Style & Fashion

First, Carol Lim and Humberto Leon presented a khaki sweatshirt patchworked with a paisley “K” on the front for their spring 2012 debut. Their next collection included that K reworked in intarsia on wool (and snapped up by everyone in the industry whose name began with that Read More

While that may be true, there is something of a revival afoot – although the experience of a custom blend is one that few can stretch to, a small group of fragrance makers are successfully carving out a niche for themselves, and their products. One such team is that behind Shay Read More

As with so many recent developments in fashion, this explosion of interest on the part of our menfolk has been fuelled by the internet. There now exists a preponderance of menswear blogs, sating a voracious appetite for knowledge of topics from the latest in street style to the Read More

Gemma says  He’s friends with designer Henry Holland, and style-setters such as Pixie Geldof and Agyness Deyn, so it’s no wonder that the Radio 1 DJ knows a thing or two about how to dress. His style is suitably east London – think plaid shirts and baseball jackets – and he Read More

Impressed, Spawton dashed out last August to ask Ali if she could take his photo. He agreed and the pair have repeated their shoot 20 times, building up a sweet rapport and a wonderful online gallery called “What Ali Wore”. Some high-profile tweets this week have boosted t Read More

It is like any other high-fashion catwalk show – but with one small difference. This is the first Global Kids Fashion Week, and here the threat of tantrums and inappropriate behaviour comes not from the usual bitchy fashion crowd but from a pack of extravagantly styled toddlers. Read More

The British fashion designer took to Twitter to announce to followers that the new VictoriaBeckham.com website  will allow shoppers to make purchases from the website, will go live on 30th March 2013. While Beckham has had her detractors, since she first launched the line for Read More

“We opened a new market segment, a niche for others to follow,” says Yamamoto. “And even now after all this time, there is an even greater demand for a modern interpretation of sportswear. Y-3 is unique in the market and not comparable to any other brand or design cooperation. It Read More

As long as there have been fashion collections, designers have looked to the traditional dress of other cultures for inspiration. Certain designers return time and time again to favourite foreign territories; Matthew Williamson has based many a collection on the ultra-vivid Read More

L.K. Bennett is now an international luxury fashion house and leading British brand that offers sophisticated collections of shoes, clothing and accessories. However, it is important to remember that founder Linda Kristin Bennett originally became known for her line of Read More

Pit lane fanatic Suzi Perry looking to lay off the leather in pursuit of a new career move After walking away from her enviable hosting gig on BBC’s Moto GP coverage, and with Channel 5 tinkering with their line-up for next incarnation of the successful The Gadget Show series, Read More

Lagerfeld, Chanel’s creative director, will direct Knightley in the short film to mark the French fashion house’s 100th anniversary. The film is due to be shot in the seaside town Deauville, where the first Chanel boutique opened in 1913, financed by Gabrielle “CoCo” Read More

When it comes to fashion, denim is a great leveller; both classless and unisex, it can be worn in almost any social situation. And there’s one brand in particular – Levi’s – that is probably responsible for this global takeover. It is, put simply, one of the most Read More

Today, thousands of grown men across the world will join St Patrick’s Day parades wearing floppy black-felt top hats that resemble a pint of Guinness. In the majority of cases, said floppy headwear will be more upright than the wearer underneath. Great craic! Yet the Read More

Gemma Hayward: Not shaking off her Betty character, this bouffant ‘do sits well. True, she’d fit in better if it was still the 1960s, but blending in could never look this good. Hugh Montgomery: We believe this wonderful hair style could be hiding: a) an emergency Read More

Among the metallic blue and coral nail colours and soft peach and raspberry lipsticks you’ll find mascaras in blue, green, and – surely the most challenging to pull off – yellow. The new collection is said to have been inspired by butterflies, and you’ll find their new eye Read More

My younger daughter and I were a little too British to give this novel gimmick our full attention, but I watched what the other women in the audience wrote. “Oh, hang on while I clear the cobwebs away.” “Talk about a lean period.” But then I saw that someone among the largely Read More

The uglier the better, in fact, but then beauty is in the eye of the beholder. After all, the world would be a boring place if everyone had the same ideal of what was deemed beautiful. Those who like to go against the grain should look towards Rick Owens, Stella McCartney, Kenzo Read More