Viral style: Why are we obsessed?
Podcasts, phone covers, celebrities – wherever you look there’s a new craze. Libby Banks reveals how social media is driving binge culture and fast fashion.
View Article‘Why I love Alexander McQueen’
The pop star and fashion aficionado takes a walk through the Savage Beauty exhibition and describes his personal connection with the designer’s work.
View ArticleSoup cans that changed fashion
Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans was mocked when first exhibited – but the work went on to have a lasting impact not only on art, but on the way we dress.
View ArticleEthiopian hipster style
Photographer Alex Franco has documented the fashion-conscious tribes of Ethiopia’s Omo Valley. He tells BBC World Service about their distinctive look.
View ArticleA brief encounter
An exhibition of 20th Century beachwear reveals how social, sexual and cultural attitudes to bodies have evolved – through swimwear. Libby Banks finds out more.
View ArticleHeritage fashion goes punk
After an oversaturation of tweed and tradition, designers armed with sequins, fringe and attitude are taking British menswear – and turning it upside-down.
View ArticleWhat’s the perfect wedding dress?
Bridal gowns are frilly frights no more, with chic, streamlined looks taking over. It was an Ethiopian expat who helped start this trend, writes Lindsay Baker.
View ArticleBritain’s most bizarre customs
In a new book, photographer Henry Bourne captures the strange world of pagan folklore rituals – and the people who participate in them.
View ArticleTen shoes that changed the world
Vertiginously high, excruciatingly painful, exorbitantly expensive – a new exhibition uncovers history’s most extreme footwear. Alastair Sooke takes a look.
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