My fashion and other animals: why flamingos and leopards are in this spring

The covers and campaigns for the new season are awash with big cats, pink birds and bouncy marsupials. What does it all mean?

Take the money and run: the rise of the £1,000 tracksuit

Previously the uniform of the underdog and the outsider, the tracksuit is this year’s power suit. But if you want the hottest brands, you’re going to need your credit card …

Marc Jacobs, Olsen twins, Alturazza, David Bowie, and Alessandro Michele among CFDA Fashion Awards nominees

The best and brightest talent in American Fashion today. It’s the moment everyone in fashion has been waiting for. This week, CFDA chairman Diane von Furstenberg and Nadja Swarovski, Member of the Executive Board, Swarovski Crystal Business, unveiled the names of those designers and fashion influencers up for the biggest nod in fashion. For Womenswear … Read more

Eight key trends from Paris: silk scarves, studenty velvets and flashy pleats

Paris fashion week featured weird trench coats, crooked hems and quilted biker jackets. And there was an up-all-night party-girl vibe thrown in for good measure

Balenciaga and Céline catwalk shows impress at Paris fashion week

Demna Gvasalia mixes old and new in blistering debut for Balenciaga, while Phoebe Philo embodies simple chic