Shoreditch is set to be home to a "mini Bond Street" as luxury fashion houses Christian Louboutin, Ralph Lauren and Vivienne Westwood home in on London's east end, setting the stage for a possible doubling of rents over five years... more
Seven stars of the industry mark the start of London Fashion Week by confessing their guilty secrets from the years before they hit the catwalk... more
Lady Gaga's fetishwear look, including PVC ankle boots and latex bodysuits, is a catwalk hit and soon set to arrive on the street, says Rosamund Urwin... more
Gay rugby star Gareth Thomas and Christian Louboutin have spoken for the first time about their 'bromance', which began when the shoemaker sent the sportsman a pair of custom-made slip-ons after he came out... more
Shoe designer Christian Louboutin, whose towering heels have a distinctive red sole, is suing rival Yves Saint Laurent over the coat of scarlet paint applied to the bottom of its footwear... more
COMMENTARY: "Men are like bulls. They cannot resist the red sole," said Christian Louboutin in a recent interview. Now it is his turn to be bullish
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For every person swept up in the excitement of the royal wedding, there is another - make that three - for whom the bloody day can't be over fast enough... more
A new buffing treatment, exclusive to Motcomb Street’s Glow Urban Spa, which uses smell, heat and scrub to calm you down and get your skin ready for summer.... more
In what must surely take shoe fetishism to a whole new level, those who worship at the altar of Christian Louboutin can now not merely wear his stilettos on their feet, but drink from them as well... more
In a fashion week that has - quite blessedly - been fairly celebrity free, Giles Deacon bucked the trend with a front row that played host to a bizarre mix of faces... more
Let's face it, the fashion world is allergic to real women. Wriggling out of regulating the catwalk, as the British Fashion Council did yesterday, is symptomatic of an industry in thrall to size zero - and in denial about what the female body actually looks like... more
Director Jude Kelly has worked some magic with London revivals of Carmen Jones and On the Town. But can The Wizard of Oz succeed as a musical?.... more
Victoria Beckham stepped out in £320 five-inch stilettos on Saturday night, arriving at the exclusive Los Angeles restaurant Beso wearing a classic strapless black dress.... more
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