Fashion

By Anna-Sophie Jürgens For centuries, clowns occupied an ambiguous cultural position. They were comic figures, but also disruptive ones: tricksters who mocked authority and social conventions, picaresque mischief-makers who ...

Cypriot founder Nicole Georgiou has launched i spy in London, a new fashion-tech platform aiming to rethink the way people discover, save and shop the outfits they see online.  The 25...

By Emanuela Prandelli In a luxury market often blamed for flattening creativity, Maison Schiaparelli has long stood out for its defiant unconventionality. Where Coco Chanel’s creations exalted the functional ...

By Alessandro Parodi and Ben Makori Omega’s Constellation watch has been flashed in campaigns, movies and at the Met Gala by stars like George Clooney and Nicole Kidman, turning ...

One of Cyprus’ biggest celebrations of streetwear culture is fast approaching, filling a seaside Limassol location with fashion lovers, sneaker enthusiasts and creatives from across the island. Get ready for ...

By Rebekah Pickering Wood Textiles shape British life in ways we often overlook – the clothes worn, the items inherited, and the patterns that quietly signal where people come from. Yet ...

Cypriots can compare milk prices across supermarkets in seconds. Yet until recently, finding the cheapest pair of Geox in a dozen online stores meant opening a dozen browser tabs. That ...

By Catrin Cousins and Jo Wiltshire Indie sleaze is back, but not as you remember it. The 00s scene’s revival taps into a growing backlash against hyper-polished influencer culture, ...

By Rebecca Scott Fashion has always done more than keep us warm. It’s also a social language, quietly organising ideas of status, taste and belonging. What made the first ...

By Jye Marshall and Rachel Lamarche-Beauchesne The 2026 Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala has delivered, as per usual, the who’s who of Hollywood, decked out to the ...

By Dhwani Pandya, Sumit Khanna, Helen Reid and Ruma Paul A surge in fossil fuel prices since the Iran war is squeezing polyester suppliers and garment makers across India and ...

By Hannah Rumball-Croft As Britain’s longest‑reigning monarch, and one rarely out of the public eye since childhood, Queen Elizabeth II left behind a wardrobe so extensive and meticulously ...

By Bernard Capp Around 8pm on a cold February evening in 1733, a gentleman named Francis Peters was returning to his home near Knightsbridge, London, in a hackney cab, when someone ...

Research across Europe suggests consumers are increasingly rethinking their relationship with clothing, with a gradual shift away from fast fashion toward more conscious purchasing habits. What was once a market ...

By Rose Marroncelli Denim is present in practically every country in the world and is widely adopted as one of the most common forms of everyday attire. Its appeal spans ...

Private label lingerie represents significant opportunity for retailers building profitable intimate apparel programs without investing in brand development. The right private label lingerie manufacturing partner provides ready-to-sell products, custom branding ...

By Lorinda Cramer The “frugal chic” aesthetic is having its moment, however contradictory the concept may seem. Frugal suggests a focus on thriftiness, while “chic” oozes a sense of classic ...

By Mal James First conceived as a mail-order-only company in 1963, known as Biba’s Postal Boutique, the brand captured the revolutionary 1960s and 1970s attitude and style, offering trend-seekers affordable, ...

When your favorite T shirt becomes tight at the shoulders, hard around the neck, or unfit after several hours of action, it is understandably annoying. For this reason, most men ...

By Emily Brayshaw Even before the film’s release, the costumes for Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights caused controversy. Wuthering Heights was first published in 1847 and the story switches back ...

By Tamsin Johnson Marks and Spencer is one of the latest UK high-street brands to launch a ski-wear collection. Even supermarket Lidl are in on the action, with their ski ...

By Naomi Braithwaite UK heritage shoemaker Russell & Bromley has been bought by high-street clothing giant Next. Despite the brand’s rescue from administration, dozens of jobs will be lost ...

By Paolo Laudani and Helen Reid Germany’s Puma and fierce rival Adidas have their roots in the very same house where brothers Rudolf and Adolf Dassler launched their shoe ...

By Giulia Segreti It was a mix of carmine and scarlet, with a hint of orange – a new hue, inspired by an elderly woman at Barcelona’s opera house, whose ...