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Monday 11 June 2012
Whether you're packing for the beach or heading to the local lido, ditch the trunks and get something more substantial
Owner of looted shop slams police
Tuesday 09 August 2011
A shopkeeper burst into tears this morning as she described the agonising wait for police to come to the scene of her looted couture clothes store.
How We Met: Nacho Figueras & Mark Cann
Sunday 20 February 2011
'I remember thinking that he was so gorgeous, I'd probably leave my wife for him'
My-Wardrobe bags funding of £6m to move into Europe
Tuesday 06 July 2010
The online fashion store My-Wardrobe has received an investment of $9m (£6m) from a venture capital group to accelerate its growth overseas.
Morphoses: The Wheeldon Company, Sadler's Wells, London<br/>Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London<br/>James Thiérrée, Barbican Theatre, London
Sunday 25 October 2009
Dancers give up their holidays to join the troupe run by Christopher Wheeldon. Not all the work merits it
Fashion: Isn't it a lovely day to be caught in the rain?
Wednesday 08 December 1999
You don't have to be Gene Kelly to make rainwear look stylish this season. From quilted coats to windcheaters and ponchos, our heroic high street shops have found ever-more versatile solutions to combat our winter weather. By Rebecca Lowthorpe
Behind the designer labels, a world of exploitation and abuse
Friday 24 September 1999
CLOTHES SOLD in Britain by some of fashion's biggest names are made in sweatshops where female workers are tricked into bonded labour and banned from becoming pregnant. Some have been forced to have abortions if they do.
PETER YORK ON ADS No 291: GAP
Sunday 19 September 1999
The Benetton equation - "shocking" ads, boring product - holds good with Gap, too. Only the Gap commercials are smart and charming rather than shocking, and all the more insidious for that. The recent Gap series, the dancing ones - Sixties go-go etc - and the singing ones, are all really good in their bland way. They recycle other people's ideas, aesthetics and music in good-taste, high-production-value, high-concept ways. And in very much a photographer's studio; white-out, tasteful settings, with no problematic class or tribal-specific detailing. It's all done with a strong stylist's editorial eye (rather as Ralph Lauren gained hugely from Ann Boyd's taste).
Fast Track: CV - A career in the life of Michael D'Souza, Entrepreneur
Thursday 15 July 1999
Michael D'Souza, 40, "escaped" from high-powered marketing posts for clients including Polo Ralph Lauren and Coca-Cola to become the brains behind Mufti, a new line of home furnishings. He claims he has never had such complete creative freedom in the world of marketing.
Fashion: Army dreamers
Saturday 12 June 1999
Go out on manoeuvres in khaki this summer - shades of beige, green and brown all come under the banner, so it needn't look uniform. Styling by Lucy Ewing. Photographs by Jane McLeish
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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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