Category: Lifestyle

Name: Songs to give birth to. Age: Women have been giving birth since for ever, and presumably some have always chosen to do so to music. But this is about some recent research into the songs and artists most commonly listened to during labour. Is Push It by Salt-N-Pepa on there? “Ah push it … […]

Working from home, while very much a privilege, has been a mixed bag. I live alone and often realize, as the sun begins to set, that my mouth has not actually emitted a word all day. The lack of interaction can make it easy for minor anxieties and frustrations to spiral into existential crises. On […]

Can a mainstream luxury fashion brand built on “it bags” and ever-changing seasonal trends operate without detriment to the environment? That was the question put to designer Gabriela Hearst, a pioneer of sustainable fashion at her eponymous New York label, after her first Paris catwalk show since being appointed designer at the historic house of […]

Tributes have been paid to Derek Khan, the fashion stylist who invented the “ghetto fabulous” or “bling” look which merged haute couture with street style, who has died aged 63. Khan altered the aesthetic of hip-hop culture in the 90s by convincing previously reticent fashion labels to work with rap stars. His work with Mary […]

“Modest fashion” has been a defining style for the past decade. The trend for oversize silhouettes and loose layers has united fashion fans, religious and secular, and has been in part an attempt by western brands to buy into the lucrative market of Muslim consumers. This shift has also seen the headscarf become increasingly acceptable, […]

Going upCourt necklines Square, clavicle-baring, and perfect for Zoom calls. Worn with aplomb by Jodie Turner-Smith as Anne Boleyn. Netflix’s Firefly Lane Specifically, the 1970s flashbacks. Pure Gucci campaign. Fashioned podcast From monks as the first fashion critics to the joy of Josephine Baker, an ideal daily walk soundtrack for style history buffs. Headbands Amanda […]

You don’t have to keep up with the Joneses when you’re not allowed to invite them round. (Or go round to theirs.) There has been a tiny glimmer of an upside to this, I think. For a whole year, fashion has not been about impressing anyone. Which is good, because the impressing-other-people thing had got […]