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Carine Roitfeld on how to nail French style
The former editor of French Vogue on why she hates trainers, obsesses over underwear and thinks diamonds are the trend of the season
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
Welcome to Astana, Kazakhstan: one of the strangest capital cities on Earth
The flashy buildings of Astana rise up implausibly from the flat plains of oil-rich Kazakhstan to form a city stuck between a Soviet past and an aspirational present
Charles Worth – the first fashion ‘dictator’
24 July 1958: An exhibition at the V&A celebrates the centenary of Charles Worth, the ‘dictator’ of women’s haute couture in the 19th and 20th century
Helen Mirren at 70: fashion gifts from a grande dame
Her 70th birthday is just around the corner, but the celebrated actor shows no signs of slowing down, shutting up or becoming invisible. We salute her fearless approach to fashion