With the constant rotation and fleeting tenure of a chosen few creative directors, do the world’s leading fashion brands risk an insular decline? BETC’s Symonne Torpy walks us through it in style. Another day, another creative director leaves a luxury house. But never fear, fashion fan, your favorite leader will soon be at the helm…

For The Drum’s fashion and beauty focus we’ve cast our (discerning) eye over some of the biggest names in fashion. But what about the next generation of upstarts? We asked for some tips. The mercuriality of what’s fashionable and what’s not means that a clothing brand’s star can rise or fall in a moment. Or…

Johanna Parv partnered with skin-tech brand Face Gym for her pre-show prep, and sent models down the runway with sculpted jawlines and dewy complexions, complementing her performancewear-inspired collection. Analytics and strategy firm Seen Works dubbed this look “Pilates face” in its London Fashion Week insights report, stating that athleticism as an aesthetic is still prevalent…

It’s a similar story for The Ordinary, which says its decision to dress models in The Ordinary-coded clothes was a way of stepping outside of beauty to explore where it could show up in unexpected places, as well as to diversify its audience while pushing the boundaries of how a skincare brand can show up…

There is simply no getting enough of Hello Kitty, the cute, red-bow-wearing character created 50 years ago and which has since been seen everywhere from phone cases to make-up to plush toys. Advertisement Now Sanrio, the character’s Japanese creator, has joined forces with Hong Kong fashion brand Grocery for a limited-edition series that launches on…

Although Paris Fashion Week has ended, the fashion and beauty inspo it served will live in fashion week history (and rent-free in my mind). From the reverse cut-out bangs at Mugler to powder-white inner corners at Issey Miyake and glossy peach lids at Rabanne, the French fashion houses did not disappoint with their runway hair…

Having naturally textured hair is a blessing, until it isn’t. When your bends and waves start looking less ‘defined and beachy’ and more ‘frizzy and irregular’, managing and styling your mane – without turning to hot tools – gets a whole lot trickier. But take it from me, a beauty journalist with semi-straight, semi-wavy hair…

From her ahead-of-its-time minimalist wardrobe to her elegant-meets-effortless wedding bun, the late American publicist and John F. Kennedy Jr.’s wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy has been an enduring style icon since the Nineties. Her signature bright blonde has retained a timelessness that has allowed her to grace hair mood boards everywhere since she first arrived on the…