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Slim pickings: The best of the new season's clothes feature a clean palette and a close fit
Saturday 19 January 2013
Styling: Lee Holmes
Acid drop: Brighten up the New Year with a riot of colour - the spring collections have landed
Saturday 12 January 2013
Styling: Gemma Hayward
Fashion Audit: Going postal, shoe people, and straps for saps
Monday 10 December 2012
What we love, we're not sure about, we're buying and can't wait for...
This Christmas nobody has more front than Harrods
Monday 12 November 2012
Fans of the BBC period drama The Paradise, or indeed of Emile Zola's 1883 novel The Ladies' Paradise, on which the series is based, will know that presenting a fantasy to customers is half the luxury retail battle.
What To Do, See & Buy: Sous Chef; Cult Shoes: Classic and Contemporary Designs; Vintage Seekers; Original BTC
Saturday 20 October 2012
Create a stir
Style shrinks: Our experts spot 'Total Recall' actress Jessica Biel swanning about
Sunday 26 August 2012
The Hair/Make-up
Style Shrinks: Our experts analyse Rachel Weisz's terribly well-bred look
Sunday 05 August 2012
The Hair/Make-up
Agenda: Miu Miu; Alison Brie; 'The Master'; Propstore; The National/'Game of Thrones'
Sunday 03 June 2012
Fashion: Diamonds on the soles of her shoes
Christian Louboutin, Design Museum, London
Sunday 06 May 2012
But they are designed to transport wearer and onlooker alike into a world rich with suggestion
One small step for a shoe designer Christian Louboutin, one giant leap into the history books
Tuesday 01 May 2012
Shoe designer Christian Louboutin celebrated his twentieth year in business yesterday with the launch of a retrospective exhibition at London's Design Museum.
The hot list: 30 of the most fashionable things to do, see and wear this spring
Sunday 18 March 2012
1. Mother of Pearl and Pierre Hardy
Syrian First Lady's caring image unlikely to recover
Friday 16 March 2012
Anger at leaked details of extravagant shopping in midst of bloodshed
Fashion at the museum brings in the crowds
Sunday 01 January 2012
Prepare to queue for glimpses of finery created by top designers
How much is a British gold medal worth? £2m
Sunday 01 January 2012
Home athletes on the podium will earn riches beyond their wildest dreams from sponsors, TV shows and a host of other deals
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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