Fashion
Who wore it best? A century of artists’ style
The fashion writer Derek Guy—perhaps best known for his pithy menswear observations and advice, dolled out via X—talks us through his sartorial favourites, from David Hockney to Njideka Akunyili Crosby
Fashion and media brand 032c launches commercial gallery in Berlin
032c gallery will operate within a traditional art market model and opens with a group show on the intersection between art and fashion
At the 2024 Met Gala, the most memorable looks ventured beyond the garden party theme
South African singer Tyla’s sandy Balmain dress was a show-stopper—and not just because she had to be carried up the stairs
Vivienne Westwood’s personal wardrobe goes under the hammer—with a nod to Keith Haring
More than 200 items spanning 40 years will be sold with part of the sale proceeds going to charity
Ten artists receive €100,000 as winners of Chanel Next Prize 2024
The second edition of the biennial award, which acknowledges practitioners across art, film, theatre and more, also grants two years of mentorship and inclusion in a global networking programme
New Cindy Sherman personas pop up in Marc Jacobs ad
Photographer adopts two contrasting looks—from pristine to harried—for fashion campaign
Fashion off: Naomi Campbell and Barbie to have major London shows
They will each take the spotlight at a South Kensington museum next summer
Lynda Benglis presents sculptures and jewellery in Paris catwalk show
The US artist, known for her 1970s dildo image, teamed up with Loewe for the event attended by the likes of Anna Wintour and Kris Jenner
Fashion brand Stone Island to offer bursaries for emerging galleries at Frieze
Exhibitors in the Focus section of the art fairs can receive up to 30% off stand costs through the new partnership
New York auction houses' calendars align with Armory Week
Bonhams is offering a Robert Colescott work in a single-lot sale, while Sotheby’s online fashion series includes Princess Diana’s famous black-sheep sweater
Unveiling the complicated life of Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel
Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition will touch upon her dark past as well as her groundbreaking designs
A purse for ants? Brooklyn collective MSCHF design microscopic Louis Vuitton handbag smaller than a grain of salt
The fluorescent green accessory is a critique of the fashion industry, designers say
A new show exploring Bloomsbury Set's impact on fashion to launch expansion of group's Sussex retreat
Southover House in Lewes will house personal items owned by Virginia Woolf and Duncan Grant this autumn and may lead to a dedicated gallery
The good, the bad and the furry at the Karl Lagerfeld-themed Met Gala
The red carpet delivered countless interpretations of the late designer’s iconic wardrobe and his treasured Birman cat, Choupette
Silk camellias and bathroom tiles: Karl Lagerfeld’s designs and influences unveiled in Met (fashion) show
The fashion designer’s fantastical sketches are given equal billing with the dresses that made him famous
Kusama and Louis Vuitton: Who is signing on the (polka) dotted line for artist's mega-brand deals?
Yayoi's signature style is currently adorning 400 objects in a collaboration with the French luxury fashion house—but it is not clear how involved she is
Marilyn Stafford, a pioneer of street and fashion photography, has died, aged 97
Social observation was key to the work of the recently rediscovered protégée of Francesco Scavullo and Henri Cartier-Bresson
Remembering Vivienne Westwood, godmother of punk and designer to the art tribe, who has died aged 81
The outspoken and original couturier referenced historical costume along with portraiture and campaigned for free access to museums
A coded royal message: how the Queen used clothes to send signals to the world
From a consciously inclusive Coronation dress in 1953 to a brooch that symbolised compassion for Covid victims in 2020, Queen Elizabeth II used what she wore to be seen from afar and to make diplomatic and emotional statements
Issey Miyake, ground-breaking Japanese fashion designer and favourite of museum costume institutes, has died, aged 84
After surviving the atomic bombing of Hiroshima as a child, Miyake turned to clothes as a modern, optimistic form of creativity, and revived the use of pleats to create wearable, free-flowing, unisex clothes
‘It was really about making people focus’: the challenges of curating prolific polymath Virgil Abloh’s retrospective
A traveling Abloh retrospective’s first posthumous iteration, at the Brooklyn Museum, encapsulates the visionary artist and designer’s vast oeuvre
When Elsa Schiaparelli met Salvador Dalí: exhibition explores fashion designer’s Surrealist influences
Paris show features the “lobster dress” that the pair created for Wallis Simpson’s wedding
At the 2022 Met Gala, everything old (money) is new again
The Metropolitan Museum’s annual fashion extravaganza drew divergent interpretations of its Gilded Age theme
What made the doomed Yves Saint Laurent king of the fashion world in the 1960s?
As five major museums in Paris, including the Centre Pompidou and Musée du Louvre, put on shows marking the 60th anniversary of his first collection, the Turin fashion entrepreneur Giorgina Siviero explains the impact of Yves Saint Laurent
Crypto crochet: digital replica of cardigan worn by pop star Harry Styles auctioned as NFT
The Watermelon Sugar star's knitted garment, designed by JW Anderson, became an internet sensation last year
Bauhaus, Baroque and Marcel Duchamp: Virgil Abloh's life in art
The fashion designer, who died on Sunday at the age of 41, had exhibitions at some of the world's leading art institutions and collaborated with major contemporary artists