Tag: Comment & features
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Out of the toy box and on trend: Barbie gets a style reboot
Inspired by the tiptoeing doll, shoe designer Sophia Webster has created a line of heels and flats for real women. She’s the latest fashion star attempting to bring the plastic classic up to date
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Why does fashion hate old people?
Designers appear to favour ever skinnier, sexier and youthful women to model their clothes despite only a tiny percentage of women under 40 being able to afford them. But isn’t this a reflection of society’s worst fears?
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Jane Birkin handbags Hermès – but can she get her name back?
The 1960s chanteuse wants to ‘debaptise’ the Birkin Croco bag, while an increasing number of celebrities are trademarking their names, lest fashion houses beat them to it
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How the poshed-up polo shirt became the ultimate humblebrag
René Lacoste’s sporty summer staple is back as the surprise cult item of the year, thanks to the sudden interest of the high-end fashion houses
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Celebrity daughters: fashion’s go-to replacements for their decrepit mothers
Vanessa Paradis might be mind-bogglingly beautiful at 42, but that won’t stop the fashion industry searching for a younger, thinner version. Enter 16-year-old Lily-Rose Depp
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The Osmothèque: France’s library of smells is a breath of fresh air
The collection in Versailles has the formula of every new fragrance and also stocks sniffing samples of classic perfumes to conjure up your most cherished memories. Original-formula Old Spice, anyone?