Museum of London design shortlist: from luxury boutique to history chic

Smithfield market will be the museum’s new home, but which architectural vision should shape its future: the eye-catching one, the ghostly one, the corporate one … or the one that rings alarm bells?

The Hotel on Place Vendôme – review

Truffled antelope, anyone? Tilar J Mazzeo’s study of the Ritz hotel in Paris during Nazi occupation takes in sex, collaboration and Hermann Goring in a silk kimono

Medieval Lingerie: String bikini 500 years ago

  Scientists of Innsbruck University made a discovery that totally rewrites fashion history. An archaeological find in Austria revealed extremely well preserved linen fragments that resemble modern bras and knickers. The undergarments were among almost 3,000 fragments of clothing found in Lengberg Castle in East Tyrol during recent renovations. It is believed that women did not … Read more