Tattoos are way past the point of being rebellious, but they always give you a clue to their owner’s mentality. James Ellington, who ran in the 200m heats, has tattoos all over his arms and upper torso. They read “Vittorioso” ...

This Olympics has offered a smorgasbord of hot fashions. Lashings of smashing yellow Nike trainers, Chanel earrings, arm warmers, nail art and Louis Smith’s hair. If all this style goodness wasn’t enough, then the rhythmic gymnastics (isn’t that the jazziest ...

As red carpet award seasons go, 2013’s hasn’t exactly been vintage. Long, safe and strapless – with the odd rogue halter-neck – does not make for a particularly exciting series of fashion parades. Sadly, the Baftas‘ sartorial offerings didn’t improve ...

Her absolute normality, her girl-next-door-ness, is a key element of the Duchess of Cambridge‘s popularity. And on these, her own terms, she got the Lindo Steps Look absolutely right. Her cornflower-blue polka dot dress was a safe choice, being demure ...

Sometimes when we talk about a place we are actually expressing an idea beyond it. The British press isn’t Fleet Street. There’s (slightly) more to Hollywood than the American film industry. Whitehall isn’t the government. This figure of speech – when ...

Paul Smith won’t sit still. He’s at his desk, behind mountains of knick-knacks, squirming on his seat like a hyperactive schoolboy. “I’ve got this busy mind,” he says, wriggling around on the z-shaped leather chair. “It’s just so jammed with ...

Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden and Giant – the only three films James Dean ever starred in – are being re-released in cinemas tomorrow. For fashion historians, Dean is a key figure: a man whose clothes perfectly summed ...

At first, you think it’s just you. You’re out shopping and spot a dress you like, one that is not too strappy or too tight, doesn’t show too much cleavage, and maybe even has a sleeve. Pretty colour, nice print, ...

Mulberry is cutting prices to make its handbags more affordable after admitting that the cost of its bags, which sell for up to £5,000, had got “out of line” with what its British customers are prepared to spend. Godfrey Davis, ...

Fashion, by its very nature, is a peacock of an industry – it is bright, extrovert and likes to show off. There is, however, always a minority that take a different approach to dressing – one that avoids the print-clashing, ...