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Designer dresses for a bargain in jumble sales of the stars

13.11.09
It might conjure up visions of rummaging through piles of musty clothes in village halls - but now the jumble sale has gone glamorous... more

Models and rockers: Jethro Cave and Leah Weller

13.11.09
Jethro Cave and Leah Weller are out to beat their famous fathers at their own game. Hermione Eyre goes along for the ride...... more

We have designs on your office

09.11.09
Fashion designers are setting their sights beyond the catwalk as more are drawing their own blueprints for stores and offices such as Burberry’s HQ... more

French fantasy: behind the scenes at the Paris Couture shows

24.07.09
The Paris Couture shows are a whirlwind of tulle, diamonds and bows... more

Essentials: cocktail watches

05.06.09
Prepare to be dazzled by this stunning selection of diamond-encrusted cocktail watches, with designs from Gucci, Dior and some serious bling from Hermès... more

Big hair day

23.02.09
Pumping up the volume is the only way to make an entrance, provided you can get your serious bouffant through the door...... more

Kooks star is caught going for a Barton

27.01.09
Mischa Barton breezed into London for a hot date with new boyfriend The Kooks frontman Luke Pritchard.... more

Armani rolls out the red carpet in Paris in Paris

27.01.09
Forget hemlines and lipstick sales: the most reliable indicator of the economy is the celebrity front row... more

Suits you madam

12.11.08
Carla Bruni has solved the Christmas dress problem — get a tux. Here’s how to get it right... more

Shopping heaven in outer space

04.11.08
On Sunday, my shopping list looked like this: one bunch of fresh sage; one knife-sharpener; one bottle of moisturiser (for Mrs Godwin); one bottle of white wine... more

Did Westfield pass the opening day challenge?

31.10.08
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

When the going gets tough, hit the shops

09.10.08
As the financial markets dip up and down, anything feels possible and suddenly life seems very harsh... more

Poor fashionistas: let them wear Galliano

03.10.08
Even during a prosperous year, I have often felt that Paris Fashion Week, with its champagne parties, dark-windowed limos and fashion editors wasting thousands on handbags, teetered on the absurd. But this year it was like watching Louis XIV's court gorge themselves while the rest of the country starved... more

The stars simply adore Dior

30.09.08
It was a case of chalk meeting cheese at the Christian Dior show in Paris. John Galliano's front row rarely disappoints, but rarely has the designer attracted two such different female guests - or sat them next to each other... more

Emma hangs out with the bad girls

30.09.08
Harry Potter star Emma Watson looked a bit out of her depth sitting with a trio of "bad girls" at Paris Fashion Week. ... more

London should wear its fashion flair with pride

16.09.08
The showcase week for an industry worth £40 billion to the economy is under threat from abroad — yet it is the lack of support at home that is just as damaging... more

Act your age Sharon! The 50-year-old wears an eye-popping dress for date with new toyboy

30.06.08
Sharon Stone, 50, showed off her cleavage for a night on the town with her toy boy. The actress, who was famed for her raunchy role in Basic Instinct, revealed a plunging neckline in a tight black dress.... more

eBay must pay £32m to LVMH over fake goods

30.06.08
Auction website eBay has been ordered to pay luxury goods giant LVMH £32 million in compensation for handling fake Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Givenchy brands... more

What to do in London this week

09.06.08
From a new exhibition at Kensington Palace to a fun night out at The Metro, here's our guide to an entertaining week in London.... more

Designer and creative pioneer, Yves Saint Laurent dies aged 71

01.06.08
Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent, who reworked the rules of fashion by putting women into elegant pantsuits that came to define how modern women dressed, died Sunday evening, a longtime friend and associate said. He was 71.... more

Give us a cocktail ring: Celebrities flash the new darling of accessories

24.05.08
After gigantic handbags, celebrities are flashing the latest fashion must-have: cocktail rings – and the bigger the better.... more

'Most stylish woman alive' Daphne Guinness auctions £60,000 of designer items at knockdown prices for charity

29.04.08
When heiress Daphne Guinness had a spring-clean of her wardrobe she filled more than a few bags for the charity shop. In fact it is taking more than three hours to auction the designer pieces she no longer wants... more

Amy Winehouse leads the celebrity pack with her love of leopard print

27.02.08
Leopard print has roared back into the world of fashion after it was paraded by a raft of rebellious celebrities. The animal inspired fabric is favoured by tattooed stars including Amy Winehouse, Britney Spears and Oscar winning stripper-turned-screenwriter Diablo Cody... more

OSCARS FASHION: Dame Helen Mirren and Heidi Klum lead the way as ladies in red dazzle

25.02.08
Hollywood's brightest stars - including Dame Helen Mirren, Heidi Klum and Katherine Heigl - painted the night red at this year's Oscars... more

Vintage hoard of the Portobello belle

21.02.08
For half a century Mary Brown was a fixture at Portobello Road Market, selling vintage clothes and jewellery to generations of shoppers... more

Dresses that lifted the post-war blues

19.09.07
The V&A's nicely designed exhibition of 107 pieces, 90 per cent from its own collection, covers the Golden Age of Couture.... more

How I survived the Amy Winehouse syndrome

28.08.07
As the singer's life descends into chaos, London artist Sanchita Islam describes how her own non-stop partying and reckless love life were as addictive as any drug.... more

Golden era of fashion

01.08.07
A golden era of fashion is celebrated with designs from Christian Dior and Givenchy at the Victoria and Albert Museum from 22 September. ... more

V&A's revolutionary New Look

15.03.07
The V&A is celebrating the 60th anniversary of designer Christian Dior's radical style, New Look with a stunning new exhibition.... more

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