What we learned from London Fashion Week
From the revival of big sleeves and old cardies to dressing in parrot green and keeping it personal, here are the 10 lessons from this year’s shows
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The eco guide to plastic bags
Here’s how to change your shopping habits when one-use disposable bags are taxed in England from 5 October
Forget fashion shops: how designers embraced art exhibitions
In fashion, it’s all about the blockbuster exhibition, with multiple fashion houses staging their own exhibitions. Is it more than mere vanity?
Looking for a future classic?
As the capital gears up to unveil this year’s most exciting new product and furniture designs, David Nicholls picks out five favourites
Are biodynamic products worth the money?
With its holistic approach, biodynamics really makes a difference
Yoko Ono: ‘To be an artist you need courage’
For more than 50 years Yoko Ono has been campaigning – for peace, for feminism, for gun control and, most recently, against fracking. This tireless activism, she says, is at the heart of her work as an artist. Alex Needham meets her at home in New York