Meme or marketing? How Balenciaga made a cheap laundry bag a must-have
Balenciaga’s bag for autumn has just gone on sale at £975 – and thanks to social media it is fast becoming accessory of the season
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Kering Parsons ‘Empowering Imagination’ competition winners
Kering and Parsons School of Fashion for 5th “Empowering Imagination” contest. For the fifth year in a row, Kering luxury group, the French luxury goods holding company owner of Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Brioni, Gucci, Puma, Volcom, Saint Laurent and other high-end brands, and Parsons School of Fashion rolled out the ‘Empowering Imagination’ design competition. The competition … Read more
How to crash the Oscars’ swag bag and get your goodies into celebs’ hands
Follow these simple rules and your outlandish products could feature in the goody bag presented to Oscar nominees. Meringue tiara, anyone?
Why it’s OK to wear sunglasses in winter
Wearing shades in December used to scream ‘show-off’. But now – public service announcement! – they’re actually quite fashionable
Wrap it up, guys: scarf semantics for men
What with it being cold and windy, scarves are likely to be in your ‘essential’ wardrobe. How to tie yours depends on your mood – and your muse. From Idris Elba to Count von Bismarck, here are four ways
Beats surrender: how headphones became the must-have accessory this Christmas
Mum, dad, kids, the professional footballers in your life … all will be happy this year with some ludicrously expensive cans