Fashion
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Five stylish outfit formulas for navigating this hot-cold weather
Getting dressed at the moment is a minefield. One moment, you’re in a bikini, basking on a sun lounger in the back garden; the next, you’re shivering on a train platform wondering why on earth you thought it was a good idea to wear open-toed shoes.
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Sunglasses that make a style statement – without going the full Princess Anne
It feels like summer proper has arrived when, along with a phone and house keys, a pair of shades becomes part of the leaving home routine.
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How Demi Moore became a new fashion darling at 61
At the Cannes Film Festival, iconic actresses always command the spotlight. Brigitte Bardot, Grace Kelly, Catherine Deneuve, Jane Birkin, Sharon Stone, Cate Blanchett, to name some, have, in previous years, made global headlines basking in the paparazzi’s glow at the world’s most glamorous film festival. Now, it is Demi Moore’s turn.
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The middle-aged man’s guide to a more stylish summer
I met my wife in 2011. That summer we went to Spain. I bought a navy blue, short-sleeved smart/casual shirt for the trip at Debenhams. The retailer died in 2021 but the shirt survives, snugger now. It is my swallow. When it comes out, I know summer has started.
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How to channel Anita Pallenberg’s unmatched cool-girl glamour now
On Friday, a new documentary about Anita Pallenberg – model, muse and ex-wife of Keith Richards, who died in 2017 – will be released in cinemas. Sometimes dubbed “the sixth Rolling Stone”, much has been written about Pallenberg’s influence on the music and style of the band, whose members she entranced with her distinctive brand of cool Germanic-Italian glamour. Yet what is perhaps less acknowledged is how much her attitude to fashion has inspired the way that we dress today.
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How the King made wearing pink acceptable for men again
As Venn diagram overlaps go, it’s a niche one; the meeting point between King Charles and colour controversy. But in the same week that the King’s new official portrait was unveiled – a painting by Jonathan Yeo in a riot of splashy scarlet reds and vermillion (all rather regal if you ask me) – the Buckingham Palace garden party held for the creative industries on Wednesday saw the King wearing a cheerful pink waistcoat to greet the public on a sunny spring day.
5-min read - LifestyleThe Telegraph
Why floral extracts are the new anti-ageing hero
I’m a tulip fan. Nay, freak. Even though my London garden is tiny, every autumn I plant about 40 pots with different varieties I’ve researched and earmarked throughout the year, from the dark and shadowy Queen of Night to Belicia, a froth of vanilla petals edged in raspberry ink. So when I heard about the Bloomeffects beauty line, whose hero ingredient is the tulip – and was subsequently impressed with the skin-silkening effect of its Tulip Nectar Cleansing Cream (£24, Oxygen Boutique) – my inte
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