Chanel haute couture show proposes a new catwalk silhouette

Karl Lagerfeld finds beauty beyond the thin with iconoclastic collection that features ovoid-shaped skirts and padded-out hips

Oscar nominations 2017: the full list

All the nominations for the 89th Academy Awards, which take place on 26 February at the Dolby theatre in Hollywood

La La Land equals record for most Oscar nominations

Dior offers pure escapism with fairytale haute couture show

Designer Maria Grazia Chiuri moved from her debut’s feminist T-shirts into a fantasy world that heralded a bold new attitude

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie: faces of the new ‘global citizen class’?

Research finds tens of thousands of ultra-rich individuals buying multiple homes in the planet’s most desirable locations

We are destroying rainforests so quickly they may be gone in 100 years

At current rates of deforestation, rainforests will vanish altogether in a century. Stopping climate change will remain an elusive goal unless poor nations are helped to preserve them

Twelve things you need to know about driverless cars

By 2025 most of today’s drivers are unlikely to even want to own a car. But will we still have gridlock? Will you need to pass a test? We asked the experts