Six decades after the original Barbie hit shelves, Mattel is launching its first blind Barbie doll in an effort to make its range more inclusive. The US toymaker said the doll, which is now available online and instore, has been created in a bid to make blind and low-vision children more represented within society. In […]
Makers of ‘spray-on’ trainers hoping to strike gold at the Olympics | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Hellen Obiri, the Kenyan long-distance runner, is a hot prospect for the Olympics this month. That is not only down to a talent that has seen her take two silver medals previously and a win at the Boston Marathon in April – but also her shoes. In Paris, Obiri will wear the Cloudboom Strike LS. […]
Samuel Pepys: diarist, administrator … budding fashionista | Samuel Pepys
He may be best known for his juicy diary, administrative prowess and wandering eye – but new research has highlighted a different side of Samuel Pepys: that of a budding fashionista. A historian from Cambridge University has conducted a fresh analysis of the diarist’s collection of French fashion engravings, arguing they not only show Pepys […]
‘I was in Dua Lipa’s dream’: Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker on his surprise Glastonbury duet – and launching a fashion line | Tame Impala
Kevin Parker remembers the first time he ever splurged on an item of clothing: he was out shopping with his girlfriend, now wife, and bought a Gucci jacket. “It was by far the most extravagant thing I had spent money on, and I remember thinking, ‘Wow, I just did that,’” he recalls. In the kind […]
On the lash: mascaras that create volume and length | Beauty
If your lashes are thinning, try a lash-growth product – the results are increasingly impressive – and a tubing mascara. It’s what Sarah Creal told me. Creal is the former CEO of Victoria Beckham Beauty and one of the world’s most revered product formulators – Estée Lauder, Tom Ford, Prada Beauty, etc. If you are […]
Flower power: 12 of the best floral tops – in pictures | Fashion
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Zandra Rhodes looks back: ‘Freddie Mercury was wonderful, but dressing Zsa Zsa Gabor was awful’ | Family
Zandra Rhodes in 1976 and 2024.Zandra Rhodes in 1976 and 2024. Later photograph: Pål Hansen. Styling: Andie Redman. Hair: Linus Johansson. Makeup: Dominic Skinner. Archive image: Robyn Beeche Born in Chatham, Kent in 1940, Zandra Rhodes is a fashion and textile designer and founder of the Fashion and Textile Museum in London. Known for her […]
Authenticity in awkwardness? Why fashion is striking an uneasy pose | Fashion
An awkward mood has been reddening the cheeks of the fashion industry recently. This week, an almost unrecognisable Daniel Craig starred in the latest campaign for the luxury Spanish fashion label Loewe. With lank hair and glasses with yellow lenses, the 56-year-old actor looked more bedroom hacker in a 90s thriller than Hollywood actor known […]
‘Symbol of energy’: Polka dots hit fashion’s sweet spot this summer | Fashion
It might not have reached the viral heights of the £40 spotty Zara dress that stole the summer of 2019, but a chocolate brown maxidress from Marks & Spencer, covered in neat white polka dots the size of garden peas and similar to the one Julia Roberts wore as Vivian in Pretty Woman, has sold […]
Got a fear of shorts? It’s all about choosing the right shirt | Fashion
I’m scared of shorts. They make me nervous. This is clearly a bit silly. I mean, it’s not like they are actually going to bite me on the bum. But then fear is seldom rational. If I see a spider in the sink, it doesn’t help at all to know that it isn’t going to […]