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Ready To Wear: Paris should applaud Philo, Céline's gentle revolutionary

If the spring/summer haute-couture collections featured more than their fair share of princess dresses and overblown ball gowns, the presentation of Phoebe Philo's autumn pre-collection for Céline, in the label's showroom, was the antithesis.

Givenchy

An elegant world apart

Most women will never own a piece of haute couture clothing, but these rarefied garments showcase designers' wildest imaginings, says Susannah Frankel

We Love: Silver linings - Refining their witty take on fashion jewellery, the Tatty Devine team has created a new Fine collection, with hand-finished silver pieces retaining their quirky signature style. From £100, tattydevine.com

The Fashion Audit: Tatty Devine, Lynx, Peanuts and ADR at the V&A

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

Lanvin

A man for next season

The autumn 2012 menswear shows were full of souped-up masculinity in every guise, says Adam Welch

A/W 2008

All good things come to an end

As the final D&G collection hits the shops, Harriet Walker salutes a label that brightened the catwalks with its bold and brash energy

1. Hello Flawless in Beige: £24.50, Benefit, benefitcosmetics.co.uk  - Benefit's compact comes with a sponge for building heavier coverage, while using the brush will achieve a more sheer finish.

The 10 Best Foundations

Choosing the right shade is just the start: from velvet softness to a dewy glow, there’s a whole host of formulas to help you create a flawless base

Victoria by Victoria Beckham hits Harvey Nichols tomorrow. Extra-special items include this scallop-neck, drop-waist shift. £595, harveynichols.com
Ultra nude eye palette, £37, bobbibrown.co.uk

How To Be Beautiful: Knowingly nude

Those uninitiated in the arcane art of cosmetics are baffled by the concept of a "nude" lipstick or eye shadow. Investing time and cash in make-up that suggests you've done nothing of the sort seems folly indeed. However, that's not quite how the fleshy, peachy tones hitting the beauty halls this spring function. In painting one's face, as in loftier visual arts, there's a distinction to be drawn between nude and naked. Nude suggests a knowingness entirely unlike the vulnerability and exposure of the naked.

Dress, £284, by Lisa Marie Fernandez, lisamariefernandez.com; Imprex Tri-Ex fins, £69.95, and Platina Mask, £48, both by Tusa, from Ocean Leisure, 11-14 Northumberland Avenue, London WC2; Elementum Aqua Dive watch, £599, by Suunto, suunto.com, 020-3364 5723

Sunny delights: The perfect outfit for every holiday destination

Styling: Gemma Hayward

Photographs: Rupert Tapper

Model: Nadine at Next

Hair: Oliver De Almedia Waqued

Make-up: Adam De Cruz at The Book Agency using Shu Uemura

Set Design: Georgina Pragnell

Photographer's Assistant: Gilbey Gilberson

First-time director Alma Har'el's acclaimed documentary Bombay Beach revisits a fading American utopia deep in the California desert

Bad news for fashionistas: high heels do ruin the way you walk

High heels can permanently change the way women walk and put them at greater risk of strain injuries, scientists have determined.

Luke Blackall: Suits you, sir - but only at the weekend

Man About Town: Some suits are best worn on a night out, in leisure time – friends' weddings, the Baftas, whippet racing...
The Versace Haute Couture show in Paris yesterday

Viva Versace! After eight years away, Donatella takes glamour back to the top

Is the ultimate luxury label out of step with the times? Not at Paris fashion week. Susannah Frankel on a rousing return

Urban hang-outfitters: Inside the chain's new store in Newcastle

Bright Sparks: Urban Outfitters

Urban Outfitters may have been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons, but it's still one of the loudest and proudest personalities on the high street, says Harriet Walker

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The Super Bowl: The greatest show on turf

Forget the game – it's about so much more than that
The $18bn family feud that is a real-life Australian soap opera

The $18bn family feud

A messy court case has shed light on Australia's richest and most secretive family
What happens when an uncontacted tribe meets 'civilisation'?

What happens when an uncontacted tribe meets 'civilisation'?

Margarita Mbywangy's tribe was nearly wiped out when the modern world came calling
Britain’s first benefit refugees

Britain’s first benefit refugees

Single mothers reliant on the state are among the first and biggest victims of the Government’s welfare reforms
Science behind the big freeze: is climate change bringing the Arctic to Europe?

Science behind the big freeze

A loss of sea ice could be a cause of the bitter winds that have swept across the UK in the past week, weather experts say
Divine duck: Mark Hix cooks with the most succulent of birds

Divine duck: Mark Hix cooks with the most succulent of birds

It's the perfect ingredient with which to create these warming winter dishes.
On the waterfront: Frank Meadow Sutcliffe's Whitby

On the waterfront: Frank Meadow Sutcliffe's Whitby

In the photographer's day, Whitby was a place of Bram Stoker stories, gambolling urchins and an endlessly photogenic sea.
Burma back on the map: Tourism returns to South-east Asia’s forbidden land

Travel: Burma is back on the map

South-east Asia’s forbidden land has plenty to entice visitors – and with the travel boycott at an end, they are sure to arrive in numbers.
Spiritual travel for atheists: Do pilgrimages have a place in modern society?

Do pilgrimages have a place in modern society?

Their ideals should be applied to journeys today too, says Alain de Botton.
48 Hours: Mainz

48 Hours in Mainz

This German city where the Rhine and Main meet is gearing up for carnival season.
The artist vandalising advertising with poetry

Poetic vandalism

Q&A with Scottish artist Robert Montgomery whose new show opened in London today
Bonus backlash: PM urged to block rail chief's payout

Bonus backlash

PM urged to block rail chief's payout
Universities set to lose £5.6bn as overseas applications plummet

Universities set to lose £5.6bn...

... as overseas applications plummet
From here to obscurity: the young star who found that fame is fickle

From here to obscurity

The young star who found that fame is fickle
The 'ghost bike' revolt: families demand action on cyclist deaths

The 'ghost bike' revolt

Families demand action on cyclist deaths