Make my mark: why personalisation is having a moment

The drive to make things identifiably, uniquely ours is not a new phenomenon. But in a world of mass-market goods and social media scrolling, personalisation has more power than ever

Betty Halbreich: the most famous personal shopper in the world

The 86-year-old director of personal shopping for Manhattan’s Bergdorf Goodman department store tells us she hates trends and talks about her friendship with Joan Rivers and why she loves Lena Dunham but hasn’t seen Girls