Top 10 amazing facts you didn’t know about Coco Chanel

London Fashion Week starts on Thursday so mark it by getting acquainted with fashion designer extraordinaire Coco Chanel, from her humble beginnings to her last words on her deathbed

London Fashion Week x Mercedes-Benz International Designer Exchange Program 2016: Xiao Li

London catwalks continue to lead the way for championing break through designers. Award-winning Chinese fashion designer Xiao Li is one of China’s most promising design talents. Xiao Li had the honour of closingLondon Fashion Week this season, this accolade comes after winning the Mercedes-Benz China Designer Award 2015. Xiao Li was showcasing her Autumn/Winter 2016 … Read more

Luxury Lifestyle Awards Asia: High jeweller Ann Lin. The journey towards Haute Joaillerie

Ann Lin Haute Joaillerie: When 14 extraordinary pieces of jewellery may be enough for Golden Crown / Best Luxury Jewelry Brand Luxury Lifestyle Awards Asia. High jeweller Ann Lin was born in Taiwan but left country when she was 15 to follow her passion for both art and jewellery. After getting several international design awards, she … Read more

British Vogue at 100: how a magazine pictured a nation in style

It wouldn’t be ‘Vogueland’ without Shrimpton and Moss, Bailey and Beaton, but this new exhibition of Vogue images at the National Portrait Gallery also offers a long record of British life, from Woolf to Winterson, Bowie to Beckham

Warhol goes unseen but life’s a beach for Martin Parr – the week in art

The pop master shows his sly side, Calder prizewinners display poise, and the great British photographer heads on holiday – all in your weekly art dispatch