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Cushions, chairs and china are finally in the picture

17.10.11
Design has gone digital - any item can pack a graphic punch, says Barbara Chandler ... more

A very modern art school

21.09.11
The new Central Saint Martins campus in King's Cross opens its doors to students next month. It will transform a former goods yard into a spectacular cultural landmark... more

What Kanye West did next

26.07.11
He may be worth more than $70 million but to the British fashion industry Kanye West is known, quite simply, as The One Who Turned Up Late For That Christopher Kane Show... more

Fine art scholar Jarvis: tuition fees would have killed off Pulp

21.07.11
Jarvis Cocker says that if higher university tuition fees had been around in the Eighties, he would not have gone to college or found success with his band Pulp ... more

Designers line up to prove they have the 'Fash Factor'

08.07.11
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

Londoners mock me for sounding Cockney, says Paloma Faith

18.04.11
Paloma Faith suffers discrimination because she talks with a Cockney accent - and Londoners are the worst offenders... more

Selfridges showcases Britain's brightest talent

03.02.11
As London Fashion Week looms, Selfridges is showcasing some of our best new talent in its store front this month. Rosamund Urwin meets the Bright Young Things... more

What to wear this week

26.10.10
Another season, another new shoe designer to lust over … This time it's the turn of Central Saint Martins graduate Michael Lewis ... more

London's hottest new designers create a look especially for us

17.09.10
We chose the six bright new stars on the fashion horizon to design a one-off outfit. And where better to show off the results than Westfield Stratford – soon to become a hot fashion destination of its own?... more

Technicolour dreamer: Louise Gray is Scotland's rainbow warrior

17.09.10
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

Roksanda Ilincic: The Goth strips off

09.07.10
A dramatic Montenegran temperament and a taste for the Gothic have made Roksanda Ilincic the darling of eccentric beauties everywhere. But what will they think of her new swimwear collection?... more

Degree of excellence: Yi Fang Wan is a new winner in the world of fashion

02.06.10
Yi Fang Wan from southern China looks set to follow in the footsteps of other Central Saint Martins alumni with an illustrious fashion career.... more

Forget Europe’s sneers, London is still a fashion capital

22.03.10
We have been branded badly dressed Britain. Our little island may boast Central St Martins and Savile Row but our European cousins have decreed us the worst nation of sartorial sinners... more

Class of 2010

19.02.10
Meet the next generation of London designers deciding how we’re going to dress and the hottest new British model on the catwalk, Stella Maxwell... more

Eels: the new 'it' fish

15.02.10
The latest luxury skin of choice is not just soft and practical, says Rosamund Urwin... more

Your fashion starter for ten: specialist pub quizzes

01.02.10
The capital’s whizz-kids are beating the recession blues by setting up their own specialist pub quizzes. Liz Hoggard reports... more

Doomed gallery turned into work of art

21.12.09
Artist Mike Ballard has been given free rein to transform an entire gallery into one giant installation - because the space is to be demolished for Crossrail... more

The art of squatting in a £100m office block

17.12.09
An art collective known for squatting in mansions and embassies has taken over a building in the heart of Mayfair said to be worth £100million ... more

Talented fashion student is 12th London cyclist killed this year

27.11.09
Family and friends have paid tribute to a promising fashion student who died after her bicycle was hit by a bus in central London... more

Richard Ardagh: the prince of prints

20.11.09
From T-shirts for Paul Smith to homeware for Marc Jacobs, Richard Ardagh is a poster boy for font freaks ... more

Will chaps warm to the Mantyhose?

23.09.09
The “Mantyhose” has been designed to keep a chap’s legs warm this winter, while still allowing him to be fashionable... more

Tiny tycoons: the young Londoners bucking the recession

28.08.09
Last week a report claimed that nearly 1 million under-25s were on the dole. But in the capital, bright young businesses are springing up like green shoots. Andy Barker meets the Dragons of the future...... 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

Sienna Miller and her sister design for catwalk

05.01.09
Sienna Miller is to make her London Fashion Week debut next month after securing a prime-time slot to show off a collection she designed with her sister. ... more

Sienna and sister catwalk into prime fashion week slot

05.01.09
Sienna Miller is to make her debut at London Fashion Week next month after securing a prime-time slot to show off the collection she designed ith her older sister... more

Influentials 2009

02.01.09
From finance to fashion and politics to property, the past 12 months have seen dramatic changes in who wields influence in the capital. So who are the up-and-coming power players in London this year?... more

New concert hall for capital

29.04.08
A 420-seat concert hall, the first to open in London since the Barbican, will be launched in October with a festival of 100 music events.... more

Stage is set for capital's first new concert hall in 26 years

29.04.08
The first concert hall to open in London since the Barbican in 1982 will be launched in October with a festival of 100 musical events... more

St Martins up for sale at £60m

17.04.08
The buildings where the Sex Pistols played their first gig, fashion designer John Galliano honed his cutting skills and artists Gilbert and George first met are up for sale... more

Cartoon capers at the V&A

28.03.07
The V&A is celebrating the moving image with a series of workshops, screenings and performances focusing on animation, from hand-drawn frames to the latest computer technologies.... more


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