Circle back to fashion's hottest retro print, says Annmarie O'Connor.

Masculine or feminine? Street wear or couture? At the storied fashion house, designer Kim Jones is transforming the way men dress, writes Thomas Chatterton Williams.

Bernard Arnault, Europe’s richest man, got another boost as LVMH shares hit a record, due to better-than-expected sales of Louis Vuitton handbags and leather goods.

Missing out on an Academy Award does not mean you can’t rule best-dressed lists forever more. Rachel Marie Walsh spotlights the Oscar losers who were best in show.

A Christian Dior retrospective opens at London’s V&A this week. Rachel Marie Walsh meets the Irish curator, Oriole Cullen.

An exhibition celebrating 35 years of fashion by Azzedine Alaïa, couture’s rebellious outsider, opened at London’s Design Museum this week. Rachel Marie Walsh discovers the stories behind the designs on a guided tour from curator Mark Wilson.

Rachel Marie Walsh narrows down the best of this year’s red carpet looks.    

International business appeared almost impervious to the huge political tensions in Korea and the Gulf, as global shares soared and the rich got richer, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

Shares in LVMH climbed towards record highs after the world’s biggest luxury goods company reported stronger-than-forecast revenue growth for the third quarter.

Pierre Berge, an influential French businessman and philanthropist who was late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent's romantic and business partner and championed gay rights, has died at the age of 86.

A landmark retrospective celebrating Christian Dior Couture’s 70th anniversary opened in

Tourism in Spain and the UK will lead a rebound in European luxury spending this year, while Chinese domestic consumption also increases, consultants Bain & Co said, raising its forecast for global growth in 2017.

Style setter Olivia Palermo does low key London chic in a Markus Lupfer jacket, Ports1961 shirt, Christian Dior shoes and Topshop jeans.

Jessica Szohr chose a white Diane von Furstenberg dress with snake-print details for the Hollywood premiere of War Dogs. 

Rebecca Hall’s dress for The BFG premiere in London is from the first autumn Christian Dior collection released since Raf Simons left. 

LVMH shares gained the most in a year after results beat estimates on demand for Louis Vuitton bags in Japan and Europe, providing some relief for a beleaguered luxury-goods industry.

If you think that only the truly hip carry off leopardskin, Paula Burns has found out their secrets for you

Dakota Johnson was elegant in Bulgari diamonds and a Christian Dior dress at the amfAR Milano Gala.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s Atelier Versace dress is many kinds of wonderful.

Anna Chlumsky wore a burgundy and white-striped Giulietta dress to the fourth season premiere of Veep in New York. 

Rita Ora’s Fausto Puglisi look for the KIIS Jingle Ball is copied from the catwalk but the brand wisely let the sweater fall below the hip, concealing the apex of the skirt’s slits and creating a grunge-meets-gladiator effect.

Confused by trends, clueless about culottes and clunky shoes? Our fashion forecaster Annmarie O’Connor is here to help.

Reese Witherspoon turned out at the red carpet for the Toronto Film Festival in Dolce & Gabbana. 

Starred Up ****

Keri Russell looks super sophisticated at the premiere of The Americans Season 2 in New York.

First Hollywood turned its attention to Coco Chanel, now it’s the turn of Yves Saint Laurent. As two new movies are released, Louise O’Neill looks at the life of the iconic designer.

Kya deLongchamps channels her inner starlet and finds much to admire in costume jewellery.

Allison Williams looks a charm at the Girls season 3 premiere in New York.

Two former personal assistants to Charles Saatchi and his ex-wife Nigella Lawson have been cleared of fraud.

The jury in the trial of two sisters accused of defrauding Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson has been sent out to consider its verdicts.

Television cook Nigella Lawson was unhappy in her marriage to Charles Saatchi and was blocked from working abroad by him, her former personal assistant has told a court.

Charles Saatchi’s accountants did not scrutinise the credit cards used by his and Nigella Lawson’s personal assistants, because it was not their job to get involved in the household expenditure, a court has heard.

Nigella Lawson told a court today she would rather be "honest and ashamed" than "bullied with lies" after revealing details of her past drug use.

Nigella Lawson has admitted in court to using cocaine, saying in one case it was because of “intimate terrorism” she suffered at the hands of her ex-husband Charles Saatchi.

Nigella Lawson has told a court that she had taken cocaine in the past but said the idea that she is a “drug addict or habitual user of cocaine is absolutely ridiculous”.

Nigella Lawson arrived at court today as she prepares to give evidence in the trial of two of her former personal assistants.

Charles Saatchi has told a court he was “utterly bereft” that a private email he sent to ex-wife Nigella Lawson referring to her being off her head on drugs has been made public.

Charles Saatchi has told a court it was his ex-wife Nigella Lawson’s idea to let their personal assistants have company credit cards.

The accountant in charge of Charles Saatchi’s finances has told a court he increased his personal assistant’s credit limit to £100,000 without telling the art dealer the amount.