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Checks and balances: Why you can now bring that Burberry scarf out of the closet
Fashion may have a reputation as a fickle mistress, but when something falls truly out of favour, the rehabilitation process can take an awfully long time. And so it was with the infamous "Burberry check", the signature black, tan and red pattern with which the design house began lining its trench coats back in the 1920s.
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Carola Long: 'The planets of fashion and comfort have aligned at long last – flats have the fashion-pack seal of approval'
Saturday, 17 October 2009
Material World
Shoulder pads: A history
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
They’ve been the epitome of power dressing since the Forties – and now, thanks to Posh, they’re back. By Carola Long and Harriet Walker
Eiffel power: Collections with real imagination
Monday, 12 October 2009
The Paris collections were a tour de force, says Susannah Frankel, as designers sidestepped summer clichés in favour of real imagination
Ready to Wear: A mid-heel is very much in evidence for the forthcoming season
Monday, 12 October 2009
Paris in the rain. Not that the inclement weather did much to dampen the fashion followers' penchant for wearing elaborate and ever more vertiginous footwear. That's the kind that looks like strangely futuristic vehicles as opposed to anything as pragmatic as a humble shoe, and that is guaranteed to attract strange glances on the school run.
Cartoon capers: Jeremy Scott's wacky new collection
Monday, 12 October 2009
Jeremy Scott's new collection for Adidas is as wacky as his catwalk creations says Harriet Walker
The Fashion Audit 12/10/2009
Monday, 12 October 2009
What we love, we're not sure about, we're buying and we can't wait for...
On the agenda: Ballet, books and must-have handbags (and that's not to mention free posh chocolates)
Sunday, 11 October 2009
Thigh-highs get a reboot
Sunday, 11 October 2009
Sex on legs? Not necessarily. This season's hot footwear trend comes in shapes and guises from suede to flat to embroidered to biker. Anything, in fact, but black PVC
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