Karl Lagerfeld receives Paris honour at Chanel’s greatest hits show

German designer awarded city’s highest award as autumn/winter haute couture collection deploys classic Chanelisms

Major Paris exhibition celebrates 70 years of Dior fashions

Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams also shows off the work of his successors such as John Galliano and Maria Grazia Chiuri

Bored with the gym? Why jousting is the ultimate workout

Modern-day jousters are as fit as professional footballers and tennis champions, a study has found. So what does it take to master the oldest equestrian sport?

Car, shed … elevator? The Los Angeles art spaces proving smaller is better

A range of alternative galleries have sprung up in the city, creating micro-museums that offer unique experiences not found in ‘white-walled galleries’

Haute couture fashion week gets pastels, petals and pinkness

The Rodarte show was set in a 16th-century cloister at Port-Royal Abbey – a crumbling square around a lush, overgrown garden