fashion
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10 of the best Christmas day outfits for womenA bit of sparkle … a jazzy top … here are some sartorial plans for 25 December -
50 of the best last-minute giftsFrom monogrammed notebooks and beanies to bodies and knits, here are 50 gifts for her
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A Quilted JacketFrom warm marshmallow to ultra down light we take you through the best quilted jackets from high street to designer -
‘How do I cut my sleeves off?’ – 2016’s most-Googled fashion questions answered!These are the style queries most asked of the search engine. But what does an algorithmic rummage of billions of web pages know that the Guardian’s fashion desk doesn’t?
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The backlash against breasts and other 2016 fashion momentsCleavage was out this year (in the right sense) and so, for a while, was Kate Moss’s boyfriend – and there was one very sad farewell
shopping
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Five ways to wear… a pink top – in picturesIntroducing the new pink… for men. Zara’s easy-to-layer top is just the right
shade of sticking plaster to lift a classic winter look
talking points
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Christmas gifts for him indoorsMen love a quality grooming gift, provided it’s not of the novelty variety
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The cold-shoulder party dressPreviews of next year’s collections make it clear that it will rule 2017 as well
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Tory handbags at dawn: sneering about clothes reveals the person beneathThe war of words between Downing Street and Nicky Morgan is the perfect way to end a year marked by the resurgence of misogyny in western politics
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Vetements' Lotta Volkova: 'Conventionally beautiful things are...boring'Stylist Lotta Volkova is the brains, the muse, the collaborator and the model of choice for Vetements, the cult eastern European designers currently shaping fashion. Meet the woman of the moment
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Classic chic v sportwear: this season's style swapWhat happens when a political journalist swaps clothes with a fashion editor?
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Chloé's Clare Waight Keller: 'Having a muse galvanises me'Chloé is renowned for producing great looks which straddle the line between boyish and ultra-feminine, so when creative director Clare Waight Keller stumbled across a collection of photographs of a solo female motorbike trip across the middle east in the 1970s, she knew she had found her muse
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Beauty looks for A/W 16 - in picturesBrittle and brash, with Guy Bourdin-style black eyes and red lips, this season Saint Laurent’s beauty came straight from an 80s nightclub
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Platforms are back: men's shoes reach new heightsJazzy, kinky, sexy. This season’s catwalk footwear for men puts a welcome, out-there take on the mundane boots most guys trudge about in
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Editor's picks: sporty style - in picturesTeam your hoodie or quilted jacket with leather or cashmere to take the athleisure trend to the luxe sportswear level
news
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H&M's Kenzo launch causes website to crashWhile online shoppers were frustrated, fashionistas who queued at the London flagship store had a much better experience – with the logo jackets and pinafore dresses proving especially popular
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'Provocative' new exhibition to reveal his inspirationsNorthern Irish fashion designer is set to oversee gender based art show which will connect the dots between modernism and fashion
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people
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Meet Dr Pimple Popper, celebrity dermatologistThanks to her bewilderingly addictive zit-busting YouTube films, Dr Sandra Lee has 2 million Instagram followers, clients across the world and her own acne cream
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'If you don't have a great body, how do you make a body look great?'The supermodel dishes up some wisdom with her revolutionary underwear line
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Frank Ocean’s mum: ‘He’s so proud of what I’ve done’Katonya Breaux left her job in construction to make suncream that works for all skin colours – which is why she didn’t have time to lend her vocal talent to her son’s international smash hit ...
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The lady with a beard: ‘If you’ve got it, rock it!’At 25, Harnaam Kaur holds the world record as the youngest woman to have a full beard. For years, she was bullied. Now she’s an Instagram star
the shows
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DKNY confirms the future of fashion: the boilersuitFormer Public School designers riff on Ghostbusters for their eye-catching New York finale, in the brand’s first show since it changed hands in July
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Mary Quant talks about her first job – fashion archive, 197716 December 1977: ‘I was paid £2.50 a week to work from 8.30 to 5.30 and I spent the first three months ironing veils’, the fashion icon says
regulars
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Sali Hughes on beautySali Hughes on beautyBeauty: Christmas gifts for him indoorsMen love a quality grooming gift, provided it’s not of the novelty variety
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you may have missed
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Fisherman fashion – making waves in menswearHipster fashion is sunk so designers have trawled the workwear trend and come up with a new look – think Aran jumpers, wide-legged trousers and rolled up beanies. But what do real fishermen make of it?
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Grace Coddington: the woman who made fashion artOver 30 years she created some of US Vogue’s most exciting and influential photo spreads, but now Grace Coddington has stepped aside. Is this a turning point for the industry?
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Catwalkies: Cara Delevingne's dog removed from the runwayThe supermodel brought her dog, Leo, to Karl Lagerfeld’s Chanel front row – where he was removed before the show started. But what was going through his canine mind?
the big picture
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Look good in leather – in picturesWhether it’s a classic biker jacket or a chic skirt, it’s time to channel your inner rock star
Fashion crusaders From Solange to Star Wars: what the white cape really means