Yoko Ono: ‘To be an artist you need courage’

For more than 50 years Yoko Ono has been campaigning – for peace, for feminism, for gun control and, most recently, against fracking. This tireless activism, she says, is at the heart of her work as an artist. Alex Needham meets her at home in New York

From basic hair to dirty-stop-out chic: summer style lessons from couture

Haute couture is fashion at its most eye-wateringly expensive and extravagant – but, from mussing up your ponytail to reclaiming pink, some of the shows’ strongest styling tips can be adopted for free

The house always wins: Chanel show takes a spin at grand casino glamour

Karl Largerfeld’s Hollywoodification of fashion continues with Julianne Moore and Kristen Stewart adding to the cocktail chic at Paris’s Grand Palais

Body building: welcome to Beyoncé towers

Queen Bey’s curves have inspired a new skyscraper. But it’s by no means the only superstar-shaped building out there

Christian Dior is all abloom in nod to Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights

Raf Simons’ take on florals had little to do with the allure of flowers – his couture fashion show was instead a bold commentary on the commodification of beauty

Donna Karan’s greatest fashion achievements

The US designer is leaving the helm of the fashion house she launched in the mid-1980s. From designing clothes for real women to championing a female president, this is why she will be missed