A rare interview with Comme des Garçons designer Rei Kawakubo

High-concept, high-fashion and radical, designer Kawakubo is considered the queen of fashion. Jess Cartner-Morley meets the designer at her headquarters in Paris

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Pink: the History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Colour at FIT

  The Museum at FIT (the Fashion Institute of Technology) in New York, regarded as one of the most important museums in the world, hosts Pink: the History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Colour, an exhibition exploring the changeable meaning of the colour pink over the last three centuries.   In its two sections (one … Read more

The bright side: why women fell out of love with black

For decades it has been synonymous with timeless chic – but now joyful, attention-grabbing colours are pushing it out of the wardrobe

McQueen directors: ‘Fashion creates icons, then isolates them’

The makers of a new doc about the late designer tell how they set out to present a nuanced picture of an insecure man and his joyful adventures

Clare Waight Keller’s second Givenchy couture show celebrates its founder’s legacy

A collection focusing on the pas de deux between the designer and his muse Audrey Hepburn

The Fragrance Foundation 2018 Awards paid tribute to legends of the fragrance world

  The Fragrance Foundation 2018 Awards winners. The recognition is like an Oscar for a perfumer. The Fragrance Foundation Announces Winners Of Its 2018 Awards. The star-studded event celebrated fragrance atits finest and paid tribute to legends of the fragrance world. The 2018 winners of The Fragrance Foundation Awards were announced at Lincoln Center’s Alice … Read more