Stella McCartney: ‘Only 1% of clothing is recycled. What are we doing?’

The designer’s ethical stance made her a style outsider – but now the industry is finally catching up. Ahead of a new V&A show, she talks about reclaiming her name, the joy of nature and the trouble with fast fashion

Top of the pots: the smashing rise of ceramics

Record auction prices, pottery classes bursting at the seams, Instagram superstars and innovative young artists … what’s behind the boom in all things clay?

Transfer hemline day – who’s gone where in menswear’s transfer window?

There has been a spate of big-name moves at the top of some of the most famous houses. Here’s the lineup for the next season

Damien Hirst hates sausages! How Instagram became art’s new playground

Twisted selfies from Cindy Sherman, strange fruit from Wolfgang Tillmans, skull revelations from Damien Hirst … as artists muscle in on the app, what have we learned about them?

Fashion rules to dress by this spring

From frill-seeking and weekend suits to trench hype and designer hoodies, here’s how to update your wardrobe this season

Totally Mexico: how fashion stole Frida Kahlo

A new V&A exhibition examines the artist’s enduring image. But is fashion’s co-opting of her aesthetic reductive or true to her maverick spirit?