Japanese company named as biggest online retailer of ivory and whale meat
Conservation groups say Rakuten’s website carries 28,000 adverts for elephant ivory and 1,200 for whale products
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Paris museum offers Picasso a bigger canvas as it prepares for reopening
The €52m transformation of the 17th-century Hôtel Salé has been undermined by delays and controversy over the cost
Suzy Menkes leaves International Herald Tribune for Vogue
70-year-old British writer, one of the Tribune’s most high-profile assets, joins Condé Nast title
Why black models are rarely in fashion
The women we see on the cover of magazines and striding down catwalks are still overwhelmingly white, but the fashion industry needs to wake up to the diversity of its customers
More Ferraris sold in the UK than anywhere else in Europe
Record numbers of tailor-made cars, which cost at least £151,000, sold in Britain last year despite rising prices
Giorgio Armani’s Milan fashion week collection: spare and consistent
The elder statesman of Italian fashion delivers a collection that continues the Armani agenda of ‘non-ostentatious elegance’