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It’s tea time (again)

The full-skirted, floral, feminine dress from the 1940s is making a comeback

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Models present creations by U.S fashion designer Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton's Ready to Wear's Fall-Winter 2013-2014 fashion collection ©AP
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Models display creations by Yves Saint Laurent on January 20, 2013 during the men's fall-winter 2013-2014 fashion week in Paris. ©Getty
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Tom Ford’s shantung silk evening jacket 6:26pm

Smooth as silk

It’s feminine and hard to care for. Will men go for this season’s hot fabric?

Clockwise from top left: Nanette Lepore, designer of an eponymous line; Paul Andrew, shoe designer; Pomme Chan, designer, ‘What If’; Louise Olsen, designer and co-founder of Dinosaur Designs in Sydney; Tim Kaeding, co-founder and designer of Mother Denim; and Camilla Franks, Sydner-based designer 6:27pm

Out with the old

How do designers organise their own wardrobes from season to season?

Rupert Sanderson's spring/summer 2013 bestseller 'Elba' 6:26pm

Have I got nudes for you?

Flesh-coloured shoes elongate the legs and go with any outfit

Vanessa Friedman 6:29pm

Vanessa Friedman: Beckham’s next goal

To make high-end menswear would empty the athlete’s brand of its values

Barack Obama ©Getty May 17, 2013

Shades of great

Come the summer months, a pair of cool sunglasses are the swim-trunk-suited man’s best friend

Suits and the City

The art industry showed its strong suit at the ACRIA Unframed 2013 benefit in designs by Theory, A.P.C., Pablo and more

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The first lady favourite talks about growing his brand and that second inauguration dress

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Rising sunglasses

They are the latest lucrative style statement, with ever more flamboyant designs and prices

Azzedine Alaïa (near right) and Jean Nouvel at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles ©Spencer Lowell May 17, 2013

Design, set, match

Fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa and architect Jean Nouvel are collaborating for the first time on ‘The Marriage of Figaro’

John Galliano leaves an apartment in New York City dressed wearing a long jacket, hat with his hair curled beneath ©Splash News Vanessa Friedman May 17, 2013

Vanessa Friedman: Clothes can remake the man

Why the maverick fashion designer needs to dress down

Maxi dress ©Catwalking May 10, 2013

The maxi dress is back in the spotlight

As celebrities head to Cannes for the festival, prepare for long, low hemlines on the red carpet

Power dressing: Moray MacLennan

Moray MacLennan ©Rosie Hallam

The chief executive of Saatchi’s worldwide division prefers lace-ups with a plain toe

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