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Articles by Annachiara Biondi
Wimbledon style and the rise of the walk-on
“The actor on Broadway, the singer at La Scala [and] the dancer at the Bolshoi Theatre understand what the tennis player at Wimbledon...
Back to yours? The singleton’s bedroom is not what it used to be
In the 1977 film Looking for Mr Goodbar, Theresa, a young schoolteacher in New York, played by a magnetic Diane Keaton, picks up men at...
Bond Street’s loss is Sloane Street’s gain in London’s luxury retail landscape
It’s a sunny spring Wednesday afternoon and Chelsea’s Pavilion Road is buzzing.
‘It’s crucial’: how AI is reshaping the fragrance industry
Are you more conservative or unconventional? Which colour represents you the best? Do you see yourself as someone who has a forgiving nature?
How Strathberry put Scottish handbags on the luxury map
Scotland has a strong luxury heritage: fine whiskies, heather-soft tweeds, world-leading five-star hotels.
Flying the flag for London Fashion Week
While Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was under arrest, King Charles was out at London Fashion Week.
Italian fashion designer Valentino dies aged 93
Valentino Garavani, one of the last grand couturiers of the 20th century who brought Parisian haute fashion to Rome and defined the style...
The 11 fashion moments that got us talking in 2025
Melania Trump’s hat trick Of all the people to cover their eyes when Donald J Trump was inaugurated as US president for a second time in...
La industria de la moda se vuelve más sostenible, pero a un costo- Grupo Milenio
En 2021, cuando Hermès y la compañía de biotecnología MycoWorks anunciaron una versión del bolso Victoria de la casa francesa, fabricado principalmente con una alternativa de cuero de origen biológico, parecía que la industria de la moda había alcanzado un punto de inflexión. Los conglomerados de lujo, las marcas de moda e incluso los estados prohibían los artículos de piel y las pieles exóticas, lo que planteaba dudas sobre la longevidad del cuero como materia prima.
The sustainable fabrics market collapse
In 2021, when Hermès and biotechnology company MycoWorks announced a version of the French house’s Victoria bag made primarily with a...
Everything we saw at London Fashion Week
Of the four fashion capitals, London has been the most in need of a renaissance lately.
How will new creative directors at Gucci, Dior and Chanel make their mark?
It’s all change in fashion, with 13 creative directors debuting their first womenswear designs for new brands this season, including...
Can Laopu become the Cartier of China?
“No one can leave Laopu Gold empty-handed,” says one post on the Chinese photo-sharing app Xiaohongshu, under a shot of a user wearing a...
Cut from a new cloth
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Francesco Murano Italian creator of body-conscious womenswear designs When Italian designer Francesco Murano, 27, received an email in...
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Linen trousers and how to wear them
On a recent holiday in Greece, I found myself surrounded by teenagers wearing different versions of the same look: low-waist, wide-leg,...
Meet the new generation of luxury resellers
Up until a few years ago, Anabelle Anthony shopped on peer-to-peer resale platforms such as eBay and Vestiaire Collective for vintage...
Where royals and heads of state source their vintage jewels
Late one evening in the early 2000s, Silvio Berlusconi, prime minister of Italy, rang up Carlo Eleuteri, a Roman dealer of jewellery and...
It’s time to swap out your button-down shirt
Last May, on a trip to Stockholm, I bought a neon blue, long-sleeve stretchy collared top from second-hand store Arkivet.
€3,000 per bottle? Inside the hot market for discontinued perfume
Very few things can be as personal, emotional and sensory triggering as perfume, which is why some people spend hundreds of pounds to get...
An ‘ugly chic’ alternative to the ballet flat
For most of my late teens and early twenties, ballet flats were my go-to shoes. I wore them to class, to the supermarket and to the club.
The small brands linking craft, heritage and activism
ZOUBIDA Morocco-based label helping tackle fashion’s waste problem “These fabrics are a bit like Proust’s madeleine, they evoke memories...
The big business of perfume dupes
Among the shops that line Brighton’s eclectic Gardner Street is Eden Perfumes, a local purveyor of more than 300 fragrances.
Burberry brings the magic back to London Fashion Week
A bit of the magic was back at Burberry on Monday night.
A supply chain crisis hit profits. Now in the clear, Nanushka has big plans
Hungarian brand Nanushka has plenty to celebrate this year.
Risqué fashion that turns heads
One night back in February, I found myself in semi-darkness inside St Michael and All Angels church in Shoreditch, watching models...
How to spend it in August
EAT A Sri Lankan supper club in London’s Borough Market British-Sri Lankan chef and food writer Cynthia Shanmugalingam opened her first...
Luxury brands roll out 50% discounts as Chinese shoppers rein in spending
Luxury goods are being discounted at rates as high as 50 per cent in China as middle-class shoppers rein in spending on big-ticket items...
Jewellery brand Haricot Vert’s world in miniature
Searching for “haricot vert” on Google will result in a sea of green bean recipes and dictionary entries.
The family behind Chopard
It’s early May, less than two weeks before the Cannes Film Festival, and yet calm reigns at the Chopard headquarters in Geneva.
Keeping the piece: six creatives’ precious mementos
MIMINAT SHODEINDE Founder of London-based interior architecture and design studio Miminat Design I bought this ring before a talk that I...
