Ditch my high heels? As long as you get rid of your sandals and novelty pants
I awoke this morning to find that the TUC has told women to ditch their high heels. Apparently they’re fine on a Hollywood catwalk but "completely inappropriate for work". Really? My appropriate...
View ArticleBehind the scenes at London Fashion Week
You always when know when Fashion Week comes to town. Fashionistas with their unspoken dress code and trademark slouch start appearing on the tube, all heading in the same direction like an impossibly...
View ArticleIrving Penn: goodbye to one of fashion's great photographers
Sad news breaking tonight that Irving Penn has died aged 92 at home in Manhattan. Whether he was photographing a naked Kate Moss, hippies in San Francisco or tribal leaders, his pictures are...
View ArticleNaomi Campbell in search of the next top fashion photographer
That well-known lover of photographers, Naomi Campbell, has announced that she is holding a competition to find the next top fashion photographer. The competition will run on the Talenthouse website, a...
View ArticleAlexander McQueen commits suicide: Britain has lost a great designer – and...
The British fashion designer Alexander McQueen has been found dead after committing suicide – according to reports, he was found hanged in his London flat. He was 40 years old. This is an awful day for...
View ArticleJ W Anderson: fashion for an internet age
Fashion isn't so much glam as effortlessly grown-up. Well, to an outsider like me that's certainly how it seems. Shows come together with militant precision, an attention to detail only possible in a...
View ArticleThere will be snoods: Since when did footballers get so pathetic?
The weekend hasn’t got off to a good start for professional footballers. There’s a chance that the snood, the game’s fashion accessory du jour, may be banned when it’s discussed at the meeting of the...
View ArticleCensured for being 'overtly sexual'? Jack Wills will be delighted
Jack Wills – the self-appointed "outfitters to the gentry" – have got into trouble for running overtly sexual adverts. Something tells me they'll be quite pleased with that. Jack Wills clothes are...
View ArticleToo many men don't know how to buy suits. Here, once and for all, is how it...
My cousin Harry sent me a photo of one of his new suits for his final part of school life (sixth form). For those interested, it’s terribly smart. Indeed, this is the time when many 16- and...
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