Lasers aren’t just for astronauts and Bond film baddies. Precision-engineered fashion is the latest hi-tech trend to hit the high street, says Emma Akbareian
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Tuesday 07 May 2013
A new book tells the story of a ground-breaking fashion magazine, says Naomi Attwood
Reiss’s new pieces
Thursday 14 February 2013
Unable to rely on the male equivalent of the ‘Kate effect’, British label Reiss has chosen to update its younger offering, says Lee Holmes
Beyond the catwalk
Wednesday 13 February 2013
Forget skinny malinks and clothes horses – the UK's first Plus-Size Fashion Weekend promises to show a different side of the industry
Rufus Wainwright, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Friday 14 December 2012
Behind our host for the evening his name hangs in large, stylised typography on the sleek backdrop, looking like the logo of a branded clothing line and giving us the impression that we’re here for a runway show rather than a set of delicate, distinguished pop songwriting from the apex of pop’s greatest contemporary dynasty – son of Loudon Wainwright III and the recently departed Kate McGarrigle, brother of Martha and father to a child with Leonard Cohen’s daughter Lorca.
The ugliest shoes of all time
Monday 12 November 2012
Be it for reasons of practicality or avant garde fashion gone wrong, the ugly shoe is a constant presence in our lives. New York Magazine has collated a gallery of the worst offenders.
Dial H&M for avant garde on the high street
Monday 12 November 2012
Maison Martin Margiela is the latest name in a series of designer collaborations. See you in the queue, says Gemma Hayward
Catwalk focus at Paris Fashion Week
Sunday 30 September 2012
Photographers capture a model striding down the catwalk, sporting a brand new creation by Japanese designer Tsumori Chisato, who yesterday unveiled her spring-summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection at Paris Fashion Week.
Trending: This must be the lace – style's net best thing
Monday 09 July 2012
The Paris couture shows may not be the stuff of our rather pedestrian existences but luckily there's one easy beauty trend to take away from them: face lace. That's right, lace on the face.
Raise a glass to Gaultier
Friday 09 March 2012
It's been quite a week for top jobs in fashion. After six months of speculation, Hedi Slimane's appointment as Yves Saint Laurent's new designer, replacing Stefano Pilati, was announced during Paris Fashion Week.
Amy's father upset at 'bad taste' Gaultier fashion show
Friday 27 January 2012
The father of Amy Winehouse has accused a top fashion designer of cashing in on the late singer's death by using her as the inspiration for his latest catwalk show.
Now that's a runway show... Chanel wows Paris's high fliers
Wednesday 25 January 2012
Karl Lagerfeld transformed the interior of Paris's Grand Palais into a private jet for the spring/summer 2012 Chanel haute couture show yesterday. Perhaps he felt it would make the handful of clients wealthy enough to invest tens of thousands of pounds in a single, hand-worked garment feel at home. Certainly, Chanel besuited guests appeared delighted as they walked through the metal walkway and circular lounge to their airline seats. Drinks were served from silver trolleys, all beneath a blue sky projection scattered with clouds.
Jean-Paul Gaultier to launch lingerie line
Thursday 04 August 2011
Jean-Paul Gaultier is launching a lingerie line. The French designer - famed for developing Madonna's Conical bra for her 1990 Blonde Ambition Tour - has developed a "provocative" lingerie collection Italian brand La Perla.
Wanted in Britain: Europe's must-see TV thrillers
Saturday 05 March 2011
Sexy, stylish, sixty: Why pensioners are having all the fun
Friday 28 January 2011
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- 2 Bosses of collapsed banks should be sent to jail, banking standards commission tells George Osborne
- 3 Breaking the Silence: In the reality of occupation, there are no Palestinian civilians – only potential terrorists
- 4 Uri Geller psychic spy? The spoon-bender's secret life as a Mossad and CIA agent revealed
- 5 Vice pulls 'breathtakingly tasteless' fashion shoot glorifying the suicides of famous female authors from Sylvia Plath to Virginia Woolf
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