Whole lotta debt: can Gibson guitars strike a chord again?

The guitar-maker favoured by everyone from Jimmy Page to Johnny Marr has filed for bankruptcy. But with old models fetching up to £200,000, the firm should still be able to trade on its reputation

Met Gala 2018: let us give thanks for the best dress code of all time

This year’s theme of Catholicism in fashion was a challenge that required a leap of faith. But from Rihanna’s pope to Lena Waithe’s rainbow-flag cape, the opening night ball was a triumph

‘A pool in the basement is a clear marker of wealth’: how the super-rich are digging down

In London’s richest boroughs vast subterranean enclaves are being carved out over several floors to house cars, wine, saunas and private nightclubs. How did underground living – once associated with poverty and disease – become an investment scheme for the uber-wealthy?

‘Vogue was my escape hatch!’ André Leon Talley on Warhol, Wintour and weight interventions

After a poor childhood, he became editor-at-large at US Vogue. He talks about racism in fashion, why he stopped reading British Vogue, his new documentary – and dressing Melania Trump

Loulou de la Falaise: Yves Saint Laurent’s reluctant muse

For 30 years, she helped Saint Laurent see things through rose-coloured glasses. A new book reveals why the troubled designer was drawn to his right-hand woman’s more-is-more style

Lifting the veil: who will design Meghan Markle’s wedding dress?

With less than a month to go until the royal wedding, speculation is mounting, with Stella McCartney, Erdem and Christopher Bailey among the runners and riders