37 MINS AGO - Whether it's knitted, ribbed or spaghetti strapped; we've rounded up some of the best vest tops to buy as staples for your summer wardrobe Collapse

14 HRS AGO - A spike in cases of Covid-19 in Leicester has led Guardian reporter Archie Bland to its garment factories. He discusses a story that goes beyond the pandemic and into workers’ rights, appalling factory conditions and the ethics of fast fashionWhen the Guardian’s senior reporter Archie Bland arrived in Leicester to cover a new coronavirus spike he thought he would be covering a story about the frustrations of a city stuck in lockdown.But, as he tells Anushka Asthana, he soon found that the trail of the new outbreak led to Leicester’s garment industry and the thousands of factories that continued to operate during lockdown, some allegedly without proper social distancing and in squalid conditions. Some of those factories supply the online fashion retailer Boohoo, which has seen a massive backlash this week. Continue reading... Collapse

1 DAY AGO - Shoppers can pick up discounts of up to 50% off hundreds of trainers and clothing in Coverse's end of season sale Collapse

1 DAY AGO - Virginie Viard’s strong designs in chic colours shine, despite digital showcase’s subdued vibePre-pandemic, Chanel’s show would be a highlight of any Paris couture schedule – with a set worthy of a movie. Highlights from previous years have included a replica Eiffel Tower, an abandoned theatre and, last season, a library with books lining the walls.By contrast, the brand’s contribution to the first digital couture fashion week was a little lower-key. Debuted on Tuesday morning on its website was a one-minute-22-second film with models Rianne van Rompaey and Adut Akech wearing 30 outfits from the house’s most elite collection. Continue reading... Collapse

2 DAYS AGO - Boohoo and other brands known for their influencer-to-landfill pipelines have come under scrutiny during this crisisAren’t you so over lockdown life? I am. After three months of “namastaying-inside” wearing my crop-top ensembles and glamming up on the weekends for Zoom drinks with my besties, I was more than ready to step outside last weekend. No, this isn’t something I made up: namastay-inside is a phrase recently coined by the fast fashion retailer Boohoo in order to sell more cheap garments to young women.Boohoo, the online fast-fashion brand run by the billionaire Kamani family that also owns boohooMan, Pretty Little Thing and MissPap (among others) is so ubiquitous that it has become shorthand for a mythical person: the Boohoo babe who pouts down at us from billboards, promising that we too can look this good if we buy a £6 polyester bodycon dress made in a UK sweatshop where some workers can be paid as little as £3.50 an hour. The outfit of her mythical male counterpart mirrors Collapse

2 DAYS AGO - H&M has announced plans to close 170 of its stores across Europe as a result of declining sales amid the coronavirus crisis. The company said that the closures, which are likely to see hundreds of Collapse

2 DAYS AGO - The former president of the supreme court discusses standing out in a male-dominated industry – and the story behind the infamous pin she wore for the prorogation judgmentThis outfit – a dress and the brooch – epitomises the sort of look that I have when I’m sitting as a judge. I wore this black crepe A-line dress, with velvet bands across it and a rather pretty stand-up collar, for the prorogation decision, but the black spider brooch in this picture is a different one.The spider in this photograph lived on that dress and I had decided that it was the appropriate dress to wear for the prorogation judgment, but when I got it out of the wardrobe the spider was no longer there. It had obviously dropped off at some point and I couldn’t find it, so, because a spider lived on that dress, I looked in my drawer and found another redder, silvery, sparkly one. Continue reading... Collapse

3 DAYS AGO - Barbecues have boomed during lockdown with more than half of people in Britain cooking a meal on their grill outside and one-tenth even braving the rain. A poll of 2,000 adults found 26 per cent had Collapse

3 DAYS AGO - Boohoo is to carry out an investigation into alleged illegal practices at a supplier in Leicester after it was claimed workers were being paid less than minimum wage while working in poor conditions. Collapse