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Learn to be a lean, mean office machine in the recession

02.11.09
Unshowy offices and bring-your-own laptop. The recession has spawned a move towards pared-down super-efficiency, says Philip Delves Broughton... more

Naomie Harris - My London

30.10.09
Actress Naomie is a huge fan of Lionel Richie and knows the words to all his songs... more

Ralph Lauren thinned my photo and fired me for being too fat

14.10.09
Model who was digitally altered to appear ultra-thin in a Ralph Lauren jeans advert claims the firm fired her for being too fat... more

Driving force: Petra Ecclestone

09.10.09
Petra Ecclestone isn't just Daddy's pit-stop princess. She's a control-freak fashion designer who won't let a recession slow her down... more

Hacking the pace in heels: an intern's tale of two weeks at Marie Claire

07.10.09
Work experience should be a drudgery of coffee runs and distributing the post, but it didn't turn out that way for Hannah Alton... more

The City woman's rules on dressing for success

06.10.09
Britt Lintner, hedge fund manager and bespoke clothes designer, knows exactly what to wear to the office. That's why she donates her spare clothes to help women look the part at job interviews... more

Comeback queen: Amanda Wakeley

22.09.09
Designer Amanda Wakeley talks about buying back her own label, her special dress for London Fashion Week and the new man in her life... more

Haute hotels and chic suites

18.09.09
When you've dressed the world's most stylish women, the next step is designing a hotel's figure-of-eight plunge pool and introducing live seahorses into the lobby. Andy Barker sizes up the latest collection of chic suites... more

Nick Love on The Firm and London’s mean streets

17.09.09
He’s been accused of glorifying violence in his films, but as his latest is released, director Nick Love takes a tour of the gritty London streets where he grew up and insists his work only reflects reality... more

Scarlett Johansson - My London

28.08.09
Scarlett Johansson loves Westwood and high tea... more

Modern art that is tailor-made

30.07.09
Eighteen top fashion designers have collaborated with artists to create one-off suits representing their “skills and artistic vision”. ... more

Peaches teaches

29.05.09
This week: Peaches Geldof on a transsexual father of the bride, how to control chocolate cravings and the trouble with Prince Charmings... more

Impress with a simple orchid

11.05.09
They've driven men to lust and murder, been immortalised by poets and painters, and now orchids are the corporate gift du jour. Liz Hoggard discovers a growing trend... more

Here come the girls of London Fashion Week

10.05.09
Men have dominated the world of fashion for long enough. At London Fashion Week women are taking centre stage... more

Chelsea girls - Party for Elen and daughters

29.04.09
Elen Rives puts her bitter split from Chelsea star Frank Lampard aside as she takes their daughters to an art party at Ralph Lauren in the Brompton Road in aid of the children’s cancer charity Clic Sargent... more

The little ray of sunshine who keeps Elen Rives smiling

29.04.09
Elen Rives looks as if she finally has something to smile about as she cuddles her daughter at a charity event.... more

Stop this slaughter of our small shops

26.03.09
There was blood on the stucco this week as the quarterly rent bills thudded in, giving coronaries to the owners of many little independent boutiques, delis, and shops in my 'hood, Notting Hill... more

Heather Kerzner celebrates her 40th birthday with Shirley, Liz and Geri

16.03.09
Billionaire Sol Kerzner packed the Dorchester with the wealthy and well-connected to celebrate his wife Heather's 40th birthday... more

Recession? Maybe we can work it off

17.02.09
"Who'S that man?" asked my seven-year-old, staring at the well-groomed twentysomething who had just handed me a letter and was now heading off to the neighbour's house... more

Bernie socks it to Noel for the Noels

08.01.09
When books are written about Wall Street’s collapse — and boy are they being written, with Liar’s Poker author Michael Lewis the latest to sign up — the Noel family of Greenwich may merit a volume of their own... more

The First Lady of fashion

03.11.08
Whatever happens at the US polls tomorrow, when it comes to the winner of the style wars, Michelle Obama has the contest all wrapped up... more

I'm glad I know my greengrocer's name

31.10.08
Every Friday I have a ritual in my neighbourhood. It's the day I connect with the local shopkeepers and keep in their good graces... more

Yasmin and new brands help bring a smile to House of Fraser

20.08.08
Department stores group House of Fraser has reported steady sales growth as model Yasmin Le Bon helped it buck the downturn on the High Street.... more

Model Erin sells outfits to support budding designers

15.08.08
Erin O'Connor is clearing out her wardrobe to raise funds for a charity that supports up-and-coming stars of the fashion world... more

Leonardo DiCaprio's model lover cools off in a pink bikini on the French Riviera

30.07.08
All eyes were on Leonardo DiCaprio's girlfriend Bar Rafaeli as she showed off her model figure on St Tropez's beach yesterday.... more

Concern as Burberry's new Kate Moss is pictured clutching a VERY suspicious pipe

26.07.08
As the new face of Burberry, she is following in the footsteps of Kate Moss and tipped to be the next big thing in the fashion world.... more

Rod and Penny the copycat cowboys as they holiday on French Riviera

20.07.08
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery then it’s clear from these pictures Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster’s marriage is cruising along for a summer of love. Holidaying with the family on the French Riviera, the pair wore matching cowboy hats and aviator sunglasses as they strolled, hand-in-hand, along the harbour in St Tropez.... more

Top of the shops in the capital

27.06.08
London's 20 most "unmissable" shops have been named. They have been selected by people who should know - Britain's most powerful high street bosses... more

A bit of a buzz from Seinfeld

13.12.07
Jerry Seinfeld takes the lead in Bee Movie, a film that has intermittent wit and never enough memorable moments.... more

2007: licence to thrill

03.01.07
From the people who will liven up London to Kylie's undies at the V&A and The Lord of the Rings in the West End, this year promises to be a prize one for getting out in the capital.... more

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