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Fashion

Sparkling, joyful and deliciously camp — Julien Macdonald’s LFW return

The show injected some much-needed lightness to the London Fashion Week schedule

Feb 20, 2023
ES Magazine

The importance of being Munroe Bergdorf

She is London’s most high-profile trans model and activist — but it’s been a struggle to get to the top. The trailblazer tells Isobel Van Dyke about how she hopes her new memoir will draw a line under the chaos of her past and offer hope to queer youths

Feb 9, 2023
ES Magazine

Julia Fox’s ‘blood dress’ is now up for auction

London-based fashion designer LeMÁine is auctioning off the dress to raise funds after flood damage

Jan 31, 2023
Fashion

Your ultimate 2023 fashion cheat sheet

The shows! The books! The exhibitions! Diaries at the ready — it’s going to be a chic 2023, says Isobel Van Dyke

Jan 10, 2023
ES Magazine

My London: The best of 2022

Pete Doherty wants his ashes chucked out a bus window, Edward Enninful calls Naomi Campbell for a night out and Pattie Boyd weighs in on the best dressed Beatle - here are the best My London quotes of 2022

Dec 22, 2022
ES Magazine

My London: Michael Chow

The legendary restaurateur and artist enjoys a civilised dinner at Wiltons, eyeing up Turners at Tate and can’t get enough of George Cleverley’s shoes

Dec 8, 2022
ES Magazine

The house that Dior built (or rather, baked)

Fan of high fashion and gingerbread? Who isn’t? Isobel Van Dyke heads down to Harrods and into a store that is good enough to eat

Dec 8, 2022
Fashion

Inside Alessandro Michele’s Gucci

As Michele steps down as Gucci’s creative director, Isobel Van Dyke charts how he went from in-house accessories designer to conductor of fashion’s Italian renaissance

Nov 24, 2022
Fashion

10 times celebrities wore archive designer pieces on the red carpet

From Kylie Jenner’s infatuation with Mugler to Bella Hadid rocking nineties Tom Ford for Gucci — only vintage will do for today’s fashion set

Nov 17, 2022
ES Magazine

My London: Baz Luhrmann

The Elvis and Moulin Rouge! director gets cozy at Chiltern Firehouse, loves the energy of Shoreditch and grows old disgracefully on the dancefloor...

Nov 11, 2022
ES Magazine

My London: Michèle Lamy

The gold-toothed fashion maverick and musician loves the world of Leigh Bowery, throws punches at BXR and finds dining options are even better here than in… Paris

Oct 28, 2022
ES Magazine

Bookmark this! Meet K Bailey Obazee, London’s coolest librarian

She’s the pioneer behind the Burberry-backed book club showcasing queer Black stories. Isobel Van Dyke gets to know K Bailey Obazee

Oct 13, 2022
ES Magazine

Your autumn reading list - courtesy of London’s coolest librarian

From André Leon Talley to Campbell Addy, Okechukwu Nzelu and Jimi Famurewa - founder of Prim and Okha, K Bailey Obazee shares her top 10 autumn reads

Oct 12, 2022
Insider

Meet Jordss — the DJ setting the fashion world alight

DJ Jordss is a rising superstar. And as Isobel Van Dyke reports, she’s already survived a brush with death — and with Kanye

Oct 7, 2022
ES Magazine

Harrods pops its cork with new Moët & Chandon Champagne Bar

Opening today - Gemma Chan, Douglas Booth, Laura Carmichael, Jourdan Dunn and Raven Smith celebrate the new bar…

Sep 29, 2022
ES Magazine

SS Daley’s latest collection is a charming ode to lesbian love

The designer’s fairytale show was inspired by love letters between Vita Sackville-West and Violet Trefusis…

Sep 22, 2022
ES Magazine

My London: Will Poulter

The Dopesick actor dines with friends at Chishuru in Brixton, tries his best to look after the plants he buys from Broadway Market and would fill Parliament with his chosen people

Sep 22, 2022
ES Magazine

Chopova Lowena close day one of LFW with a whole lot of teenage angst

The label’s debut runway show did Y2K in their own way - with a heavy metal take on the trend

Sep 17, 2022