Fashion

An adventurous romantic life lent almost a Zelig-like quality to the writer, constantly drawing her towards the centre of events

An industry worth £110 billion a year is being crippled by red tape, lost access to skilled European professionals and lack of access to the EU market

The Frenchman won seven Grand Slam singles titles in the 1920s before becoming an innovator in the world of sportswear and tennis equipment

John Galliano and the shadow of antisemitism

It would do men a lot of good to go out in a dress for a few days and feel the wind of change it occasions

“My life didn’t please me, so, I created my life,” she once said, and it was with scissors that she did so

There’s no doubt that she knew how to make clothes in every sense – but the idea that she represented a spirit of rebelliousness is frankly ridiculous

In fetishising the trainer, the devotee makes of it a transitional object: something that eases the troubling developmental stage between childhood and adulthood

Celebrated as one of Europe’s leading fashion writers, the Italian was better known for her sheer presence on the scene