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Forget summer, pre-fall looks are here

Pre-fall is here and selling fast. David Hayes asks experts for their pick of the new collections

London menswear shows

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The final day of the London Collections has been buzzing with creativity
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Lots of neat ideas that will translate into very sellable product
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Clothes are displayed underneath the Gieves & Hawkes plc. logo at one of the company's branches in Hong Kong ©Bloomberg
Menswear can veer from traditional to radical with the speed of the showers flashing over the city this washout summer
Alexander McQueen’s debut show at London Collections: Men, in January 2013 ©Catwalking Jun 14, 2013

Why London is a menswear magnet

The British capital was once a desert for menswear shows – so what, asks Charlie Porter, is attracting so many big-name designers now?

A model dons an outfit from the Resort 2014 collection of Michael Kors Vanessa Friedman Jun 14, 2013

The latest from resort 2014 ... and after the rain

How to make sense of a season that spans from November to May?

A Turkish riot policeman uses tear gas on a woman ©Reuters Vanessa Friedman Jun 14, 2013

Vanessa Friedman: What to wear at the revolution

Clothes have the power to provoke a whole set of assumptions and personal reactions on the part of a viewer

Elizabeth Peyton and Dries Van Noten ©Jason Andrew Vanessa Friedman Jun 7, 2013

Dries Van Noten and Elizabeth Peyton

The designer and the artist on how they met, and the relationship between fashion and art

Peng Liyuan, a well-known singer, performing at a gala in Beijing in 2009 ©Getty Jun 7, 2013

China’s first lady effect

How Peng Liyuan, the wife of President Xi Jinping, is influencing the nation’s style – and mood

Suits and the City

Up close on Tony Dovolani's Eredi Pisano ensemble ©Sophie Elgort

Last week’s Shop Italy on Madison had NYC’s best dressed men out and about in Italian brands

Jason Wu interview

Video: Jason Wu

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

A denim jacket by Saint Laurent Jun 7, 2013

Jean genius

The men’s denim jacket is having a style moment

Shorts-clad models on the catwalk Jun 7, 2013

The long and short of it

Shorts in the office can work – just match them with the right top

Vanessa Friedman Jun 7, 2013

Vanessa Friedman: The end of seasons

‘Nina Ricci’s new mini-collection should be called ‘pre-pre-spring’ – but that’s really too silly’

A couple at a swimming pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959, by Slim Aarons ©Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images May 31, 2013

Blame it on Bond

Sam Leith braves the fitting room to choose the perfect pair of swimming trunks

Power dressing: John Auerbach

John Auerbach

The international managing director of e-commerce at Christie’s New York loves ties that find the perfect middle ground

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