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Magugu’s new collection challenges African fashion clichés

Mary Corrigall spoke to the celebrated South African designer on the release of the Heritage capsule collection.

Maria Sharapova announced her retirement from tennis this week. (Adam Pretty/Bongarts/Getty Images)

Sharapova ends a career that was stuff of Hollywood

The Russian shot to international fame as a giggly 17-year-old Wimbledon winner in 2004, the third youngest player to conquer the All England Club’s famous grass courts

Kate Spade in her showroom in 1999.

Kate Spade dead at 55

Police believe the designer took her own life

Aesthetic soul food from designer Loza Maléombho

This Ivorian designer’s latest collection is rooted in a homage to Africa, with a reimagined make-up and the shape of the sartorial.

Rihanna would need at least seven assistants to get dressed

Sneak peek at fashion’s Super Bowl

The cash, the gossip and the general over-the-topness make for compelling viewing

Beatrix Miller understood that all magazines work on two scales

Vogue’s longtime editor Beatrix Miller dies at 90

Beatrix Miller, the imperturbable editor of British "Vogue" who chronicled the swinging 1960s with wit and a sense of adventure, has died.

France bans beauty contests for girls under 16

In a bid to prevent the "hypersexualisation" of children, the French State Senate has voted to ban beauty contests for girls under the age of 16.

Mutton dressed as lamb?

Almost everyone who covers fashion trots out style guides, all of which are notable for their horror of older women.