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Cool 'n' the gang: winter style

Big freeze special: As the cold snap continues it's tempting to let style go out of the window, but Emma McCarthy found many young Londoners still determined to raise the fashion temperature Comments (3)

Pants: the new perfume

For fashion houses and cash-hungry celebrities alike, the launch of a fragrance has always been the standard way to build on a burgeoning brand of merchandise - at least until now Comments

Arctic fur with the polar bear look

Access your inner Frozen Planet - the polar look ensures you keep the big chill at bay, says Karen Dacre Comments

Brinkley is one of the ladies in red

Christie Brinkley has lost none of her presence after 40 years as a model Comments (1)

Florence Welch: from wild child to Chanel's new muse

Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine tells Kenya Hunt about her career highs and lows and an inspiring friendship with Karl Lagerfeld Comments

Hot to trot, Miss Piggy's in town

This Miss Piggy wears make-up, this Miss Piggy runs Vogue, this Miss Piggy really, really, really, really loves her mobile phone Comments (1)

The boys are back in town

London's new menswear event is set to be a corker, says Karen Dacre. Not before time... Comments

Chanel takes high fashion into space

Karl Lagerfeld took the fashion world on a flight of fancy as his latest haute couture collection for Chanel was unveiled in Paris Comments

Gallery: Karl Lagerfeld's Chanel show

Stark raving style

What does a ferocious use of colour, a haphazard approach to print and a slouchy silhouette call to mind? Why, the Nineties, of course, says Karen Dacre. The decade is back with a vengeance Comments

Losing your grip

This season's It bag is the hands-free clutch, says Karen Dacre. Go on, make life easier Comments (3)

Trainers are the new heels

The devil wears Prada but the people wear plimsolls. At least so says the nameless footwear store on Cheshire Street, off Brick Lane, where the slogan is scrawled in black marker pen above the door Comments

James Long's spring/ summer collection from London Fashion Week in September 2011

Menswear is looking good as London gets its first 'boys only' fashion week

Men's fashion is already a key growth area in London. Now the capital is to get its own "boys only" fashion week for the first time Comments (3)

Reiss relishes the Kate Middleton effect

The Kate Middleton Effect picked up serious pace in 2011. No one enjoyed this more than high-street chain Reiss, who at the end of last year reported an increase in sales from �85 million to �95 million after being championed by the Duches Comments (1)

Red, white, blue dresses at Golden Globes

Seeing red, white and blue at the Golden Globes

Some stars flew the flag and others flopped at the Brit-dominated Golden Globes in LA Comments (1)

Marching into 2012: the fashion pack aiming to grab the attention

The fash pack has got its work cut out to compete for attention with the you-know-what this year. No problem. Karen Dacre lines up the solid gold designers, models and trends Comments

The Karl Lagerfeld collective

Days after its launch, the new KARL collection is already a hit with the capital's fashion fraternity. Patrick Marks photographed a few of our favourites wearing their purchases from the collection Comments

Moschino Cheap and Chic, left, and Richard Nicoll

Fashion up close and personal

Designers are shunning the catwalk in favour of intimate private viewings, says Karen Dacre Comments

London College of Fashion MA show at the V&A

The shapes of things to come in fashion

Fashion was given the sci-fi touch by London College of Fashion graduates in their final collections, shown at the V&A Museum in South Kensington Comments (1)

Kate Moss models for Mango

Having modelled for everyone from Calvin Klein to Versace, Kate Moss has a wardrobe most of us can only dream of. But she is no fashion snob Comments

Feeling prugly?

The new season's must-have beauty looks are pretty ugly. Karen Dacre and Emma McCarthy face up to the detail Comments

True blue: fashion tips from Thatcher

The fash pack had homed in on Margaret Thatcher's trademark shade before the biopic was even released. Emma McCarthy charts the former PM's colour legacy Comments

The year of the older model

Something revolutionary is stirring in the fashion business as teenage waifs, so long the catwalk staple, give way to more mature faces. Karen Dacre reports Comments