Wake up and smell the concrete: the rise of alt perfumes
From Comme des Garçons to Christopher Shannon, 2017’s scents are inspired by anything from building materials to milk teeth. Do their bouquets live up to the hype?
Christopher Shannon
It’s all silk and florals as gender-fluid themes dominate men’s catwalks
London fashion week’s menswear shows are less about traditional binary notions and more about anything goes
The write stuff: slogan T-shirts go haute
Statement Ts are back. But before slipping one on, beware: the words writ large might be more revealing than you think
No-drama garms – how men’s fashion came down to earth
From Christopher Shannon’s shredded EU flags to Martine Rose’s show in an indoor market, London men’s fashion week embraced day-to-day reality
Vivienne Westwood’s eco-punks close London men’s fashion week
Punk pioneer had a tear in her eye during Ecotricity, which combined plastic knifes reworked as earrings and reliably glam party dresses
Men’s fashion: five key trends
From the perpetual student to the hippy who won’t grow up, this season’s trends nod to the seven ages of man