Shanghai Tang has made Italy-born, Paris-based designer Raffaele Borriello its new creative director. Borriello has formerly worked with Tom Ford at Gucci as well as at Leonard, Balmain, Yves Saint Laurent and Sonia Rykiel. We caught up wi…

When it comes to runway collections, many major fashion publications omit a significant element from their coverage: The fact that they are essentially being compensated in exchange for runway show coverage and editorial placement. The edi…

It’s 9.30 am and you’ve been in hair, make-up and the hell of last-minute doubts for what seems aeons. Don’t feel bad. Let’s be clear, unless you’re a Royal, Ascot Dressing is eternally tricky chiefly because it bears no resemblance to the…

Understated elegance has been her leitmotif throughout her two decades in fashion. Deepika Govind’s forte is apparent not only when it comes to weaving magic on fabric but also when it comes to making her choices over food. A frugal eater,…

If you’ve lately found yourself admiring a woman in a charcoal knit dress knotted at the waist and falling to a flattering mid-calf length, or a colleague wearing a fluid black asymmetric skirt with a slit at the knee, the chances are she’…