Maratona dles Dolomites: a bike race of ups and downs (and little else)
The famous event in Italy’s beautiful South Tyrol is 86 stunning miles long – but with 4,000 metres of climbing. Could Peter Walker take it in the 30C-plus heat?
Life and style
From basic hair to dirty-stop-out chic: summer style lessons from couture
Haute couture is fashion at its most eye-wateringly expensive and extravagant – but, from mussing up your ponytail to reclaiming pink, some of the shows’ strongest styling tips can be adopted for free
The house always wins: Chanel show takes a spin at grand casino glamour
Karl Largerfeld’s Hollywoodification of fashion continues with Julianne Moore and Kristen Stewart adding to the cocktail chic at Paris’s Grand Palais
Christian Dior is all abloom in nod to Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights
Raf Simons’ take on florals had little to do with the allure of flowers – his couture fashion show was instead a bold commentary on the commodification of beauty
Donna Karan’s greatest fashion achievements
The US designer is leaving the helm of the fashion house she launched in the mid-1980s. From designing clothes for real women to championing a female president, this is why she will be missed
Versace couture fashion show: Paris wowed by show of chiffon-clad strength
Designer Donatella Versace’s latest collection was an extravagent show marked out by an abundance of orchids and a vulnerable, medieval vision of femininity