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Sir Philip Green and friends celebrate 25 years of London Fashion Week

21.09.09
London Fashion Week: Kate Moss, Anna Wintour, Naomi Campbell were among the guests celebrating 25 years of London Fashion Week at the Ivy ... more

Gloria Vanderbilt: the grand dame of New York society

21.08.09
Gloria Vanderbilt's life of scandalous affairs, intriguing business ventures and unbridled extravagance has provided the material for her latest creation - a steamy novel that has Manhattan in a spin... more

Zandra Rhodes crashes car though shop window

01.07.09
Zandra Rhodes crashed her car through the window of a hardware store, injuring a customer.... more

Claudia Schiffer checks out fashion’s future big names

11.06.09
Supermodels Claudia Schiffer and Erin O’ Connor were giving out awards at the Graduate Fashion Week show... more

Shard of Glass tycoon plans three tower blocks

23.02.09
A trio of tower blocks costing £350million - the highest of which will offer views of the Channel - are planned for the South Bank ... more

A thumbs-up from Zandra but high-rise faces hurdles

23.01.09
Zandra Rhodes has rather spoiled the surprise planned by the developers of the Shard of Glass, Irvine Sellar and his son James. The pair will reveal designs next month for three residential towers to the south of the 310-metre Shard, which is to be built at London Bridge station... more

This will Turner my life around

02.12.08
Turner Prize winner Mark Leckey is set to hoard his £25,000 winnings as the credit crunch sorts the bad artists from the good... more

Parachutes and rivets in avant-garde fashion sale

24.10.08
From space-age garments to pop art-inspired outfits, a collection of 20th century fashion is to go under the hammer at Christie's... more

Crunch? What credit crunch? A-listers dripping in jewels

17.10.08
The A-listers who received an invitation to socialite Nicky Haslam's credit crunch-busting party were instructed to wear diamonds - and dress only in couture.... more

A tenor for a tenner with ENO and the Standard

03.10.08
The English National Opera is offering 10,000 tickets to see some of its hottest productions for only £10... more

Street that was dug up five times in a year

21.07.08
Independent traders are threatening legal action after Thames Water announced plans to dig up their road for the sixth time in a year... more

The death of elegance: Bruce Oldfield on how modern women are swopping effortless style for vulgar overkill

13.07.08
Many things make Bruce Oldfield cringe. But the thing that causes the designer greatest despair is what he believes is the death of elegance. ... more

Ally crowned Britain's Next Top Model - and here's her first ever photoshoot

08.07.08
Alexandra Evans, 19, was last night crowned Britain's Next Top Model. "Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I could achieve anything like this", said a thrilled Ali.... more

'LBD' gets a show of its own

19.06.08
The history of the little black dress is being told in a new exhibition... more

Floral menswear puts a smile on Pixie Geldof's face and wins top prize at graduate week

12.06.08
For the fourth year in a row, a menswear designer won the big prize at Graduate Fashion Week, the River Island Gold Award. Jessica Au scooped the £20,000 booty for her arrestingly printed menswear.... more

Costumes are almost louder than singers

09.11.07
At its best this Aida begins to look like the success ENO badly need, says Barry Millington. But a great opera house cannot thrive on crowd-pleasers.... more

Zandra goes to the opera

07.11.07
Flamboyant designer Zandra Rhodes has created the costumes and set for Verdi's Aida. But can she make it the Christmas hit the English National Opera so desperately needs?... more

A chorus of disapproval

06.11.07
ENO artistic director John Berry has faced harsh criticism for the manner in which he was appointed and his repertoire.... more

Flying start for the Big Draw

26.09.07
Children's artist Quentin Blake will launch a month of events designed to encourage people to draw.... more

Zandra creates 'eye-popping' costumes for opera

18.04.07
Zandra Rhodes will design the set and costumes for an extravagant new production of Aida, the highlight of the English National Opera's new season announced today.... more

Dipstick to diva: a tour of Kylie's wardrobe

07.02.07
The most striking thing about Kylie - The Exhibition at the V&A is just how cheap-looking some of the extravagant costumes are when you get up close, says Philippa Stockley.... more

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