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From cotton fields to high street racks, fashion bids to be 100% sustainable

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Conservation charity WWF and online brand AwayToMars aim to make desirable clothes that have zero impact on the environment

Let loose: how the corset became the new female power suit

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Following the lead of Vivienne Westwood and Madonna, feminist designers are refashioning the Victorian underwear as street-style overwear

Gucci, Versace, D&G … now top brands target fashion for kids

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The designer childrenswear market is thriving even as parents count pennies

£220,000: the price super-rich will pay to keep their privacy

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Call for greater transparency as wealthy foreigners fork out to avoid registering London properties

Luxury brands feed demand for return of UK’s cotton and knitwear mills

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Designers in the UK are turning their backs on global manufacturing and bringing jobs to an industry that is backing homegrown talent

A bigger splash: 35kg book of David Hockney’s artworks costs £1,750

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Limited edition tome weighing in at 35kg has 450 prints dating back to 1953 – and a stand in the artist’s trademark colours