Life and style

Gucci owner gets teeth into snakeskin market with python farm

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Luxury group Kering says snakes will be raised in the ‘best conditions’ before they are turned into shoes, bags and belts

Chanel haute couture show proposes a new catwalk silhouette

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Karl Lagerfeld finds beauty beyond the thin with iconoclastic collection that features ovoid-shaped skirts and padded-out hips

Dior offers pure escapism with fairytale haute couture show

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Designer Maria Grazia Chiuri moved from her debut’s feminist T-shirts into a fantasy world that heralded a bold new attitude

Two for one: Louis Vuitton presents collaboration with skater label Supreme

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Logo-emblazoned bumbags and jackets abound in menswear collection that says a great deal about shifting luxury landscape

Balenciaga sitting pretty with work ethic inspiration at Paris show

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Demna Gvasalia plays with proportions of clothes in surprising ways in trademark that recalls work of house’s founder