With the perfect dress, the flowers in place, the table plans artfully composed, it just wouldn't have done for the royal wedding to have smelled of musty antique carpets... more
Samantha Cameron is not known for sticking to the fashion protocol typical of a Tory wife, and now she's ditching dresses completely, says Emma McCarthy... more
Fashion Week has finally settled into its role - not just to showcase the capital's young talent but to promote beautiful clothes that actually sell. Karen Dacre reports from the catwalk... more
Boris Johnson may not be famed as a dedicated follower of fashion, but the Mayor of London joins a well-groomed crowd to officially open London Fashion Week
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London Fashion Week gets off to a swinging start with a Paul Costelloe collection inspired by the classic 1962 film What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?
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An X Factor-style search has been launched to find London's fashion stars of the future. Hopefuls were given one minute to make a pitch before a panel of judges that included designers Henry Holland and Jonathan Saunders... more
She played with The Fall, dated Nigel Kennedy, helps Gok Wan, and owns one of London's über stores. And her mantra, stylist Brix Smith-Start tells Liz Hoggard, is 'every customer is special'... more
What happens when the world's fifth richest man, his glamorous daughter-in-law and an Israeli bombshell get their hands on an ailing fashion house?... more
"Sleep is a luxury I have to do without," a young fashion designer told me recently, his panda eyes offering proof. With four days until London Fashion Week kicks off again, he won't be the only one boosting business at the coffee shops around Shoreditch; almost every designer on the roster would make Goldman Sachs's REM-deprived finest look lazy... more
Louise Gray's acid-pop colours, disco presentations and yeti coats have made the diminutive Highland lass London's favourite fashion firebrand. Hettie Harvey has a Gray day... more
Jil Sander launches her first collection for Uniqlo and celebrity jeweller Stephen Webster has created a mosquito ring for the Malaria No More charity ... more
To celebrate London Fashion week, limited edition T-shirts will be on sale, tea-house Yumchaa has created a LFW-inspired blend and Perfect Legs, the self-tan product used my models is available at Boots... more
I am always proud of London Fashion Week (OK, apart from a short period in my truculent twenties when I once wrote that there were too many three-legged trousers for comfort), but never more so than this season... more
On Thursday more than 200 London clothes shops will be full of special offers, one-off designs and even celebrities behind the tills. It’s all part of a global celebration in 13 cities organised by fashion bible Vogue — so grab your credit cards and get ready to shop... more
There are few issues that matter so much to so many people as pensions and all the signs are that the number of us who can look forward to a financially comfortable retirement is getting steadily smaller... more
Earlier this week a pack of eager fashion hounds, buyers, breathless students and general camp hangers-on trotted their way around the Serpentine, guided by pouting Lily Allen lookalikes clutching red balloons showing us all the way to the Luella show... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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