Design from Hussein Chalayan s/s 2007 ©Catwalking Jan 4, 2013

Smart designs

The enduring influence of technology on fashion

Menswear Collections 2013

A model walks on the runway during the E Tautz show at the London Collections: Men Autumn/Winter 2013 event in London ©AFP
Tom Ford offeres novelty, E.Tautz concentrates on the cut while JW Anderson seeks to shock
The decision by Alexander McQueen to move its men’s wear back to London has lifted the label
An indepth look at the menswear collections - straight from the front row
A woman receives a facial treatment with mud at a spa ©AFP Jan 4, 2013

The lure of a new me

January ushers in the same old narrative of making plans for self-improvement

Anew Clinical Pro Line Corrector Treatment and Lancôme Visionnaire Jan 4, 2013

Smoothed by science

Beauty brands are making a move into molecules to tackle age-old problems

Spotted at the FIT Couture Council Luncheon at the David Koch theater, Hamish Bowles, International Editor at Large at Vogue Magazine ©Sophie Elgort Jan 4, 2013

Peacocks on parade

As the London menswear shows begin, Charlie Porter examines the strained relationship between male style and men’s fashion

Model wears design by Alexander McQueen ©Catwalking Dec 28, 2012

Follicly fabulous

Designers have come up with some snuggly alternatives to hibernation for humans

US President Barack Obama speaks at an interfaith vigil for the shooting victims from Sandy Hook Elementary School ©Getty Vanessa Friedman Dec 28, 2012

Barack and the supermodel

The US president and Kate Moss have adopted the same approach to dressing

Stationery from Louis Vuitton's Cabinet d'Ecriture Dec 28, 2012

In praise of the write stuff

Renowned designers maintain a love affair with stationery and handwritten thank you notes

Burberry’s Chicago flagship store Dec 21, 2012

Shop and bop till you drop

In order to differentiate real-world shopping from the virtual, new retail spaces are created to resemble members’ clubs

Vanessa Friedman Dec 21, 2012

Fashionable page-turners

The language of fashion is fast becoming the language of publishing

Diners at the evening reception for the 2012 Nobel Prize awards ceremony ©Eyevine Dec 21, 2012

Party dress codes

Afsun Qureshi on the rules - black-tie, white-tie or cocktail - that can prove so confusing