This season’s catwalk shows were the boldest, bravest and most forward-looking the city has seen for ages.
Final straw for fashion house appears to have been video showing John Galliano apparently declaring his love for Hitler.
Yves Saint Laurent, deemed by many to be the last of the great 20th century French designers and the founder of modern fashion for women, died at his Paris home on June 1 after a long illness, aged 71.
It was an off-the-cuff remark on the red carpet at the Cannes film festival. But on Thursday it led to the embarrassment of one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, an apology by one of the world’s great luxury brands, and the undiluted anger of a global superpower.
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/ 23 February 2008
It has taken two decades to plan, 20 000 workers to build and cost an unprecedented Ă‚ÂŁ4,3-billion. But until now, the doors to the retail space at Terminal 5, at London’s Heathrow airport, which opens next month, have been firmly closed to the media, amid criticisms that the terminal is destined to be little more than a glorified shopping mall.