STYLE

A BORN EXPLORER

Kassia St Clair — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:30:59 +0000

Man in a Suit: Kassia St Clair meets Mike Horn, who swam the Amazon and circled the Equator ... read more »

WHY BLACK IS ADDICTIVE

Rebecca Willis — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:46:48 +0000

Fashion designers can't leave black alone. And neither can our columnist Rebecca Willis. She explains why ... read more »

WHAT'S UP WITH BIG HAIR?

Rebecca Willis — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:55:15 +0000

In the latest instalment of Applied Fashion, Rebecca Willis untangles the pros and cons of hair extensions ... read more »

FINDING THE VALUE IN PERFUME

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:18:07 +0000

Buy a bottle of perfume and you could pay as much for its advertising as its contents. The Sceptical Shopper sniffs out some niche alternatives ... read more »

THE DESIGNER WHO MAKES BUILDINGS

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:00:24 +0000

He makes pavilions from seeds and breathes life into buses. Bryan Appleyard meets Thomas Heatherwick, whose quirky style points to a new kind of architecture ... read more »

MAN IN A SUIT: ERIC PARRY

Giovanna Dunmall — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:55:34 +0000

An artful architect finds himself in a suit worth building a wardrobe round ... read more »

THE SCEPTICAL SHOPPER: POSH PAINT

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:08:31 +0000

Are expensive paints with exotic names really worth paying extra for? Our undercover expert lifts the lid ... read more »

A MAN'S GUIDE TO A WOMAN'S WARDROBE

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:23:57 +0000

For many men, fashion is a foreign country. Luke Leitch, who has gone native, provides a map ... read more »

IT'S ALL IN THE MOVES

Isabel Lloyd — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:11:42 +0000

Why do models stand as they do? Isabel Lloyd ponders the ins and outs of posing, and Royal Ballet dancers show how it could be done... read more »

FAR FROM ITSY-BITSY

Rebecca Willis — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:48:45 +0000

Happiness is a state of undress: why it’s time to stop worrying and love the bikini ... read more »