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    • Tuesday, 13 February, 2024
      InterviewFashion
      Designer Giles Deacon: ‘I never wanted a billion-dollar business’

      A shift to couture a decade ago has proved a masterstroke, attracting a stellar list of clients and off-the-wall collaborations

      Giles Deacon in light brown suit sits on a director’s chair in a studio, with three outfits on mannequins behind him
    • Monday, 12 February, 2024
      HTSI
      For sale: a treasure trove of rare British textiles

      Fashion designer Georgina von Etzdorf, who dressed Mick Jagger and David Bowie, is parting with her kaleidoscopic wares 

      GvE&Co Dragons print, 1984
    • Friday, 19 January, 2024
      Olivier Rousteing talks glamour and gold at Balmain menswear

      After a four-year hiatus, the designer is staging a major men’s catwalk show

      A man in a black hat and large black blazer with white polka-dots
    • Wednesday, 11 October, 2023
      Fashion
      British-made women’s suits that won’t break the bank

      With Kipper Club, stylist Sarah Corbett-Winder parlays her penchant for glamorous maximalism into mid-priced tailoring

      A woman in a beige suit a glasses leans against the wall of a cafe
    • Friday, 7 July, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      Fashion and design kudos makes Milan a magnet for jewellers

      Luxury brands are not only expanding their retail presence in the city but are also drawing on the region’s artisanal traditions

      People with umbrellas on a rainy day walk past a huge signboard of Gucci
    • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
      The Art of Fashion
      The Art of Fashion: Jewellery

      Our annual look at the glistening world of jewellery includes an interview with Cartier’s creative director Jacqueline Karachi, a personal reflection on why cufflinks are still meaningful and glimpses into the working methods of emerging and established designers

      female model wearing a white dress and a necklace
    • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
      The Art of FashionThe Art of Fashion: Jewellery
      The designers modernising men’s jewellery

      Meet the emerging designers challenging tradition

    • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
      The Art of FashionThe Art of Fashion: Jewellery
      The playful fine jewellery that ‘pops’ on social media

      Everyday objects rendered in precious materials are proving a hit with digital-first consumers

      Panconesi Diamanti pearl earrings in rhodium-plated brass and iridescent agate
    • Wednesday, 7 June, 2023
      InterviewStyle
      Silvia Venturini Fendi: ‘To be noticed, you need to be decorated’

      The eponymous brand’s head of accessories and menswear on the meaning of Roman style, the value of artisans, and Baguette bags for men

    • Wednesday, 5 April, 2023
      The Art of Fashion: Fantastic Shapes
      Heart and soles: the rising stars of shoemaking

      Meet the new-generation luxury footwear designers with a talent for innovation and a passion for responsible materials

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      HTSI
      Dior, diamonds and Duncan Grant – the passions of Kim Jones

      Obsessed with the Bloomsbury Group since childhood, the Dior Men’s designer has amassed one of the world’s greatest collections of its works. Is he also creating a comparable gang for 2023?

      Kim Jones photographed in Duncan Grant’s studio at Charleston farmhouse, Sussex
    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      ObituaryPaco Rabanne
      Paco Rabanne, fashion designer, 1934-2023

      He used metal and plastic to create some of the 1960s most iconic looks

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      Watches & Jewellery
      Fernando Jorge: ‘When Beyoncé bought my earrings, I went from being a designer to a brand’

      Celebrity customers catapulted the Brazilian into the jewellery spotlight. Now, with a Mayfair showroom, he is plotting his next steps

      A middle-aged man wearing a t-shirt, arms crossed in front of his body, looking directly at the camera
    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      ReviewFashion shows
      Paris menswear: ready-to-wear with a couture spirit

      Saint Laurent showed polished power, while Margiela played on ideas of the handmade

      Model wearing white top and black trousers on a catwalk
    • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
      Style
      Oscar de la Renta is done ‘keeping up with the Joneses’

      The New York-based luxury brand is stepping away from fashion weeks as it prioritises profits over market share

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    • Thursday, 17 November, 2022
      Fashion
      Kingdom of Dreams — the making of modern luxury as a ‘gothic fairytale’

      A behind-the-scenes documentary charts the rise of the fashion world’s biggest luxury labels

    • Friday, 7 October, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      A century of surrealism on show in London exhibition

      The Design Museum will play host to more than 300 objects and pieces of jewellery that pay homage to the work of Dali, Cocteau, Man Ray and more

      Dali’s ‘Metamorphosis of Narcissus’ (1937)
    • Monday, 29 August, 2022
      InterviewFashion
      The Paris luxury label that whispers not shouts

      Designer Marie-Christine Statz on why her Gauchere creations help people be themselves, stylishly

      The designer in black jacket and black top
    • Wednesday, 24 August, 2022
      The Art of Fashion
      The Art of Fashion: Autumn 2022

      For our autumn fashion special, we preview a season that marks both a return to elegance and a re-grounding in the essentials: familiar clothes enlivened by clever design details. We also speak to Rick Owens, Marni’s Francesco Risso and the Ukrainian designers who are continuing to keep their businesses afloat, and their teams employed, amid war

      A photograph of designer Rick Owens, wearing a long white jacket but with bare chest and bare legs
    • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
      Fashion
      Streetwear’s Nigo is making ‘real-to-wear’ for LVMH’s Kenzo

      The paterfamilias of streetwear is now leading the LVMH-owned label — and keeping the fashion ‘genuinely wearable’

    • Monday, 20 June, 2022
      The Art of FashionThe Art of Fashion: jewellery 2022
      Balmain’s golden boy Olivier Rousteing breaks new ground

      Following a slew of firsts in the creative director’s decade-long tenure at the French label, Olivier Rousteing is overseeing the launch of another: a genderless fine jewellery collection

      A young bald-headed man standing beside a gilded mirror, wearing a suit, two wristwatches and leather bracelets
    • Monday, 20 June, 2022
      The Art of Fashion
      The Art of Fashion: jewellery 2022

      Our annual look at the finely worked metals and gemstones that are not only beautiful to behold and to shoot — as seen in our sneak peek of Louis Vuitton’s high jewellery collection — but also increasingly vital for luxury businesses

    • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
      The Art of FashionThe Art of Fashion: the British issue
      Why Vivienne Westwood still rules

      Her designs from the ’80s and ’90s are finding an appreciative new audience on TikTok — and bolstering demand for vintage pieces

      Andreas Kronthaler and Vivienne Westwood
    • Friday, 1 April, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      In with the fashion crowd: fine jewellers become less precious about trends

      With styles that are more experimental than enduring, designers are engaging a younger clientele

      Pharrell Williams wearing diamond sunglasses, attends the Kenzo Fall/Winter 2022/2023 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 23, 2022
    • Sunday, 27 February, 2022
      New York label Vaquera is making ‘fashion fan-fiction’

      The brand behind a dress resembling a Tiffany jewellery pouch is showing at Paris Fashion Week for the first time

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