‘It’s genuine, you know?’: why the online influencer industry is going ‘authentic’

Calamities such as Fyre Festival have tarnished the booming business of YouTube and Instagram stars. Now the industry’s top tastemakers have a new plan: keeping it real. By Sophie Elmhirst

Raf Simons on life after Calvin Klein: ‘I’ve never defined myself as a fashion designer’

In one of his first interviews since leaving the New York fashion house, Simons talks about the joy of designing textiles for Danish fabric company Kvadrat and his plans to open an art foundation

House-hunting in Silicon Valley: tech’s newly rich fuel a spectacle of excess

As flamenco dancers and baristas help show off multimillion-dollar homes, there is no longer room for the middle class

How did Apple’s AirPods go from mockery to millennial status symbol?

Back in 2016, Apple’s wireless earbuds were ridiculed by the tech industry. Now, thousands of memes later, the tables have turned

‘They can sell anything’: how the Kardashians changed fashion

As sales at Topshop and Asos fall, ultra-low-cost online retailers are booming. What’s behind their rise? The global fashion juggernaut of the Kardashians

First look inside Dior at the V&A: haute couture with a very British twist

Designer Maria Grazia Chiuri talks about aligning the fashion house with modern feminism ahead of the exhibition opening