Slippers have made their way out of the bedroom and into the street, finds Simon Mills–although not without precedent or formalities

What we wear speaks volumes about our celebrations, says Ellie Fennell

The seagrass meadow sways beneath my feet, the crystalline waters offering an underwater experience that could be lifted straight from the Caribbean (or the Outer Hebrides). I’m swimming in my trail s

Today, down jackets built for K2 are worn on the school run and premium waterproofs pop up in pubs. In their photo book, Max Leonard and Henry Iddon track down hard-as-nails but unheralded mountaineers and the fabric innovators who put them safely – and sometimes even stylishly – on summits to ask how we got here

F ifty years ago, in the corner of a Nottinghamshire lace factory, a young dinghy sailor set out to solve a problem that had long plagued his sport. At the time, sailing clothing for dinghy sailors wa

Technology has transformed sailing, but was the past better or worse? Andy Du Port shares his views