Silver, red or even black, marriage gowns of the past were seldom white, until Queen Victoria opted for the hue of purity in 1840, discovers Matthew Dennison

When King Charles stepped out to attend London Fashion Week last Thursday, it wasn’t just a diary engagement — it was a loud message. Against a backdrop of intense royal scrutiny following the arrest

The V&A’s new Schiaparelli exhibition finally gives the outsider her due – lobsters and all

It was 2010 when we met Harry Edward Styles on The X Factor. With a mop of brown curls, the 16-year-old told the judges, ‘I work in a bakery’. Wearing a grey cardigan, scoop-necked white T-shirt and t

During the height of their Spice Girls fame, Mel B and Victoria Beckham also took to the catwalks. In 1999 Scary Spice, now 50, modelled for Julien MacDonald in a daring sheer pink gown. Five months l

The capital’s designers proved they know how to sell the fantasy, say Rebecca Lowthorpe and Henrik Lischke