winding RefnAt first, the creases on the Prada blazer looked like an oversight....
View ArticleThe Fitbit dictates your outfit. If you can’t do 10,000 steps in it, does it...
Our new love of walking has subverted our fashion choices – flat shoes are de rigueur and the pencil skirt virtually extinctEveryone walks everywhere these days. Where possible, we walk to work. (Have...
View ArticleTwintastic! Gucci dresses 68 identical twins in matching finery at Milan
Mic-drop moment of visual drama as two separate audiences discover sibling models when dividing screen liftsGucci’s identical twins steal show in Milan – in picturesSixty-eight pairs of identical twins...
View ArticleBurberry London fashion week show is a blockbuster display of its firepower
Riccardo Tisci’s fingerprints were all over the high-gothic Victoriana of long, intricate lace dressesThe Burberry catwalk show was perhaps not quite the triumphant moment of upbeat glamour that had...
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