Working 9 to 17: Patek Philippe’s stunning Calatrava Travel Time April 24, 2023 A 24-hour-display dial takes a bit of adjustment to read as instantly as your usual 12-hour. But not as long as you’d think. Patek Philippe’s Calatrava Travel Time was the blue-eyed posterboy of the resurgent Watches and Wonders event, Geneva’s luxury watchmaking fair, which took place earlier this month. A consolidation of the now-defunct ‘Baselworld’ [...]
Dame Mary Quant: British fashion designer who popularised the mini skirt dies aged 93 April 13, 2023 Fashion designer Dame Mary Quant, who was widely credited with popularising the mini skirt, has died at the age of 93, her family said. The British fashion designer died peacefully at her home in Surrey on Thursday morning, a statement from her family to the PA news agency said. A statement released on behalf of her family [...]
Gwyneth Paltrow: What her ‘courtcore’ appearance says about dressing for your trial April 4, 2023 I’m going to bet that most of you have never followed a trial at Utah’s 3rd District Court in Park City before. You had probably never even heard of Kent R. Holmberg, a 65-year-old judge appointed to the bench six years ago. But last week Judge Holmberg’s courtroom was the setting for a civil suit [...]
In The Style: Shares slump to new lows as retailer forced to sell business to avoid collapse March 7, 2023 In The Style has seen its share price slump 5.3 per cent this morning, after the embattled fast fashion brand revealed that it was forced to sell its business to avoid administration. The fast fashion retailer, which was once valued at £105m when it floated on the London Stock Exchange, said it has received a [...]
Paco Rabanne: Fashion designer dies aged 88 February 3, 2023 Spanish fashion designer Paco Rabanne has died at the age of 88, it has been announced. Rabanne, whose real name was Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo, founded the renowned fashion house named after him in 1966. Alongside French designers Pierre Cardin and Andre Courreges, he helped upset the status quo of Paris fashion of the time, earning [...]
Dame Vivienne Westwood dies aged 82 December 29, 2022 Dame Vivienne Westwood died peacefully surrounded by her family in Clapham, South London, today, her representatives said in a statement. The 81-year-old’s husband and creative partner Andreas Kronthaler said: “I will continue with Vivienne in my heart. “We have been working until the end and she has given me plenty of things to get on [...]
Kanye West escorted from Skechers HQ after turning up ‘unannounced and without invitation’ October 28, 2022 Kanye West was escorted from the headquarters of trainer firm Skechers after arriving “unannounced and without invitation”. The comfort technology giant issued a statement saying it was not intending to team up with the controversial rapper who was dropped by Adidas earlier this week over racist remarks. Adidas announced it was pulling out of a [...]
Adidas terminates Kanye West’s Yeezy brand over antisemitic comments October 25, 2022 Adidas has terminated a multi-billion pound deal with music superstar Kanye West over antisemitic comments he made. The iconic German sports and fashion brand issued a statement today ending his ‘Yeezy’ brand, after the artist said he couldn’t be dropped. This comes after West, who officially changed his name to ‘Ye’, had his Twitter account [...]
Shein: Supply chain workers paid as little as 3p to work 18-hour shifts October 16, 2022 Workers supplying Shein are paid as little as 3p and work shifts of around 18 hours, a Channel 4 investigation has uncovered. In its documentary ‘Untold: Inside the Shein Machine,’ the news channel revealed that, in some of the Chinese factories in Shein’s supply chain, workers earn a maximum of £500 per month to produce [...]
Glasses designer Tom Davies on why he supports sight-saving charity, Orbis UK October 11, 2022 | City Talk Vaishnavi Kumari, aged 5 from India, after receiving cataract surgery from Orbis. Photo by Geoff Bugbee for Orbis UK