Despite the Council of Fashion Designers of America‘s laudable efforts to keep models under 16 off the runways in New York, top designers continue to hire adolescents to model their grown-up designs. This week, at least two models who walked ...
Read More »Burberry brings a warmth to catwalk show after raining on its own parade
Smart fashion brands know that the surest way to a consumer’s purse strings is by tugging at the heart strings. Burberry, one of the smartest brands in modern fashion, knows that there are few feelings as evocative to a British ...
Read More »Dior looks back to its postwar prime as label moves on from Galliano scandal
Parisian fashion for next autumn will have much in common with styles from the late 40s and early 50s on the evidence of Friday’s Dior show. Bill Gaytten, the man charged with steering the Dior ship into calmer waters after ...
Read More »Thank God the Germans are making Team GB’s kit
Stella McCartney‘s Team GB kit has been in development for two years, it is reported. Which goes to show that the most straightforward matters can be turned into major productions. Mind you, the manufacturing is under the aegis of the ...
Read More »Dior and I: seven things we’ve learned about Raf Simons
Dior and I, the documentary chronicling Raf Simons’ debut haute couture collection, premiered at New York’s Tribeca film festival last night. Shot in Paris shortly after Simons was appointed by the iconic French fashion house, director Frédéric Tcheng was given ...
Read More »Ankle boots: get the look in pictures
How to dress: ankle boots for spring ‘Even if you are sceptical about the boot as a high-summer option, you can embrace it now as an interseason crutch,’ says Jess Cartner-Morley
Read More »How to dress: ankle boots for spring
Link to video: How to wear spring boots I figured out the black opaque tights rule, by the way. Bit tardy for this year but, you know, better late than never. You can only wear them if there’s an “r” ...
Read More »Never out of Vogue: Alexandra Shulman
Alexandra Shulman, as befits a woman who has been editor of Vogue for 20 years, lives in an impeccably stylish house overlooking Queen’s Park in northwest London. The floorboards are painted white and there is pretty wallpaper featuring birds in ...
Read More »Are you guilty of ‘puffy face’ style gossip about celebrities like Ashley Judd?
The actor Ashley Judd has hit out at the kind of conversations that take place in the media about women’s bodies, in the wake of speculation about her ‘puffy face’. Do you read gossip about celebrities’ bodies and feel guilty ...
Read More »London 2012 opening ceremony: Wiggins’ sideburns and lots of style
London Fashion Week has got just seven weeks to raise its game. The opening ceremony had sartorial spectacle – the Queen as a Bond girl takes some beating, after all. And it had the all-important sofa-dividing controversy – seriously, don’t ...
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