Forget fashion shops: how designers embraced art exhibitions

In fashion, it’s all about the blockbuster exhibition, with multiple fashion houses staging their own exhibitions. Is it more than mere vanity?

A Beginner’s Guide to Buying Luxury Designer Shoes

Gucci, Prada, Marc Fisher, Christian Louboutin… you’ve probably heard about all the top designer shoe brands in the business. These trendsetters have certainly paved the way in the fashion industry. Such name brands are often the focal point of runway fashions. When you see a pair of hot luxury shoes paired with a stunning outfit, … Read more

The 10 best shoes

… ahead of a new exhibition, Shoes: Pleasure and Pain, at the V&A in London

Top London museums focus on our obsession with the shoe

Three major summer exhibitions will highlight how footwear can define and transform us

Shoes: Pleasure and Pain? Explore the transformative power of extreme footwear

V&A’s summer 2015 fashion exhibition (13 June 2015 – 31 January 2016) will explore the agonizing aspect of wearing shoes as well as the euphoria and obsession they can inspire. There are so many shoes… There are so many bizarre shoes…The transformative power of extreme footwear will be explored in the V&A’s summer 2015 fashion … Read more

Luxury brands benefit as shoppers move from festive giving to self-gifting

eBay’s Phuong Nguyen reveals the opportunity for luxury brands as consumers stop buying Christmas presents and indulge in high-end purchases