Features

Ally Capellino: It's in the bag

Monday, 24 October 2011

From retro rucksacks to schoolboy satchels, Ally Capellino's designs are as popular as they are practical – even though they don't follow fashions. As she opens her second shop, she tells Harriet Walker what makes a classic

The Ten Best Lipsticks

Monday, 24 October 2011

Skies are grey, so reinvigorate your pout for winter with one of these dramatic new-season shades

The Fashion Audit: 24/10/2011

Monday, 24 October 2011

What we love, we're not sure about, we're buying and we can't wait for...

Swimsuits: A ray of winter sunshine

Monday, 24 October 2011

Finding a swimsuit out of season can be tricky – unless you've been introduced to the chic styles and year-round luxury of French swimwear brand Eres, says Rebecca Gonsalves

Ready To Wear: Her favourite designer? Well, it would have to be Porc Jacobs...

Monday, 24 October 2011

PIG IN FASHION SHOOT SHOCK. And this is not just the latest in a long line of cute, baby-animal-as-accessory manoeuvres beloved by Bruce Weber.

You shall go to the ball: Three starlets are living the Cinderella story

Sunday, 23 October 2011

The gowns, the glamour, the glitz and the glory. The only difference? There's no chance of them disappearing at midnight, says Harriet Walker

Agenda: Maison Martin Margiela; Azealia Banks; Top Boy; The Civil Wars; Secret Weekends

Sunday, 23 October 2011

Gok Wan: 'I'm petrified of everything. I'm a real worrier'

Sunday, 23 October 2011

We were there at the beginning of the war against size zero How to Look Good Naked has helped change people's attitudes towards their bodies over the past decade. When women started doubting what they were being told [about the perfect body] we became their voice and their vehicle to have an opinion and not be embarrassed.

Subtly chic: 20 secret style heroes

Sunday, 23 October 2011

They are not supermodels or red-carpet regulars – but while our well-dressed band of academics, artists, performers, politicians and sportsmen may not work in fashion, they will always be in style...

Scandinavian invasion: How Swedes and Danes have stormed the British high street

Sunday, 23 October 2011

The Vikings are coming, and this time, they aren't wearing silly hats. It might seem reductive to talk about fashionable geographies, but sometimes it is unavoidable. The Japanese in the 1980s, the Belgians in the early 1990s, and now the Scandinavians: all culturally specific aesthetics that have had a broad industry influence. The Japanese designers Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto turned the discipline's traditionally bourgeois nature on its head, while the Belgians Martin Margiela and Ann Demeulemeester worked from the margins to revolutionise the mainstream.