Tag: The Guardian
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From Kardashian to couture: how Balmain got its 21st-century buzz
Olivier Rousteing, the fashion house’s 28-year-old creative director, explains why he’s obsessed with social media and star power
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Philharmonie de Paris: Jean Nouvel’s €390m spaceship crash-lands in France
Paris’s gargantuan new concert hall is two years late, cost three times what it should, and its architect even snubbed its opening … Oliver Wainwright tackles a tyrannical new mothership
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Gucci’s menswear collection defies expectations after Giannini exit
Early departure of design director sees androgyny take centre stage as long-haired, lace-clad male models rule the runway
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It’s great that Céline is celebrating Joan Didion – but to sell accessories?
The line between celebration and exploitation is a fine one – and I’m not really sure my literary hero should be fronting a fashion advertisement
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Organic farming not always best for environment, says government adviser
Lord Krebs claims that organic farming needs more land than conventional methods to produce the same yield
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Solar power drives renewable energy investment boom in 2014
Global clean energy investment leapt 16% in 2014 led by solar power surge in US and China – but Europe lags behind