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

Paris Fashion Week

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
Empowering clothes that make women feel wonderful
Models display creations by Yves Saint Laurent on January 20, 2013 during the men's fall-winter 2013-2014 fashion week in Paris. ©Getty
Saint Laurent barely showed fashion – it showed attitude
A gang of teen burglars in Sofia Coppola’s new film 'The Bling Ring', starring Emma Watson (second from left) May 17, 2013

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

Brigitte Bardot on the beach in Cannes ©Getty May 11, 2013

The pavement as catwalk

For the A-list, dressing down is a serious business

Francesco Vezzoli (second from right) with (from left) Jamie Hince, Kate Moss, Mario Testino, Claudia Schiffer and Freida Pinto front row at a Chanel show, March 2009 ©Getty May 11, 2013

Collectors’ items

As much as fashion likes art, artists and art workers love fashion

Vanessa Friedman May 10, 2013

Vanessa Friedman: Does art really sell product?

Consumers feel at ease judging fashion but there’s a degree of self-doubt in buying a sculpture

Prada design for 'The Great Gatsby' May 11, 2013

The Great Gatsby

The film, the look, the luxury brands

Max Factor with actress Renée Adorée in 1925 ©Getty May 3, 2013

Beauty goes back to its foundations

The development of photography, magazines, and films made the 1920s a key time for wearing make-up, writes Bethan Cole