Gucci has withdrawn a polo neck jumper from its shops after social media users said it resembled blackface. The $890 (£689) “balaclava” knit, part of the autumn/winter 2018 collection, covers the bottom half of the face and has a cutout ...

Is there a time and place for men to wear leopard print? I have always thought so – and that time and place is if you are Richey Edwards in the Manic Street Preachers circa 1993. Outside of that context, ...

I was never not a drag queen. I shan’t invoke the passé gay idea that I emerged dancing, in patent stilettos and glistening sequins, straight from my mum’s vagina (love you Mum!) and on to the stage. Why? Well, first, ...

Beauty icon Clinique, having got things frustratingly wrong for about five years on the trot, has, in the past 18 months, not so much turned a corner, as performed a screeching handbrake skid around it. Unpretentious, high-quality and effective innovation ...

When makeup artist Pat McGrath uses crystals and glitter (surely the most impractical of beauty trends) to create a heroine-worthy winged eye (as per the Valentino show), it becomes no-questions-asked desirable and every iota of pragmatism goes out the window. ...

Their lids gleam under the shop lights: bottles made of elegant black or vivid green glass stand alongside white tubes with bold, minimalist lettering. These beauty products make many claims: to “defy” age, minimise pores, block pollution, plump skin. They ...

A Woolrich and Griffin collaboration, a Dior exhibition at the VA and sunflower yellow to brighten your wardrobe for spring… Fashion fixes to be tempted by in this week

Rosamund Pike talks about her new film A private War, sleeping under the stars, and the perils of social media. Read our interview here

They used to be reserved for ski slopes and the school playground but now the quilted coats originally known as Puffa jackets have been embraced by the masses. In 2018 the search engine Lyst, which features 12,000 brands and retailers, ...

When Diana Vreeland arrived in Paris from the US in 1946, she could scarcely believe her eyes. Oh, my dears! The bread was made with potato flour, even the young looked as if they hadn’t seen daylight in years, and ...