Beyoncé has announced she is pregnant a week before turning 30 - the age she vowed she'd start a family or retire. Richard Godwin, 30, asks is this the perfect age to be, and we list the landmarks to achieve by the end of your third decade... 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
Prada is set to be valued at a significant premium to its listed luxury rivals when the Italian fashion house floats in Hong Kong later this month... more
Italian luxury goods company Prada receives approval to list shares in Hong Kong, moving ahead with plans for an initial public offering worth about $2 billion... more
Fashion's brightest new star Tali Lennox models this season's colour-blocking trend and opens up about her unconventional rock'n'roll upbringing
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Leave full-on sparkle for the Christmas tree this year, says Karen Dacre, and instead party the night away in simple, elegantly-cut dresses in jewel colours... more
As the great Pete Seeger asked in his classic anti-war song Where have All the Flowers Gone: "When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?"... more
Interesting insight into Sir Alan Budd’s departure as head of the supposedly independent Office for Budget Responsibility after just three months... more
No gimmicks, no showing-off — the month of fashion shows was rounded off with Gallic savoir faire and beautiful stylish clothes. But the star of the French shows was British... more
Singer VV Brown liked the latest range from booming online fashion outlet ASOS so much, she wore one of the dresses on stage at Glastonbury - but she's only one of its many enthusiastic fans... more
As Europe’s biggest shopping mall is opened by the Mayor in west London, we send five of our specialist writers to join the masses to discover what kind of retail experience it has to offer... more
HERE'S some good news the gods of fashion are favouring us this season with a high-fashion trend that women can actually wear. Introducing every girl's new best friend: the biker boot. Already a favourite with stylish celebrities, biker boots are both practical and versatile. Not since ballet pumps were reintroduced has fashion made such sweet (and oh so comfortable) sense. ... more
The developers of a huge shopping centre opening in Shepherd's Bush in October have surprised sceptics by signing up some of the world's biggest brands... more
Paris Hilton splashed out on the latest celebrity must-have item during a shopping spree in LA yesterday - a pair bright blue shades. The Simple Life star is the latest in a list of stars to show off the 80s inspired sunglasses in recent times, including fashion forward girls about town Kelly Osbourne, Sienna Miller and Lily Allen... 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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