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Karen Dacre, Fashion Editor

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A fashion free for all

Although scoring that front-row seat may still be a pipe dream for most style-mad Londoners, there's no need to miss out on the London Fashion Week action

The world of fashionomics

When it comes to staging fashion shows, Marc Jacobs isn't known for his frugality. Quite the opposite, in fact

Olympics boost £100m Fashion Week

London is set for the most star-studded Fashion Week ever, with sales forecast to surpass £100million as the capital cashes in on hosting the Olympics

Olympics boost £100m Fashion Week

London is set for the most star-studded Fashion Week ever, with sales forecast to surpass £100 million as the capital cashes in on hosting the Olympics

Scandimania: why we fall for Swedish style

Clean, uncluttered lines, effortless elegance and a talent for keeping costs low has put certain Nordic brands at the top of every fashionable Londoner's wish list, says Karen Dacre

Furstenberg splashes colour into New York

An unfaltering affection for colour that packs a punch has long defined Diane von Furstenberg's place in the American fashion industry

Red carpet rivals: Baftas v Grammys

It was a night of two big style events on either side of the Atlantic. The glamorous Grammys swept the board for glitz in LA and the British Baftas took away the award for understated elegance

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

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

Fashion up close and personal

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

Losing your grip

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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