Alexander McQueen leads the way forward at London Collections: Men
Sarah Burton shows a vision for the future of McQueen, while Jimmy Choo makes its catwalk debut
Jess Cartner-Morley
Michael Kors and the £300 It bag
The luxury market has pushed prices ever higher – but few women can afford £1,000 handbags. How did one designer bring things back within reach?
How did Alexander McQueen’s Savage Beauty become fit for a princess?
From its starring role in the Duchess of Cambridge’s tour wardrobe, to a forthcoming retrospective at the V&A, the McQueen brand is riding high. So how did a label known for avant-garde fashion become the duchess’s go-to supplier of elegant pastel outfits?
Spring fashion: eight pieces you need for a right-now wardrobe
Leap into a fashionable spring with these excellent transitional pieces for those weeks when the weather can’t make its mind up
From bomb sites to Bulgari: V&A falls under the spell of Italian glamour
A new exhibition charts how postwar Italy transformed the world’s perceptions of it, using its greatest export: style
The great British fashion invasion: how UK designers are taking on the world
The big French luxury fashion conglomerates have been making unprecedented investment in young UK designers lately, and no wonder – the current crop of British talent is some of the most forward-looking anywhere in the world