‘The leaves swayed gently and glistened in the morning light, and a great many birds were dashing back and forth, screeching with delight’ – a quote from The Memoirs of Moominpappa, by Tove Jansson. I am obsessed with the feeling ...
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Rihanna has basically reinvented the highlighter, lifting it (with Fenty Beauty’s high-impact Killawatt Duos) from gentle glow to the final, crucial step in one’s big, bold beauty routine. On the catwalk make-up artist James Kaliardos strobed the cheeks, temples and ...
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Pretty tops were everywhere at the spring/summer shows. Look for bright colours, ruffles and lace – and a fresh take on romantic Victorian
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For his first, hotly anticipated Christian Dior collection, Kim Jones went back to the beginning. The British designer mined the Dior archive for inspiration to pay tribute to the man who established the fabled brand in 1946. “The collection is ...
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A fashion show can last anything between eight and 13 minutes. And yet at Thursday’s Louis Vuitton show, in the damp heat of Paris, Rihanna attended with enough bags for a weekend minibreak. Her three came from the spring 2019 ...
Read More »MPs to examine environmental footprint of UK fashion industry
MPs are to investigate the environmental impact of throwaway “fast fashion” in the UK amid growing concerns that the multi-billion pound industry is wasting valuable resources and contributing to climate change. The inquiry, launched on Friday by the House of ...
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Here comes the sun – and with it an excuse to put your trousers and tights in the wardrobe. Whether silky, spotty, sporty or striped, there’s a style of shorts for everyone this summer
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Going up Mykonos Good enough for a Dior capsule collection, good enough for us. Pocket Squares See Gary Hume’s design for the Old Vic’s 200th birthday – the cheapest way to own a Hume. Tasha Tilberg The iconic model is ...
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Virgil Abloh has taken the next big step in his ascent of the fashion industry, as he showed his first collection for Louis Vuitton at Paris fashion week. In the afternoon heat of the Palais-Royale gardens on Thursday, the American ...
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The US’s fourth-biggest website, Reddit, is a proudly mixed bag. On the news aggregation and discussion forum are threads dedicated to mini-marshmallows in ice-creams and streets that look like penises, alongside discussions about Donald Trump, men’s rights and feminism. Recently, ...
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