Tag: Article
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Charlotte Dellal: ‘I named my bag collection after men, as I’d rather have a man on my arm’
Charlotte Dellal, designer of fanciful high heels and luxury bags, knows shoes inside and out. Alice Fisher meets her in Mayfair to talk glamour, fashion and fun
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Zaha Hadid’s Tokyo Olympic stadium slammed as a ‘monumental mistake’ and a ‘disgrace to future generations’
The 2020 Olympic stadium has faced two years of widespread criticism and budget cuts. Now prominent Japanese architect Arata Isozaki has launched a blistering attack on the designsZaha Hadid: ‘I don’t make nice little buildings’
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One of world’s best private collections gets public airing in Madrid gallery
The Abelló Collection on display at CentroCentro Cibeles includes pieces by Picasso, Dali, Matisse and Miro
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Sydney’s One Central Park wins world’s best tall building award
An apartment block in Chippendale impressed jurors for its sustainable design concepts, including green walls and water recycling program • The world’s best tall buildings of 2014 – in pictures
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How the first world war changed women’s fashion
A new book, Dressed for War, reveals how Land Girls, shorter hem lines and Coco Chanel marked a sea change in the way women dressed after world war one
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Why fashion loves to revive heritage brands
The trademarks for Poiret fashion house are up for auction this month, which suggests the heritage brand might see a revival. From Carven to Schiaparelli, Lauren Cochrane reports on why labels love to relaunch