Category: Global Style and Fashion
Four reasons Topshop is not the brand it once was
Getty Images The retail chain, which also owns Miss Selfridge and Dorothy Perkins, was hit hard when coronavirus lockdowns forced the closure of hundreds of…
Ariana Grande, Arctic Monkeys and The 1975 prepare new albums for 2018
Getty Images Musically-speaking, 2017 was a roller coaster. Ed Sheeran literally broke the charts, a Spanish-language song became the year’s biggest single, and Taylor Swift…
English identity: Your questions about patriotism
How English do you feel? Views from Hackney and Boston Why doesn’t England have its own national anthem and why are the English obsessed with…
Association of Photographers 2020 Award winners unveiled
The winners of this year’s Association of Photographers (AOP) Awards have been announced, with striking images across several categories. Lewis Khan The AOP was formed…
What readers said about the Freedom Trash Can
BBC Fifty years ago, a group of female protesters outside the Miss America beauty pageant in New Jersey threw what they called “items of oppression”…
Royal Ascot 2023 style guide looks to recycled and rental outfits
Ascot Racecourse The 2023 style guide embraces sustainable fashion Ascot has published its latest style guide, encouraging racegoers to “raid grandma’s hat boxes” and scour…
Irn Bru hunting and celebrity spotting at COP26
BBC Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appealed on social media for a taste of Irn Bru Forget Tinseltown, Manhattan or London’s Primrose Hill, over the last two…
‘I want to stand up for every woman experiencing abuse’
Dworks When nude photos of leading Ugandan model Judith Heard were published without her consent last year she not only found herself under arrest, but…
House of Zana owner hopes Zara trademark win will inspire others
Women in Collaboration Mrs Kotrri took on the fashion retailer Zara and won the trademark battle Amber Kotrri, a boutique owner and designer from Darlington,…
Topshop owner’s collapse is ‘inevitable’
Getty Images Sir Philip Green and Jane Shepherdson, former director of Topshop, pictured in 2006 Sir Philip Green’s failure to invest in his retail empire…