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
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What’s new in ski resorts for the 2015/16 season …
Sleeping in an igloo, the creation of the US’s biggest ski area, a high-speed rail link to the Alps… we round up the season’s developments
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
Playgrounds for sheikhs and oligarchs: the secret world of London’s luxury hotels
With their discreet lobbies and Michelin-starred restaurants, the capital’s high-end hotels have become a new green zone of affluence, where the global super-rich book entire floors to do business away from prying eyes