fashion
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What to wear this autumn – in picturesFrom sock boots, bumbags and baseball caps to tartan skirts, jumpsuits and polo necks, here’s how to keep cosy in style -
The key shows – in picturesFrom Saint Laurent’s open-air extravaganza held under the Eiffel Tower to a backdrop of six waterfalls at Chanel: the Observer’s Jo Jones and Helen Seamons pick their highlights from the Paris shows
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The nine fashion compliments your wardrobe needsLooking chic is so last season. The news in from Paris fashion week is that you know you’re looking good when someone compares you to Frankenstein, a dry cleaner’s bag or even dessert -
Lagerfeld retains Coco Chanel strengths in Paris fashion week spectacleLate designer’s fierce elegance and formidable character represented in front of six 10m high waterfalls at Grand Palais -
The spectacular catwalks of Alexandre de BetakFrom Christian Dior to John Galliano and Raf Simons, the ‘Fellini of fashion’ has revolutionised the world of shows over the past 25 years, 1,000 shows and counting
shopping
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Guide to statement earrings – in picturesFrom ‘chandelier’ to ‘door knocker’, the statement earring is this season’s accessory of choice. It’s a game changer for any look
talking points
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‘I got out pretty unscathed’In the early 80s, she was the most famous teenager on the planet – modelling for Calvin Klein and hanging out at Studio 54. What happened next?
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The stylist who turned internet culture into fashionMeet Marni Senofonte, the super-stylist who knows what’s on trend way before you do
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Five autumn/winter 2017 trends decodedDo the maths on this autumn’s key looks. Add a fraction of geography teacher to your corduroy, double the drama with a dash of disco or multiply the power of red by going woke. Whatever the variables, these are the equations that result in maximum style this season
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Cara Delevingne on her teenage depressionModel and actor tells magazine her depression as a teenager left her feeling alienated and suicidal
news
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Clare Waight Keller's first Givenchy show is sweetness and lightThe French fashion house’s first female creative director nodded to its heritage with a breezy femininity
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Si Newhouse obituaryCondé Nast chairman who was the architect of the magazine company’s huge global success
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The rise of Saffiyah KhanIn April, a photo of Saffiyah Khan confronting a member of the EDL in Birmingham went viral. Now the activist and artist has turned her attention to the fashion industry in a bid to make a change
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Fashion's new favourite decadeLeggings, logos, skaters and supermodels ruled at Milan fashion week, as the big name designers rolled back the years
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How to decode Meghan Markle’s sartorial messagingThe actor and Prince Harry made their first public appearance at the Invictus Games in Toronto – and her clothes conveyed as much as the hand-holding
men's fashion
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Razors‘I’m always looking for that perfect razor to take along with me on shoots,’ says Marc Goldfinger, 29, our All Ages model
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What I wore this week: orangeIt feels inevitable that the colour so synonymous with a decade of wrongness should return
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Menswear editor's picks: 90s style is back - in picturesThe 90s style reign continues but forget about grunge. Think Britpop sportswear meets students’ union chic fleeces, with a touch of rave
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Why does Steve Bannon wear all his shirts at once?The former White House chief strategist appeared on 60 Minutes on Sunday in his favourite look – two shirts on top of each other, plus a blazer for added warmth
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The unforgiving trend of sheath frocksThe plain fact is that the average girl, let alone the average woman, is not designed to wear the new sheath dresses
the shows
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Prada is sublime on the catwalk, but financial uptick is still to be feltWomen dominate the decor and the soundtrack in spirited display of defiance by designer Miuccia Prada
the fashion autumn/winter 2017
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“I don’t know why people would want to look at me"The original Vetements muse, Paul Hameline is a blank canvas who can look like Marc Almond one minute and Charlotte Rampling the next. Here he talks blueberries, boredom and Balenciaga
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"My brother was the king, and my whole world had crashed around me”Twenty years after her brother’s death, Donatella Versace on how she’s learnt to follow her instincts and make the family business her own
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Why we're all dressing modestly nowHemlines are down, necklines up – and there are complicated politics behind fashion’s embrace of a looser silhouette
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How Jean-Michel Basquiat created his lookHe was one of the most dazzling artists of his generation – but Jean-Michel Basquiat’s eclectic approach to dressing was a work of art in itself
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Breastfeeding on the front row: a beginner's guideSusie Lau’s working life as a fashion blogger changed dramatically when she had her daughter in January. What’s it really like when you’re breastfeeding between couture shows, or flying to Gucci’s cruise show with a five-month-old in tow?
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Why the beret is back on the frontline of fashionThis season the beret is back. Long-term wearer Eva Wiseman charts its chequered history, and explains why she’ll always be a fan
regulars
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Fashion for all agesFashion for all agesThe best cord pieces for men of all ages – in picturesHow to wear corduroy, whatever your age
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Paris fashion week Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion