Category: Global Style and Fashion
What not to wear to a big job interview
Alamy Open-toed Adidas sandals with socks, short-fitting khaki trousers, more like capri-pants, and a skin-tight checked shirt unbuttoned far enough to reveal lots of chest…
The women poets taking over the world
Sophia Smith Galer If poetry makes you think of stuffy classrooms and impenetrable verse, think again. Holly Williams takes a look at the female poets…
How The Face magazine captured the spirit of Gen X
The Face was the UK ‘style bible’ that encapsulated the 80s and 90s. Lindsay Baker, who worked there, looks back at the iconic magazine. Can…
The visionaries modernising Arab fashion
Arab fashion56 A new generation of designers is busy contemporising traditional dress. Getty zareena A new guard of designers is bringing traditional Arab clothing into…
from status symbol to high fashion
Alamy Kimono fabric (credit: Alamy) From geisha gown to 21st-Century fashion statement, the kimono is a quintessentially Japanese garment entrenched in symbolism From a first…
What will we be wearing in 2020?
For both men and women, from heritage crafts to bold colour blocking, here are some inspiring looks for the year ahead, picked by Bel Jacobs.…
The Instagram photos reframing Africa
Nana Kofi Acquah A new generation of African photographers is transforming how the continent is viewed – dispelling traditional norms via social media, writes Adora…
How a tomb cast a spell on the world
Griffith Institute, University of Oxford; colourised by Dynamichrome As the pharaoh’s treasures travel to London, Patricia Clavin looks at how the discovery of his tomb…
The stories hidden in the ancient Indian craft of kantha
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) The thousand-year-old upcycling handicraft was traditionally a canvas for ordinary women to tell their stories and express their fears and hopes. Now…
Asia’s capital of connection
picturelibrary/Alamy Hong Kong moves at a rapid pace, which makes it ideal for people who love cities like New York, Tokyo and London (Credit: picturelibrary/Alamy)…