The good, the glad and the celebrities: Burberry hails return of the poncho

British fashion house thanks spaghetti western-style reversible garment for 9% growth in like-for-like sales in past year

Apple Watch launch swaps high-street crowds for high-end fashionistas

Waiters serving iced tea among luxury goods at Selfridge’s may be more discreet than the public queues of the past, but shoppers are still high on anticipation

The innovators: build and launch your own satellite … for £20,000

Technology used in mobile phones and laptops can now be used to track planes, follow tankers seized by pirates and even spot people flouting planning laws

From antibiotics to fossil fuels: the inconvenient truth about sustainability

Humanity has spent the last century creating life-changing luxuries. Here’s why our next move should be learning how to wean ourselves off these wonders

Chanel testing the e-commerce approach

Chanel set to launch an e-commerce option next year. Inevitably, French luxury house Chanel could not resist the online progress and the opportunities offered by online retailing. Chanel joins Fendi, the latest luxury brand to embrace e-commerce. At the brand’s Salzburg-New York event the maison unveiled that it is set to launch an e-commerce option … Read more

Fur trade booming after swing from fashion faux pas to catwalk favourite

Figures show farmers stepping up production to meet soaring demand for mink, sable, fox and ferret pelts