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Sweatshirts with football-style numerals at Chanel

How heritage fashion brands are targeting a younger generation, from Chanel to Loewe

The fashion week runways saw couture maisons and high-end brands catering to the youth market

March 18, 2021

How Jordanian jewellery designer Lama Hourani cracked the Chinese market: 'They think of aesthetic as an adventure'

The creative has just launched a showroom in Shanghai

March 17, 2021

A scene from 'Bridgerton'. Courtesy Netflix

The Netflix fashion effect: how shows such as 'Bridgerton' and 'The Crown' are shaping the way we dress

In the absence of live fashion shows and street style, the exquisite costumes of hit shows are shaping the fashion landscape

March 14, 2021

Tom Ford earrings constructed from abstract silhouettes of Perspex

The era of the Zoom earrings: why you'll be wearing plenty of oversized accessories next season

The virtual fashion week runways were replete with partywear, which extended to pieces worn above the neck

March 5, 2021

Disco-inspired minidress in coloured sequins and animal prints at Halpern

New York, London and Milan fashion weeks mark the return of partywear

Designers are hopeful that as restrictions start to lift internationally, we'll swap trackpants for miniskirts, and party like it's the roaring '20s

March 4, 2021

Former model and film star Marisa Berenson. Courtesy Adam Scott Peters

An ode to Marrakech: Actress Marisa Berenson captures colour and culture of city in new book

The former model and film star used her time at home during the pandemic to craft the photographic tome

February 13, 2021

Black Cracker poses on the runway during the Louis Vuitton menswear autumn / winter show during Paris Fashion Week. Getty Images

No more suits? 2021 menswear is all about soft fabrics, comfy silhouettes and uplifting colours

As the fashion weeks in Milan and Paris show, men's clothing has taken on a more casual approach in the Covid-19 era

January 25, 2021

A 19th or 20th century diamond necklace from Hyderadabad. Prudence Cuming Associates

The Indian designers melding modernity with Mughal motifs

A new breed of high jewellery creators are artfully mixing the old and the new

December 28, 2020

The Dubai Mall was welcoming about 100,000 visitors in November compared to pre-Covid numbers of 250,000 daily. Pawan Singh / The National

How Covid-19 is changing the way we shop and spend: 'Stores will reinvent themselves'

As fewer people travel and more turn to online buying, we analyse how the pandemic has affected fashion and luxury retail

December 27, 2020

Zuhair Murad is the subject of a new book celebrating his work by publisher Assouline. Courtesy Zuhair Murad

Zuhair Murad on couture, Covid-19 and planning for the future: 'We all need to slow down'

After a difficult year for Lebanon’s fashion industry, the designer is taking things one step at a time

November 15, 2020

A model presents a creation by Elie Saab in Paris on September 28, 2019. AFP

How do digital fashion shows compare to the real-life experience?

Can an online presentation successfully replace the excitement of the catwalk? For this fashion writer, the answer is no

July 10, 2020

Marc Jacobs was criticised for sending Bella Hadid down the New York Fashion Week runway in dreadlocks in September 2016. Angela Weiss / AFP

From dreadlocks to kimonos: does fashion have a problem with cultural appropriation?

There has long been a tempestuous relationship between fashion and culture

April 23, 2020

'Fashion is the enemy of sustainability': How Rahul Mishra preserves India's heritage crafts in his couture

Having debuted his first haute couture collection this year, Rahul Mishra is on a mission to create more sustainable fashion ecosystems

April 8, 2020

Models walk the runway during the finale at the Louis Vuitton show during Paris Fashion Week. Getty Images

Will Paris be the last city standing on the fashion week calendar?

Many designers open showrooms during Paris Fashion Week to capture business from customers from Asia, the Middle East and Americas

March 10, 2020

Paris Fashion Week has announced it will take place in September 2020. Chanel seen here at Paris, pre-pandemic. AFP

From chequered prints to feathers and fringes: seven trends from Paris Fashion Week

A sombre backdrop nevertheless translated to stylish runways in Paris this season

March 6, 2020

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Food distribution has already begun in Jordan, Pakistan and Egypt as part of the ‚Äò100 Million Meals‚Äô campaign that aims to support disadvantaged communities across 20 countries during the holy month of Ramadan. WAM

100 Million Meals: donations flood in as UAE approaches 90 per cent of target

UAE Government

Contracts traded at Ifad will be cleared at Ice Clear Europe alongside global benchmarks such as Brent, West Texas Intermediate, Ice Platts Dubai and Ice Low Sulphur Gasoil. Courtesy Adnoc

Murban crude futures register largest single-day trading volume

Energy

Apple chief executive Tim Cook with the new range of iMacs that uses its in-house chips instead of those made by Intel. AFP

Quicktake: Five things we learned from Apple’s Spring Loaded event

Technology

Xiulin Ruan, a Purdue University professor of mechanical engineering, holds up his lab’s sample of the whitest paint on record. Purdue University/Jared Pike

World's 'whitest white paint' could replace need for air-conditioning

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