Azzedine Alaïa obituary
Fashion designer with a gift for personal couture whose clients included Grace Jones, Madonna and Naomi Campbell
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Forget fur – is it time to stop wearing wool?
Animal rights charity Peta is best known for its naked anti-fur stunts, but these days it is more worried about wool. Co-founder Ingrid Newkirk explains why shearing is sheer cruelty
Time to trade in your shades: this summer’s top sunglasses
From the updated 50s cat-eye to old-school looks to an homage to Prince, this season’s frames will always leave you sunny-side up
How Beyoncé’s Instagram pregnancy makes her a modern fertility goddess
The latest images from eight months of fabulous photo ops show the singer at her ‘push party’ wearing west African wax prints and a tie-dye bikini, with a henna tattoo on her naked belly
Unlimited editions: how the music box set has managed to survive
High-profile new box sets from Beyoncé, Radiohead and the Beatles are appealing to an audience still willing to spend big on physical media
Hello yellow! The future of power dressing is bright
As worn by Alicia Vikander at the Oscars, Beyoncé in Lemonade and now Emma Watson as a feisty new Belle, the yellow dress is a curveball piece for a curveball era