The recent bout of hot weather following an icy spring has led to a glut of strawberries in the UK that are much sweeter and juicier than usual. They are also being sold off cheaply by the country’s biggest retailers ...
Read More »The death of the department store, a place out of time | Jess Cartner-Morley
I have a deep love for the fourth floor of John Lewis’s Oxford Street flagship. The homespun wizardry of the haberdashery department bewitches me like a grownup’s Diagon Alley. And when my children were little, I found the no-nonsense advice ...
Read More »What I wore this week: making like Zayn Malik | Priya Elan
When I was a child I had a disturbingly large array of imaginary friends. They lived in their own country and had occasionally fiery relationships with each other. One was the polar opposite of me: a carefree soul called Jill ...
Read More »Galliano’s first couture menswear show for Margiela
Paris Fashion Week has become a week of firsts. Virgil Abloh at Louis Vuitton yesterday, Kim Jones at Dior Homme tomorrow and, in the middle of them, John Galliano’s first couture menswear show for Maison Margiela. Galliano doesn’t call it ...
Read More »The best wedding pieces for all ages – in pictures
Think outside the box for summer wedding outfits. Forget florals and full skirts, and go for minimal shapes or geometric prints
Read More »Worthy threads: Glastonbury’s performers’ standout fashion – in pictures
With the festival taking a year out, we take a moment to appreciate some of the most memorable outfits seen on its stages over the years – from Solange in monochrome PVC to Thom Yorke in an Astro Boy T-shirt
Read More »Tattoo health warning for people with weakened immune systems
Getting a tattoo if you have a weakened immune system could put you at risk of complications, doctors have warned. The caution comes after a woman with cystic fibrosis and lung transplants developed thigh and knee pain after having body ...
Read More »How Gareth Southgate became an unstoppable style icon
There are pressing questions to be answered in the wake of England’s victory over Tunisia in their opening game of the World Cup. Should Dele Alli have been subbed earlier? Is Marcus Rashford a cert for starting against Panama? But ...
Read More »Beauty tips: lollipop red lips
Call them Mivvi lips – the idea is that you look as if you’ve enjoyed a really good lolly. These cheeky gloss lips were all over the SS18 catwalks, from Dolce Gabbana’s cherry-juice shades to high-shine fuchsia at Chanel, and ...
Read More »Seaweed for the bath – and Margate Pride
It is Margate Pride on the weekend of 11 August, and the theme is ‘local wildlife’. Although there are many local characters I’m tempted to dress up as (I tend to think Thanet is full of those – myself included ...
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