Fake fur, crystal-edged chiffon and an iceberg from Sweden dazzle shivering fashionistas at autumn/winter extravaganza In the morning, Karl Lagerfeld received a phone call from President Nicolas Sarkozy informing him that he is to be made a commander of the French legion of honour, one of the highest decorations the French government can bestow.
Fashion
March 8th 2010 |
Couture house Ungaro embarrassed as hired designer actor fails to appear for catwalk show in Paris When Emanuel Ungaro hired the actor Lindsay Lohan as artistic adviser last year, they must have hoped the appointment would bring Hollywood glamour to the label. Instead, it has turned the once-venerable couture house, founded in Paris in 1965, into a soap opera
Fashion
March 8th 2010 |
Who looked like a winner before the Academy Awards even started? Jess Cartner-Morley and Imogen Fox present the fashion power list
Fashion
March 8th 2010 |
Hadley Freeman sees the stars strike a serene pose on Academy Awards red carpet – while the reporters lose the plot “I’m loving the colour! I’m loving life! Let’s talk beauty!” Those of an innocent nature might assume this to be the final line of a pre-Raphaelite poem, or the chorus of a 1960s folk song. Those of a more seasoned bent will identify this as your average exhortation from a TV presenter on the Oscars red carpet. What had just happened? I think someone had spotted that Maggie Gyllenhaal was wearing a blue dress.
Fashion
March 5th 2010 |
Actor nominated for breakthrough role in An Education has already won fistful of awards including a Bafta For all those who consider that James Cameron’s blue avatars will be the stars of this year’s ceremony, more style-savvy observers say the film industry’s big night will have only one fairytale princess: Britain’s great hope for a best actress Oscar, Carey Mulligan. The 24-year-old, nominated for her breakthrough role in An Education, has already won a fistful of awards, including a Bafta, for her performances, and gained a nickname, Dame Carey, thanks to a manner and tone of voice reminiscent of a young Judi Dench. But the actor has also turned heads on the red carpets with her chic pixie cut and quirky fashion choices. From a ruched red strapless Lanvin at the Screen Actors Guild awards, to inky blue Nina Ricci with a rhinestone headband at the Golden Globes, to the highly patterened Vionnet gown at last week’s Baftas, she fits in a tradition of understated high style that started with Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly, continued with Kate Winslet’s smoking hot Ben De Lisi dress in 2002 and, last year, was exemplified by the glittering former winner Marion Cotillard and her sweeping Gaultier gown. “Carey is the new darling of Hollywood,” says Melanie Bromley, Us Weekly’s West Coast bureau chief. “Every designer loves her. She is the girl they all want to dress because she’s not afraid to take a risk.” She also knows her own mind. Advised by US Vogue editor Anna Wintour to wear a short gown to tomorrow’s ceremony, Mulligan replied: “I was like, ‘No, that is so not what I had in my head when I was six years old!’” Oscars Fashion United States Amelia Hill guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
Fashion
March 5th 2010 |
Emma Laurence finds the finest men’s accessories, from a beautiful panama hat to a badge made from a stamp
Fashion
March 5th 2010 |
Emma Laurence selects the best fairly traded men’s clothes, from cotton T-shirts to military-inspired jackets
Fashion
March 3rd 2010 |
National cliches are de rigueur in the fashion world and, as the Winter Olympics demonstrate, in figure skating too It is, of course, a generally accepted given that political correctness has, to partake of the parlance, gone mad – and it is also generally accepted that this shall lead to a country overrun by hairy women and state-funded terrorists. Why, just yesterday the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey , joined the illustrious likes of Jeremy Clarkson, Paul Dacre and Jim Davidson on the maverick step by railing that political correctness is ruining this country by “bullying” Christianity. Maybe it’s been taking tips from the prime minister.
Fashion
March 1st 2010 |
Milan fashion has always been about overt sexiness. Tight, bright and sparkly. But all that has changed, says Jess Cartner-Morley Milan fashion week used to be so simple. It did sexy. Molto sexy. Revealing, attention-seeking frocks of the it-does-what-it-says-on-the-tin, hormone-charging variety. Some seasons it was sexy-boho, sometimes it was fierce-sexy, sometimes it was Lolita-sexy, but – in the same way that Cherry Coke and Diet Coke are still Coca-Cola – the trends stayed true to the core brand.