Fashion
Get ahead, get a hat
From rock stars to royalty, headwear is enjoying a fashion revival among both men and women, and Scottish milliners are leading the charge
Interview: Delilah, singer songwriter
What’s the last piece of clothing you bought? I bought a few T-shirts from Urban Outfitters. They’re perfect for the festivals this year.
In pictures: Edinburgh College of Art Performance Costume Picture gallery
Alongside the Edinburgh College of Art Fashion and Textiles students, graduates from the Performance Costume course are showing their work at the ECA 2012 Fashion Show this week.
Fashion: Summer prints
The high street has caught tropical fever. It’s all about hyper prints on slinky shift dresses, tailored shorts and pyjama pants. Blazers are soft and romantic in fit while heels are high with a hint of toe cleavage.
Lynne McCrossan: Forget flip-flops - it’s a coat and gloves summer
STANDING shivering on the jetty overlooking a derelict Fountainbridge it was pretty hard to believe we’re currently mid-May.
1 comment
Interview: Morag Macpherson, textile designer
FOR a designer inspired by the world around her – travels to Japan, Cambodia, Morocco, the US – it should be no surprise to discover that Morag Macpherson’s most important commission to date is from Manhattan's newest, chicest destination hotel.
ECA Fashion Show preview video
Moths, machines and the faded façades of Tuscan cities – fashion students at Edinburgh College of Art take inspiration where they find it. Now we showcase catwalk creations from the final collections of eight stars of the future – you saw them here first. By Janet Christie
Licence to twill – Bond Tweed’s secret formula
THE iconic Harris Tweed hacking jacket worn by Sean Connery in the Bond movie Goldfinger is to be recreated by the original tailor using cutting edge technology that could have been designed by Q himself.
6 comments
Marks and Spencer issues 1950s lingerie to honour Diamond Jubilee Picture gallery
MARKS and Spencer has released a collection of 1950s-inspired lingerie to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
1 commentEmma Cowing: Sweet little lies are cheap at £2bn, dear
A COUPLE of months ago I was in the ladies changing room of one of Glasgow’s larger department stores helping a friend shop for a wedding outfit, when an older woman emerged from a cubicle in an eye-wateringly bright orange dress. “Um...” the saleswoman started to say, but the customer waved her away. “I want to see what my man thinks,” she said, steaming out of the fitting room, clouds of tangerine chiffon billowing behind her.
Fashion: West End girls
Home to the best contemporary independent retailers, the West End is a must-visit for any style-conscious fashionista who wants to the best one-off pieces to rock this summer’s hottest trends.
Lynne McCrossan: Baby goes hell for leather on lovely couch
SITTING in the lounge was a once majestic piece of furniture.
Hair to the throne
CAN any of today’s stylists make as profound an impact on fashion as the late great Vidal Sassoon did in the 60s? Emma Cowing examines the contenders
Style: From hard-nosed newspaper boss to wide-eyed innocent
Rebekah Brooks didn’t just choose her words carefully at the Leveson Inquiry yesterday. She gave due consideration to her outfit as well.
Juliet Dunlop: It’s become an ugly business, fashion
Boy, is the world of fashion bitchy. Hardly a day goes by, it seems, without a comment or three about the sartorial choices of Gwyneth, Beyoncé and Cameron. First-name-only famous, forget about their Oscars, Grammys and box-office smashes – what are they wearing? What have they done to their hair? And what about the width of their hips? That’s what women want apparently, to judge and be judged.
Iconic hairstylist Vidal Sassoon dies aged 84
CELEBRITY hairdresser Vidal Sassoon, who invented the “bob” hairstyle that epitomised the Swinging Sixties, has died at the age of 84.
In pictures: Celebrities honour Prada and Schiaparelli at Met Ball video
Commonly known as the Met Ball, the Costume Institute Gala never fails to deliver fashion’s biggest event of the year.
Interview: Christian Louboutin, shoe designer video
ONCE a precocious little boy who stalked the Folies Bergeres, Christian Louboutin has come a long way – as a retrospective of his most iconic shoes now reveals
Lynne McCrossan: Dogged by my own inability to keep track of the time
Lately it feels like life is whooshing by in dog years.
Fashion: Colour blocking
Take a walk on the bright side and embrace summer’s boldest trend with colour blocking.
Edinburgh College of Art Fashion Show 2012 preview Picture gallery
OUTLANDISH performance costumes inspired by dark fairy tales, 1980s pop, and 19th century opera are the main theme of this years Edinburgh College of Art Fashion Show.
Lynne McCrossan: Our throwaway attitude just doesn’t add up
GIVING garments up has never been my gamut.
1 comment
Fashion: Masculine dressing
Cover those curves and conjure up your inner lad, it’s time to try out a little cross dressing for this season’s sexiest trend.
- Family mourn death of Glasgow ‘fight’ schoolboy
- Rangers takeover: Duff & Phelps threaten legal action against BBC
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
- Rangers administration: Fans fear Duff & Phelps claims could scare off Green
- Rangers takeover: triple penalty punishment enough, says Johnston
- Alistair Darling leads ‘No to independence’ fight over tea and biscuits
- Scottish independence: SNP flip-flops over Nato
- Scottish Independence: SNP ‘won’t be Yes campaign’s only voice’
- Scottish independence: Alex Salmond’s pledge to sign up 1m voters
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Edinburgh
Sunday 27 May 2012
Today
Sunny
Temperature: 9 C to 22 C
Wind Speed: 13 mph
Wind direction: North east
Tomorrow
Sunny
Temperature: 9 C to 21 C
Wind Speed: 15 mph
Wind direction: North east