From ice baths to tropical islands, the swimwear styles around the world
Imagine you had a tough day at work, but instead of commuting home in a crowded train, you could just grab your towel and go down the...
Kurt Cobain’s anti-fashion legacy
In August 1993, Kurt Cobain met Los Angeles Times journalist Robert Hilburn wearing a short dress over flannel long johns.
Five stylish people who do glamour on their own terms
SUZI DE GIVENCHY Model in her fifties pushing for representation When we meet in February, Suzi de Givenchy is fresh off a casting for...
Transcript: Culture chat — The uncancelling of John Galliano
This is an audio transcript of the Life and Art from FT Weekend podcast episode: ‘Culture chat — The uncancelling of John Galliano’...
All the most memorable Best Actress winner dresses in Oscars history
Vogue’s guide to the most memorable dress worn by best actress Oscar winners. When Janet Gaynor collected the inaugural Best Actress statuette in 1929 wearing a simple midi skirt, long-sleeved sweater and foulard, no one could have foreseen the style transformation of Academy Award winners over the next nine decades. Today, actresses—now with the help of professional stylists, and the world’s top fashion designers—outdo themselves to shine on the red carpet.
Avellano, the designer bringing latex to the red carpet
When we speak over Zoom a couple of weeks before his show at Paris Fashion Week, Arthur Avellano and his publicist are swooning over a...
Italian pop stars shake up menswear at Sanremo Music Festival
On the first night of Italian music festival Sanremo, co-host and singer Marco Mengoni walked the stage in six different looks, including...
Fashion rentals find favour but platforms struggle to thrive
When Rent the Runway launched in 2009, it hailed its model as disruptive: by allowing users to rent clothing online by subscription, the...
歴代スーパーボウルのハーフタイムショーをプレイバック──マドンナからレディー・ガガ、リアーナまで
NFLのスーパーボウルは、アメリカのTV放送において重要な要素である。アメリカンフットボールを世界的ポップカルチャー現象へと導き、世界中から約1億人の視聴者を惹きつけているのは、ハーフタイムショーのパフォーマンスだ。視聴者のほとんどは、ゲームで誰が勝利を収めたのか、ましてやどのチームが戦ったのかすら覚えていないかもしれない。しかし、ジャネット・ジャクソンとジャスティン・ティンバーレイクの“衣装の不具合”を忘れた人は少ないであろう。 スーパーボウルは、1993年にマイケル・ジャクソンが煙の中から現れた時から、ポップミュージックの扉を開いた。キング・オブ・ポップが軍隊風ボレロを身に着けたショー以降、出演者と衣装スタイリストたちは、豪華なパフォーマンスを披露するための衣装に力を入れることとなった。...
Grammy Awards: i look più originali di tutti i tempi
Grammy Awards: i look più originali di sempre Si tratta della serata musicale più attesa dell’anno e l’importante è fare un’entrata trionfale. Quest’anno la 68esima edizione dei Grammy Awards andrà in scena tra domenica 1 e lunedì 2 febbraio a Los Angeles, e sarà certamente una serata piena di sorprese. La prima? Anche quest'anno tante, tantissime nomination al femminile.
グラミー史上最高のレッドカーペットスタイルをプレイバック
音楽界のスーパースターたちにとってグラミー賞のレッドカーペットは、ある意味「勝負」の場と言える。着こなし次第で、その日の話題を独占することも可能だ。彼らの才能に見合ったスタイルでなければ、ファンたちの期待を裏切ることになってしまう。 そんな大切な機会だからこそ、これまでのグラミー賞では数々の名スタイルが生まれてきた。2000年のジェニファー・ロペスはヴェルサーチェ（VERSACE）のドレスをまとい、さながらジャングルの女神のようだった。リアーナは、2015年に裾が大きく広がるジャンバティスタ ヴァリ（GIAMBATTISTA VALLI）のドレスを着用し、その貫禄を見せつけた。 1959年の第1回開催以来（当時の顔ぶれはフランク・シナトラやペギー・リー、ディーン・マーティンなど、レジェンドが揃った）、グラミー賞といえば「ハイヴォルテージ・スタイル」とまで言われ、もはやパフォーマンス以上にスターたちのファッションが取り上げられてきた。...
Designer Serafina Sama: ‘I’d love us to be small and personal and secret’
In early 2019, after seven years of growing her independent London-based label Isa Arfen, designer Serafina Sama felt it was time for a...
Superstylist Erin Walsh can turn a star’s style around
In November, Anne Hathaway hosted the CFDA Fashion Awards, an annual ceremony that honours the best of American fashion.
Can Golden Goose do more than sneakers?
Silvio Campara likes to wax lyrical about Golden Goose, the Italian label known for its £440 distressed and star-encrusted trainers.
Why I won’t dress my age
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Why I won’t dress my age
I am repeatedly told that I don’t dress my age. In September a colleague described me as “quite Gen Z” (I’m a 33-year-old millennial).
Karoline Vitto prepares to break the mould in Milan debut
With only a couple of weeks to go before her first solo show in Milan tomorrow, London-based, Brazilian-born designer Karoline Vitto is...
True colours: how clothes became a political tool Original
Political allegiances were easy to spot on the streets of Paris in the 1780s.
London is fighting for its future as a fashion capital
In 1994, Dawn Mello, then president of New York luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman, travelled to London to attend the city’s...
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