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When it comes to fat, we are all fashionistas

15.10.09
Reacting to the news that Brigitte, Germany's best-selling women's magazine, is going to start using "ordinary, realistic" women rather than professional models in its photoshoots, the Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld responded with the tact that can only come with being head of a luxury fashion house that answers to nobody... more

Cheer up! It's fashionable to smile

12.10.09
When Anna Wintour and Posh Spice are both caught on camera showing teeth, you know something's afoot. Happiness isn't just infectious, says Jasmine Gardner - it's fashionable, too... more

This week we're loving

06.10.09
To mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, New Zealand design duo Zoe and Morgan have joined forces with Breakthrough Breast Cancer and mywardobe.com to create a mini-capsule collection... more

Welcome to Chanel country

06.10.09
At Paris fashion week's Chanel show, guests sat on imitation hay bales in front of a wooden barn, while models emerged from an archway cut into a giant haystack... more

Catwalk Confidential: a model of aspiration

08.09.09
Robyn Peterson was one of the stars of Edinburgh with her one-woman show about her experiences in the fashion industry... more

Fashion's love affair with dance

28.07.09
At Sadler's Wells the outifts worn by the arty audience exude the essence of the modern dance they're coming to see: sexy, quirky and bold - whether it's an eBay bargain or all Vivienne Westwood... more

Baby in the wings for Thomas Edur and Agnes Oaks

01.07.09
Thomas Edur and Agnes Oaks danced in the UK for the last time as the pair retire from English National Ballet where they've dazzled for 20 years.... more

Hungry for fame: The female brand ambassadors

22.06.09
Designers 'gift' a celebrity one of their items, they wear it to parties and are photographed. Sales soar - and it costs a fraction of a normal ad campaign, says Bella Blissett... more

Chanel’s Lagerfeld puts the fashion back in ballet

17.06.09
It was a case of high fashion both on and off stage at Sadler’s Wells.... more

Apollo stil shines 100 years on with Ballets Russes

17.06.09
At Sadler's Wells a red carpet lined the pavement and paparazzi pushed and shoved for the opening of Ballets Russes's show.... more

The world goes Coco Chanel crazy

11.05.09
She liberated women from the corset. Her friends included Cocteau, Picasso and Chaplin. No wonder Coco Chanel (1883-1971) is the muse for the coolest names in fashion... more

Matthew’s marvels - why London’s top designer is looking to the high street to survive the downturn

23.04.09
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Let them meet Kate! Spirit of Marie Antoinette at Chanel

10.03.09
At the Chanel show guests gleaned final confirmation of a fact they had suspected for some time: that the front row is more important than the clothes... more

Why Peaches is a bit down in the mouth

09.03.09
Peaches Geldof is more than happy to empty her coffers when it comes to buying the latest fashion “must haves”. Sadly, when it comes to paying for quality healthcare, the 19-year-old socialite appears to be a little more frugal... more

The best front row ever

04.03.09
Just as we were beginning to despair about the lack of A-listers at Milan Fashion Week... bang, Dolce & Gabbana gave us the best line-up in years... more

Putting a stop to world ugliness

05.01.09
Hands up who worked last Friday? Karl Lagerfeld, for one... more

Madonna and Britney hours apart... spot the difference

28.11.08
Britney Spears has taken her obsession with Madonna to new heights ­— completely copying the Queen of Pop’s outfit.... 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

Stella’s gold for being a champion of real women

18.09.08
The size zero debate has gone all quiet. No models have collapsed or died on the catwalk this year. The heroin-chic look is long dead and a lot of the girls do look reassuringly healthier. But it's all relative, isn't it?... more

Fashion in the mirror shatters the image

18.07.08
The Photographers' Gallery is hosting an exhibition exploring and debunking the trends behind the fashion images that surround and delight us.... more

Country Claudia: Supermodel Schiffer makes Suffolk her catwalk

29.05.08
Claudia Schiffer added a touch of catwalk glamour at the opening of the Suffolk Show yesterday. ... more

Still super: Claudia Schiffer plays sex kitten for Vogue magazine

14.05.08
She dominated the catwalk during the 1990s, now Claudia Schiffer is proving she's still worthy of supermodel status. The 37-year-old has stripped off - save for briefs, hold-ups and a feline mask - in a provocative cover shoot for the German edition of Vogue magazine... more

Smells like teen spirit ... Cobain's girl for Chanel

27.04.08
Karl Lagerfeld is renowned for discovering new faces, and I predict his latest muse will be his most talked-about yet. The 74-year-old designer with Chanel wants to sign up Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Courtney Love... more

Supermodel Claudia Schiffer falls for fashion maestro Karl Lagerfeld during New York photoshoot

26.03.08
She may be a 37-year-old mother of two but supermodel Claudia Schiffer yesterday showed why she still cuts it in the fashion world. She looked stunning in spats and a beret during a New York photoshoot with Chanel maestro Karl Lagerfeld. The German model appeared lose her composure for a second when she stumbled to the ground. But with Lagerfeld snapping away, it became clear it was all part of the project for the French label... more

Victoria's secret - she's clever, funny and (gasp) really NICE!

08.03.08
This weekend the new edition of Vogue hits the newsstand with Victoria Beckham as our cover girl for the first time ... 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

Karl, king bitch on the catwalk

02.11.07
Lagerfeld Confidential documents the life of the designer who, if he wasn't so talented, would be easier to detest, says Becky Davies.... more

Too Confidential

25.10.07
Director of Lagerfeld Confidential, Rodolphe Marconi, took more than 200 hours of footage but seldom gets beyond first base.... more

Frocks rock as fashion elite and pop stars unite

19.10.07
Fashion and rock may not always be ideal bedfellows, but this was undoubtedly an unforgettable show for a very good cause.... more

Oh Boy, what a comeback

18.10.06
Kylie Minogue was in the audience cheering Boy George on as he launched his first new single for eight years at London's Pigalle Club.... more

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