Category: Fashion

The secondhand clothes market is booming. But is it always the case that buying from secondhand shops is good for the environment? Abigail Austin is saying “less to the dress” by taking a more considered approach to recycled clothes shopping and investing in pieces that truly resonate with her. Here are some tips from Guardian […]

If vintage fashion conjures visions of tea dresses and sweat stains, it is time to update your thinking. London fashion week kicked off in the capital on Thursday with clothes that might have been secondhand but felt very much of 2024. In an event space underneath a railway arch in Shoreditch, eBay, in partnership with […]

I never really thought that primers would form a significant part of my makeup ritual. For me, primers were simply another step I just didn’t have time for. And so I skipped it. To my peril. What I have long realised is that a decent primer is imperative to the (quality) finish of your makeup. […]

I didn’t think it was possible for my cat to respect me less. That was until he caught me testing a waterproof jacket in the shower. Him, motionless in the hallway, a textbook look of feline disapproval painted across his face. Me, slowly rotating behind a glass screen like a Gore-Tex doner kebab. The Guardian’s […]

Mary Fleming was on holiday in Kenya when she saw it: a mound of secondhand clothes heaped by a river, the pile so vast and unruly it was spilling into the water. The sight shocked her. At home in Ireland she was a passionate shopper and bought a new outfit almost every weekend. Now in […]

It’s been a whirlwind four weeks of shows, celebrities and competitive street style peacocking. The season kicked off with US first lady Jill Biden swinging by the Ralph Lauren extravaganza in the Hamptons in New York, and wrapped up with Kylie Jenner closing the Coperni show at Disneyland Paris. But while ready-to-wear collections won’t enter […]

Alexander McQueen Seán McGirr’s second outing at Alexander McQueen took inspiration from McQueen’s own second collection from AW94, called Banshee. Folk stories of Banshees spoke to McGirr’s Celtic heritage. The once infamous bumster trousers were revisited and presented with a mesh panel below the waistband to show a flash of bottom cleavage. A strong finale […]

This week more than most, we have been hearing a certain word uttered in fashion circles. Alongside “janties”, “Hedi Slimane” and “kilts”, a perhaps less expected – or, at least, less glitzy – word has been taking up airtime: durability. It comes off the back of Primark’s new Durability Framework, which the fast-fashion giant says […]

The T-shirt is white with a soft, almost cosy feel. It’s heavy, too. Mid-weight – or roughly two high street t-shirts – and made from Supima brushed cotton, it has a crew neck, subtle stitching, slim elbow-length sleeves and sits slightly below the hip. It’s comfy and fits perfectly. It’s also a white T-shirt. And […]

Her Cosmopolitan-sipping, Manolo-wearing, wise-cracking Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City was a generation-defining star turn. Now Sarah Jessica Parker has an unexpectedly cerebral new role, as a judge on next year’s Booker Prize. Parker said it was “the thrill of a life” and “a golden ticket” to be appointed to the 2025 panel, which […]