Holiday season is upon us! We’re ready to get giddy, lie back, guzzle rosé and post sunbathing pictures with the caption ‘hot dogs or legs?’ and #sorrynotsorry. But when it comes to holiday protection, I propose an alternative list. Protect ...
Read More »From Sock Crocs to bum bag sandals: fashion’s perfect storm of shoe ugliness
Ugly fashion is big business, but for shoes, it has now become something of an arms race. This week saw the launch of the $140 (£105) “Sport” Sock Croc – part Croc, part tube sock – and the Nike Benassi ...
Read More »Playing with style: how football tackled fashion
I love nothing more than to contemplate Andy Carroll’s man bun. I am fascinated by the bravado of Marcos Rojo’s “Pride” and “Glory” leg tattoos. I never fail to marvel at the transformative power of Jamie Vardy’s skinny suits (he ...
Read More »Industry looks to graduate fashion week for sustainable heroes
The future of fashion is sustainable if graduate fashion week is anything to go by. The annual four-day event event at London’s Old Truman Brewery comprises installations, catwalk shows and two prize-giving ceremonies and promises to uncover the torchbearers of ...
Read More »Festival (mid)riffs: crop tops lead the fashion field this summer
If 2016 was all about the tracksuit and 2017 was all about the bum bag, 2018 is set to be the year that crop tops become festival fashion’s top dog. At Coachella – the music festival that takes place in ...
Read More »Hillary Clinton to guest-edit December issue of Teen Vogue magazine
Hillary Clinton will guest-edit one of the last print editions of Teen Vogue, the magazine has announced. On the anniversary of her election loss to Donald Trump, Clinton announced she would edit the Volume IV issue of Teen Vogue, which ...
Read More »Holy shirt: Balenciaga is selling a ‘T-shirt shirt’ for $1,290
It’s the perfect gift for the man who has everything except, perhaps, self-respect: Balenciaga’s “T-shirt Shirt”. As the name suggests, the piece, which is part of the luxury’s fashion house’s Fall ‘18 collection, is a T-shirt with a shirt draped ...
Read More »What a tees: 10 of the best summer T-shirts
T-shirts are the only acceptable top in this weird, mixed, humid and sort of hot weather. But why stick with a white tee when you can go tie-dye, green, logo or long-sleeve?
Read More »The meaning of beige tights: they show what the Windsors will do to Meghan
Yo, can I get a deep dive on royals and tights? I notice Meghan was in ivory-tinged nylons for her first engagement of married life in May, with the temperature showing 22C. What’s going on? Marina, west London Requested deep ...
Read More »Scents of antiquity revived for exhibition at Athens museum
When the National Archaeological Museum of Athens decided to mark its 150th anniversary, it seemed a no-brainer that it should celebrate the ancients’ love of beauty. “After all, beauty is a word that exists in every one of the 6,000 ...
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