Some may claim No 5 ‘perfumed the 20th century’. Lori Anderson looks at the facts and finds this is far from fragrant nonsense

CORRECTIVE lenses make it simpler to see a gap in the fashion market, so designer John Rocha was well-placed to create his first collection of glasses.

Prepare yourself, a pattern revolution has hit the high street. For the past few seasons, the threat of head-to-toe textiles was sidelined for hardcore fashionistas.

WALKING down the Royal Mile, it is hard not to feel proud as a Scot. This reaction goes beyond patriotism to feeling part of a
giant national family.

ONE of Scotland’s leading design companies has accused a high-street giant of creating a “rip-off” of one of its most famous patterns.

Virgin Trains has delayed the introduction of new uniforms after some female staff said blouses were see through and too low cut.

MADONNA, Beyonce and Katy Perry were among the celebrities to embrace the punk theme at the Met gala in New York this week, the fundraiser that has become known as “the party of the year.”

THEY say every girl’s best friend is her mother . . . and Kirsten Mills didn’t think she could possibly get any closer to her mum.

Dissecting fashion is proving to be a bit of a headache.

Women wear the fashion trousers among British couples with half of men admitting they have changed their style on the orders of their partner.

From punk rock to pushchairs, robots to recycled computers, designer Sebastian Conran always seems to know what people want before they do

When you learn that Marios Schwab’s father was an engineer for underwear behemoth Triumph and his mother was a topographer, you begin to realise where at least some of his inspiration comes from. He talks a lot, in heavily accented English, about topography of the body. He designs with a woman’s curves in mind.

NOT for the first time, we discover that our ancestors knew something important that we – being so terribly civilised – have forgotten.

THIS year’s fashion graduates from Edinburgh College of Art hold a special place in my heart. I first met them when I was heavily pregnant and they were timid second years. Two years on and I feel like they are all my children just about to fly the nest.

ARE you a roller or a folder? Do you swear by tissue paper layers, like a giant, inedible millefeuille?

“A FEW days later he took him to Duluth and bought him a blue coat, six pair of white duck trousers and a yachting cap.”