Marks and Spencer faces City's biggest revolt The Times | SHAREHOLDERS in Marks & Spencer will stage the biggest revolt in recent City history this week when up to a third of them vote against or abstain from the election of Sir Stuart Rose as executive chairman. | The proportion of rebels is unprecedented for a FTSE 100 group. A 5%-10% vote against woul...
What's your fashion philosophy? Existentialist or socialite The Times | THE SOCIALITE | Last week, we looked at the gypsy, but here we meet her antithesis. While Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Babe Paley and CZ Guest may be the primordial slime from which all subsequent socialites emerged, today's socialite is any gal - manicurist, celeb, dog-groomer, bank manager - who love...
Prejudice on the catwalk Dawn | By Claire Rosemberg | PARIS: Though America stands poised for its first black president in history, the fashion world descending on Paris for this week’s couture-show summit will be treated yet again to a “white out” on the catwalks. | After the em...
Beckham factor boosts briefs as men tighten up The Observer The Beckham effect has struck again - in the underwear market. Sales of tight briefs have risen sharply following the unveiling of posters of the former England captain modelling a new range of designer pants. | When David Beckham launched the Empori...
The punk prince The Observer Fashion can be damned hard work. Sometimes it feels like designers intentionally make the pursuit of style difficult. You expect to feel vaguely humiliated in a changing room, but I'm leant against a carved wooden banister in the gloomy hallway of a ...
Is home made better than off the peg? The Observer The last thing I made from scratch was a tea cosy at primary school, so I was understandably hesitant about Do-It-Yourself fashion. What tipped me over the edge from passive consumer (although at least predominantly of ethical fashion) into someone a...
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EU orders seal fur ban London Evening Standard | Clothing made from seal fur is to be banned throughout the European Union. | Although white pelts from baby seals were banned in 1986, fashion houses still use skins from older a...
EU orders seal fur ban The Daily Mail | Clothing made from seal fur is to be banned throughout the European Union. | Although white pelts from baby seals were banned in 1986, fashion houses still use skins from older a...
EU has banned clothing made from seal fur The Daily Mail | Clothing made from seal fur is to be banned throughout the European Union. | Although white pelts from baby seals were banned in 1986, fashion houses still use skins from older a...
Olympic fame The Star | We need more sculptors! One local artist who has won international fame shares his thoughts about this burgeoning area of the arts. | OUR athletes haven't left the country yet but we've already won recognition in Beijing, city of the Summer Olympic...
Nicely knitting together The Post IE He might run his business out of London, but knitwear designer Tim Ryan is a typical Irishman. How can you tell? | For this interview he has made it his business to find somewhere that serves the perfect cuppa. ‘‘The water here is so bloody limey tha...
Floral interiors are back in fashion The Times | Summertime, and florals are back in focus - but if you think that means rose-tinted 1950s domesticity and a trip to granny's, think again. Enchanted by the fresh, spriggy, twiggy fabrics now in fashion, we are more than ready to welcome florals int...
EU has banned clothing made from seal fur The Daily Mail | Clothing made from seal fur is to be banned throughout the European Union. | Although white pelts from baby seals were banned in 1986, fashion houses still use skins from older animals to make boots, coats, gloves and accessories. | Stavros Dimas, the EU's environment commissioner, told national ministers in France yesterday that an import embarg...
A Chinese Fashion Moment? Wall Street Journal As young designers, Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent dueled in a 1954 contest that helped put both on the fashion map. This year, the competition has been resurrected, and the finalists reflect the emergence of a new source of fashion talent: China. | Two Chinese designers, Qiu Hao and Shao Jia, are among 10 finalists who will today unveil run...
Catwalk finale down to the hips and lips Sydney Morning Herald | One has had cosmetic surgery, the other has done gruelling workouts to drop a dress size. Tomorrow, just one of them will know if the pain is worth the gain, namely a modelling contract and an all-expenses paid trip to New York to try her luck on the catwalk. | Demelza Reveley, a 16-year-old from Wollongong, and a 20-year-old university student f...
