A new exhibition at the VA explores the influence of Italian fashion, and examines the people and labels that have contributed to its reputation for craftsmanship, quality and opulence. On display will be outfits from leading fashion houses, punctuated by ...

If there’s one thing older women do really well, it’s style with practicality. We are incredibly good at dressed-down dressing up. For instance, when you’re going to the theatre do you really want to wear skyscraper heels and a skirt ...

Joan Collins does QVC chic – stylewatch Stylewatch: Joan Collins brings a touch of high-octane, Alexis Carrington glamour to shopping channel QVC

Flat shoes are now in fashion – hurrah! This is a good thing, right? India, by Twitter Yes and no, India, yes and no. On the one foot, I’m hopping up and down and cheering, “Free at last! Free at ...

26 March won’t be a remarkable date in the diary for most. But trainer aficionados may have it pencilled in. Because it isn’t just any old day in late spring – it’s officially Air Max Day. Nike has declared it ...

You spend a week’s salary on a proper posh hair dye, at a place where they offer you cava while it develops, and then two weeks later it’s all washed off. What was glossy, chestnut, dark is now a mousy ...

Colour has changed. No longer are we chasing the pinks and roses of a flushed cheek or bitten lip, today the colour that feels right in beauty is the slightly heightened lilac, or uncanny peach. It’s ­colour as seen through ...

I am given the hard sell on so many ludicrous-sounding ingredients (hear “Boswelox” and try to keep a straight face – I still can’t a decade later) that I’m almost disappointed if they turn out actually to work. L’Oréal Elvive Fibrology shampoo, conditioner (£2.99 ...

Sometimes nothing feels better than giving yourself a rough, hard scrub. The older you get, the more time you seem to spend patting and smoothing and cossetting your face, futile hours battling the sag and droop. The right facial scrub ...

The Consumer Products Inventory lists over 1,600 products which are identified by the manufacturer as containing nanoparticles – particles between one and 100 nanometres (between one and 100 billionths of a metre) across. So let’s take a look at what’s ...