A brief history of underwear!

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Graceful and practical in equal measure, the parasol has a long and colourful history when it comes to creating shade. Deborah Nicholls-Lee takes cover

From Wales Bonner’s viral Adidas collaboration to Loewe x On, fashion trainers are enjoying a second wind. Robin Givhan charts its evolution

If you’re planning to ‘hit the sack’ after a night on the town, you aren’t, of course, a medieval peasant who was also looking for a good night’s sleep on a bag stuffed with straw or hay. Many early m

Forget the standard double: country-house sleeping arrangements have undergone all sorts of intriguing (and eyebrow-raising) shifts throughout history, observes Melanie Cable-Alexander