From Victoria Beckham to Erdem: the British Fashion Awards nominees

Victoria Beckham and Jourdan Dunn are among those in the running for gongs at this year’s British Fashion Awards

Thoroughly modern Stella McCartney muses over real women

The idea of the artist and their muse influenced the designer’s Paris fashion week show, but her interpretation was firmly rooted in real life

Louis Vuitton’s Nicolas Ghesquière brings digital punk to Paris catwalk

Show at Frank Gehry-designed gallery, featuring models resembling wild creatures from Mad Max, sees fashion house marry high art with big commerce

‘It’s not about fabric, it’s about dreams’: how Ralph Lauren created an empire

Though not everyone buys into his fantasy fashion world, the story of the tie salesman who went on to dress Oscar winners is a classic American Dream tale

Britain’s super-rich cash in on low interest rates with £1m mortgages

Number of £1m-plus mortgages granted to lenders has risen by a fifth, with private banks main funders of central London trophy properties

Paris fashion week: Céline’s art collaboration is a natural fit

Influential label eschews fashion circus and commissions Danish artist Thomas Poulsen, aka FOS, to create a catwalk space for its strong spring/summer show