Australian Open fashion through the decades: how tennis went from preppy and minimal to flashy and fun

The Australian Open, much like the cast of characters who step on to the sunshine-soaked courts every January, has its own sense of style. Over the decades, it has evolved…

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How I gave my old clothes a second life – and created my own high-end minimal wardrobe

It has taken me a number of years to build up a wardrobe that I’m really happy with. I had to learn what I needed, gradually sell the things I…

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Oliviero Toscani obituary

The art direction and photographs of Oliviero Toscani were provocative not for what they showed – real life, he said, complex and contradictory – but where they were seen. The…

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Trump and AI help inspire a Prada collection for challenging times

The day before the US presidential inauguration, it was impossible for Miuccia Prada to avoid the question. When designing her collection, just how much was fashion’s most radical intellectual thinking…

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Kumquat Marmalade

317 Shares I’ve been on a marmalade bender lately. Well, it’s actually been for the last few weeks. Winter, of course, is marmalade season and the markets in Paris are…

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Would you let AI choose your outfits?

My friend walks into the village hall, scene of my son’s third birthday party, a mixture of panic and incredulity creeping across his face. “I didn’t realise we were dressing…

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Opt for ease with a beauty multitasker

These days, I have no energy for the steps a properly made-up face requires. Don’t get me wrong, I admire anyone wearing a painstakingly applied maquillage right now. But like…

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We love: fashion fixes for the week ahead – in pictures

Lee’s legacy Sarabande, the arts charity founded by Alexander McQueen (Lee to his friends), sets up shop at Selfridges, Oxford Street from 20 January to 23 March. For sale at…

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Never have stale crisps again… nine invaluable things I’ve learned from TikTok

The average TikTok user spends almost one hour each day on the app. However, the screen time of American users is about to be rapidly reduced, as the app is…

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Skin is in: as sales of thong bikinis rise, is body confidence also growing?

When it comes to clothing advice for women, the “rules” are endless. They range from sizeist – “avoid horizontal stripes if you have a wider frame”, to ageist – “don’t…

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