I never set out to stick my knife into a restaurant – but some just deserve it

The Observer restaurant critic’s most biting reviews have now been collected in a book. Here, he defends the art of negative criticism – after all, it’s just a part of the job

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

Imran Amed: meet fashion’s most influential man

Imran Amed’s website, the Business of Fashion, is the oracle of the style world. As its top 500 power list is published, we ask how he’s got designers and editors hanging on his every word

Anya Hindmarch Chubby Cloud Installation

  To celebrate London Fashion Week, British accessories designer Anya Hindmarch creates ‘Chubby Cloud’, an experiential installation inspired by the cloud motif in her Autumn Winter 2018/ 2019 Chubby Collection. Located in Banqueting House London, visitors will be able to climb on and sink into the world’s largest bean bag under the only in-situ Rubens … Read more

Burberry to stop burning unsold items after green criticism

Company will reuse, repair or recycle products and end use of real fur

Thirty years at Vogue: how Anna Wintour changed the way the world gets dressed

In her years as editor of American Vogue, Wintour has invented soft power dressing and become as famous as her celebrity cover stars. Lionised and satirised, respected and feared – could she now be ready to abdicate?