Tag: Life and style
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Etre Blank: French women on the new normcore
As body adornment becomes increasingly middle-class, French women are rebelling, creating their own normcore look
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The beauty of bikes – redesigning two wheels
The bicycle’s technical evolution and symbolic power are soon to be celebrated in Cycle Revolution at London’s Design Museum
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Sneaker peak: how Phoebe Philo made trainers high fashion
The Céline designer’s dedication to the style blazed a trail that legions of fashion fans followed. But is she about to tread a different route?
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Yes, French women are chic. But they don’t own the secret to style
The real allure of their dressing is its simplicity – and not pandering to fashion
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Cutting-edge knitting: is this the future of textiles?
Tamsin Blanchard meets the young designers using 3D technology and social media to breathe new life into knitwear
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Fashion world fears designer burnout as pressure takes its toll
As star names quit Lanvin and Christian Dior, is the business model of six high-profile collections a year sustainable?