The September issues: autumn’s big fashion magazines digested

From Vogue to Elle, we read 1,450 pages of the biggest fashion magazine September issues, so you don’t have to. Here’s what you need to know

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

Why does Burberry destroy its products and how is it justified?

News that British fashion label destroyed £28m of clothes and cosmetics has raised questions

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

Paris honours savoir-faire of fashion favourite Sonia Rykiel

The 50th anniversary show distills the late designer’s style, artistic heir Julie de Libran says