British fashion11 Dec 2024How ultra-traditional tweed found a new fanbaseOnce synonymous with the aristocracy, the thoroughly British winter favourite is now in demand more than ever. It is "timeless and beyond trends – and generally self-cleaning".11 Dec 2024Culture14 Nov 2024How everyday clothing is becoming more luxuriousInfluential designer and creative director Clare Waight Keller on her move from Givenchy to Uniqlo and "re-defining what luxury is today".14 Nov 2024Culture3 Oct 2024The taboo-busting performer who blazed a trailHow fashion icon Leigh Bowery birthed a bizarre 1980s London subculture.3 Oct 2024Culture18 Sep 2024The Swinging '60s icon who revolutionised styleIn the 1960s, Barbara Hulanicki disrupted the stuffy, class-ridden view of fashion, and the inclusive Biba lifestyle changed everything.18 Sep 2024Culture22 Jun 2024The black models who changed the face of fashionAs a new exhibition opens in London exploring the career of Naomi Campbell, Britain's first black supermodel, a look at the women who forged a path in fashion.22 Jun 2024Culture27 Mar 2024Nine items of clothing that define BritishnessFrom the first ever Barbour jacket to a dress worn by Princess Diana – the garments that help define British identity are on show in an exhibition at Blenheim Palace.27 Mar 2024Culture2 Nov 2023The style rebels who unbuttoned the UKThe Bloomsbury group were radical figures in the early 20th Century. A new exhibition shows how that extended to their wardrobes too, writes Holly Williams.2 Nov 2023Culture13 Sep 2023What Diana's sheep jumper really meansThe sweater – just auctioned for an astonishing $1.4 million – is a symbol of her journey from Sloaney ingenue to powerful communicator, and eventual outsider, writes Lindsay Baker.13 Sep 2023Culture9 Jun 2023The jacket that symbolises BritishnessFrom the Royal Family to Glastonbury, the Barbour jacket – in all its dishevelled glory – has come to symbolise Britishness. Lindsay Baker traces the story of an iconic garment.9 Jun 2023Culture