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Burberry boosts expansion plans

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

Burberry is ramping up its expansion plans after earmarking £200m for new stores this year as global demand for its luxury goods defies the downturn in the UK. The luxury brand, which will open in London, Brazil and Shanghai, unveiled a 26 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to £376m for the year to March, on sales up 24 per cent to £1.86bn.

What the best-dressed breasts are wearing

Wed, 23 May 2012 07:00:01 GMT

As the sun makes a rare and somewhat bashful appearance, so too will bra straps across the land as clothes inevitably become flimsier and gauzier. The flagrant flashing of one's unmentionables may send the more traditionally mannered into a tizzy, but as long as the bits of your foundation garment that are on show aren't the colour of discarded chewing gum, an exposed strap here or there is no longer seen as a fashion faux pas.

Dr Martens awaits private equity tie-up

Sat, 19 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

Private equity firms have put their best foot forward and submitted first-round bids of up to £120m for Dr Martens, the British footwear brand made famous by skinheads but now favoured by a trendier crowd.

What to do, see & buy: Open squares; Craghopper; Jazz Covers; Tree Coat Stands; Ferragamo's Creations; Scion

Fri, 18 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

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Red carpet dressing: Fan Bing Bing and Tilda Swinton certainly Cannes

Fri, 18 May 2012 09:00:01 GMT

Fan Bing Bing

At it amour and nails: polish naming and the fine art of punning

Thu, 17 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

Long gone are the days when nail polish colours were called things like Midnight Blue and Red Vixen; with so little to differentiate between competitors' shades, companies now rely on the most outrageous and puntastic names to shift their product.

Red carpet dressing: these actors certainly Cannes

Thu, 17 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

Fan Bing Bing

Superdry firm's results cap a 'difficult year'

Thu, 10 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

Julian Dunkerton, chief executive of SuperGroup, has vowed to become more closely involved with the fashion retailer's products after a "disappointing" fourth quarter capped a "difficult year" for the owner of the Superdry brand.

Vidal Sassoon, the man who invented modern hairdressing, dies aged 84

Thu, 10 May 2012 03:00:01 GMT

Vidal Sassoon, the revolutionary hairdresser of swinging London whose scissors helped cut away sexism and patriarchy as well as hair, was found dead in his Los Angeles home yesterday after succumbing to leukaemia.

Naomi Campbell's PA – the world's toughest job?

Tue, 08 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

What's the most dangerous job in the world? Firefighter? Lion tamer? Bomb-disposal engineer?

Naomi's PA – the world's toughest job?

Tue, 08 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

What's the most dangerous job in the world? Firefighter? Lion tamer? Bomb-disposal engineer?

Vogue bans models who look too thin

Thu, 03 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

Vogue magazine, perhaps the world's top arbiter of style, is making a statement about its own models: too thin is no longer "in".

Potential buyer for Aquascutum

Wed, 02 May 2012 14:35:37 GMT

The future of collapsed clothing retailer Aquascutum may be decided in the next week after administrators entered exclusive talks with a potential buyer.

Needles at the ready for the The Seven Year Stitch

Tue, 01 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

So you want to make like Marilyn Monroe? You don't need to start a hot and heavy affair with a president nor hit the (bleach) bottle. What you need is a needle and thread, some slinky white fabric and a copy of a new book, Sew Iconic: How to Make 10 Classic Hollywood Dresses by Liz Llewellyn (A&C Visual Arts, £14.99).

One small step for a shoe designer Christian Louboutin, one giant leap into the history books

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:00:01 GMT

Shoe designer Christian Louboutin celebrated his twentieth year in business yesterday with the launch of a retrospective exhibition at London's Design Museum.

Diamonds are Goldsmiths' best friends

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:00:01 GMT

The company behind the Goldsmiths jewellery chain nearly doubled its profits last year, thanks to strong demand for gold watches and diamond rings.

The street that brings a whole new meaning to 'messy wardrobe'

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:00:01 GMT

Marks and Spencer has filled Brick Lane in east London with 9,513 discarded garments, the same amount of clothing the UK throws away just every five minutes.

Coach powers ahead – with a little help from Gwyneth

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:00:01 GMT

A taste for American leather handbags and shoes promoted by the actress Gwyneth Paltrow has helped Coach report a 21 per cent rise in net profits to $225m (£140m) on sales up 17 per cent to $1.1bn for the third quarter.

LVMH rides out economic storms

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:00:01 GMT

Despite a slowdown in China and turmoil in Europe, the insatiable demand for monogrammed Louis Vuitton luggage and Marc Jacobs handbags is showing no signs of abating.

Aquascutum - the fashion retailer that clothed Crimean officers

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:53:07 GMT

The quintessential British clothes retailer Aquascutum was founded in 1851 by tailor John Emary.

Make-up map of Great Britain

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:00:01 GMT

Thanks to the orange hue often sported by WAGs Coleen Rooney, Alex Gerrard and Abbey Crouch, Scousers have a reputation for being heavy handed with the self-tan. But it seems Liverpool, home of reality TV show Desperate Scousewives, is not the only city to overdose on a particular type of make-up.

Not quite our class, darling! Savile Row tailors deny snobbery...

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:00:01 GMT

The gentlemen of Savile Row are getting hot under their stiffly starched collars as they absorb the news that yet another vulgar imposter, this time The Kooples, a French fashion brand, is about to lower the tone of their Mayfair street.

Westwood cuts ties with long-term partner

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:00:01 GMT

Vivienne Westwood's franchise partner of 18 years has placed itself into liquidation following an out-of-court settlement to end its agreement with the eccentric fashion designer.

Temporary talons fit for the princesses of pop

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:00:01 GMT

The "squoval" is over. The square-tip is dead. The new look for nails? Kick-ass claws, the likes of which Rihanna and Adele have been sporting of late.

Simons steps into Galliano's shoes as new head of Dior

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:00:01 GMT

Raf Simons has been announced as the new artistic director of Christian Dior more than a year after John Galliano departed the French fashion house in disgrace.