Who are the big winners at the 2017 Walpole British Luxury Awards

In Walpole’s 25th anniversary year, and 16th year of the Walpole British Luxury Awards, over 300 top luxury industry creatives, executives and influencers gathered to applaud those brands and individuals that have excelled over the past 12 months through trailblazing quality, craftsmanship, design, innovation or experience. Past winners have included VICTORIA BECKHAM, ROLLS- ROYCE MOTOR … Read more

Azzedine Alaïa obituary

Fashion designer with a gift for personal couture whose clients included Grace Jones, Madonna and Naomi Campbell

Joan Smalls “Off Duty” Closet: Supermodel-level style introduced to luxury hotel guests and fashion fans on-the-go

Joan Smalls and W Hotels “Off Duty” Closet. Supermodel Joan Smalls has been putting her passion to work with luxury hospitality brand W Hotels since March 2017,  developing insider guides and shaping the brand’s global fashion platform with an expert eye. Last week, W Hotels announced the debut of the exclusive “Off Duty” Closet, the … Read more

‘I never used to eat salads’: how to look like Kate Moss (according to Kate Moss)

How does the supermodel exercise? Can she cook? And what’s on the menu? (Spoiler: eggs, roasts and sometimes a bit of salad.) Here, she reveals her beauty secrets

Nicola Glass is joining Tapestry’s Kate Spade as the new Creative Director

Tapestry, the leading New York-based house of modern luxury accessories and lifestyle brands, announced the appointment of Nicola Glass as Creative Director of Kate Spade. She is expected to join the company early in the new calendar year, and will succeed Deborah Lloyd, the brand’s current creative director who, in the wake of the Tapestry … Read more

The ridiculous rise of luxury advent calendars – from £500 beauty boxes to pork scratchings

In the countdown to Christmas, chocolates don’t cut it any more. This year has brought an avalanche of offerings – with cosmetics and drinks brands and shops such as Selfridges and Liberty pitching extravagant surprises at adult buyers