Fashion
How pink became fashion’s colour of controversy: a brief history
From the blush pink of royal mistresses to the hot pink of tabloid party girls, pink has gained a reputation
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the celebrated – and often controversial – designs of Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse was first conceived at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. That museum, like many
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Balenciaga’s controversial new campaign and the long history of ‘shockvertising’
Kim Kardashian is refining her personal brand. Right-wing news outlet Fox TV is gaining viewers through attention-grabbing headlines. Photographer Gabriele
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Raf Simons to close – a fashion marketing expert explains how the brand lost relevance
Surviving 27 years in the competitive and fast-changing world of fashion is an accomplishment many brands only dream of. Raf
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Clothes women wanted to wear: a new exhibition explores how Carla Zampatti saw her designs as a tracker of feminism
The late Carla Zampatti is celebrated in a splendid retrospective Zampatti Powerhouse at the Powerhouse Museum. Planned well before the
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the auction of the author’s belongings reveals the grand fiction of her image
There are few writers as visually distinctive as Joan Didion. We have glimpses of her as a young reporter with
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Powerful women heading up dating apps are framed as young and sexy
People are swiping on dating apps in record numbers and roughly half of these individuals identify as women, which may
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How whiteness was invented and fashioned in Britain’s colonial age of expansion
Fashion is political — today as in the past. As Britain’s Empire dramatically expanded, people of all ranks lived with
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Issey Miyake – a conceptual fashion designer for the many
Designer Issey Miyake has died aged 84, leaving an indelible mark on the fashion world. He was celebrated for clothing
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Part of the Japanese revolution in fashion, Issey Miyake changed the way we saw, wore and made fashion
Throughout his career, Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake, who has died of cancer at 84, rejected terms like “fashion”. But
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