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Alexander Fury

@AlexanderFury

Alexander Fury is a fashion journalist, author and critic. He is fashion editor of the Independent, i and the Independent on Sunday newspapers and was awarded the inaugural Editorial Intelligence Award for Fashion Commentator of the Year 2014-15. He was named one of InStyle magazine's 20 most powerful people in fashion in 2015.

Labels on traditionally-constructed Mackintosh coats - still made in the UK by specialist hand-craft
Features

The lure of heritage brands for a new generation of fashion designers

Fashion

Karl Lagerfeld: Why the Chanel creative director was so outstanding

Models parade through the cloisters of Westminster Abbey for Gucci's latest Cruise show
Features

Cruise 2017: Gucci takes over Westminster Abbey

Christian Dior's 2017 Cruise collection, shown at Blenheim Palace
Fashion

Christian Dior Cruise 2017: pomp and circumstance at Blenheim palace

Models at Louis Vuitton's 2017 Cruise collection at the Oscar Niemeyer-designed MAC building in Brazil
Fashion

The Full Brazilian: Louis Vuitton comes to Rio for Cruise 2017

Higher-priced 'niche' scents are now the fastest-growing facet of the multi-billion pound fragrance industry
Features

Scents, with a new sensibility

Grace Coddington, and cat (Photograph: Fabien Baron)
Fashion

Fancy smelling like a Vogue editor?

A coveted Hermès Birkin bag, in must-have crocodile. Similar styles are selling for six-figure sums at auctions (Getty)
Fashion

Moneybags: is the frock-market the new stock-market?

Cosmetics for him, and her
Fashion

Thick Skinned: the gender-blending beauty products of now

(Getty
Fashion

Hello, Dolly! Why is high fashion so fixated with life in plastic?

Moschino Spring/Summer 2016
Fashion

The Fast Lane: Race car inspired menswear to get your pulse racing

Billionaire Donald Trump and his wife Ivana arrive 4 December 1989 at a social engagement in New York
Fashion

Top Trumps: Fashion forward or fashion victim?

Dita von Teese, in a corset by Mr Pearl
Fashion

A waist Of Time - the contemporary revival of the corset

Fashion

A waist Of Time - the contemporary revival of the corset

Dita von Teese, in a corset by Mr Pearl
Comme des Garcons spring-summer 2016
Fashion

The Witching Hour: fashion's unseaonable fascination with dark magic

Rachel Zoe in a William Vintage 1967 Jean Patou dress
Fashion

Something old, something new: Rachel Zoe and Kate Upton's vintage fave

Met Curator Andrew Bolton in "The First Monday in May", a Magnolia Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.
Fashion

Gala Benefits - fashion's Oscars now has its own feature film

Menswear and womenswear shown simultaneously under the simple label "Burberry," for autumn/winter 2016
Fashion

A singular label and a seductive vision power fashion’s best

Menswear and womenswear shown simultaneously under the simple label "Burberry," for autumn/winter 2016
Fashion

A singular label and a seductive vision power fashion’s best

Elizabeth II, turning 90 on 21 April
Fashion

Terribly stylish ma’am: Elizabeth II turns 90

Leading designer names - such as Fendi and Gucci - do swift discount business
Fashion

Wear What When Why: Could discounting be the new luxury?

Fashion

Balmainia is not for the faint-hearted

Prada Spring-Summer 2016
Fashion

Breaking ground

Sharp figures: Justin O'Shea’s training isn't design, but shopping
Features

Brioni appoints Justin O'Shea as its new creative director

Astrid Andersen, autumn/winter 2016
Features

How streetwear crossed over from urban cool to catwalk chic

'My fashion acquisition is driven by lust, by want rather than need'
Features

Why a good wardrobe can be an art form

The Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana on the outskirts of Rome is also known as the square colosseum, a key piece of Fascist architecture which now houses every facet of Fendi
Features

Fendi's pair of palazzos indicate grand designs on 21st-century luxury

Astrid Andersen, autumn/winter 2016
Features

How streetwear crossed over from urban cool to catwalk chic

'My fashion acquisition is driven by lust, by want rather than need'
Features

Why a good wardrobe can be an art form

The Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana on the outskirts of Rome is also known as the square colosseum, a key piece of Fascist architecture which now houses every facet of Fendi
Features

Fendi's pair of palazzos indicate grand designs on 21st-century luxury

Moschino's Fresh, £65, Moschino, Selfridges.com
Features

National fragrance day: Perfume isn't just about the smell

Features

National fragrance day: Perfume isn't just about the smell

Moschino's Fresh, £65, Moschino, Selfridges.com
Italo Zucchelli, 50, men’s creative director of the Calvin Klein Collection label
Features

Calvin Klein: Italo Zucchelli is bringing US masculinty up to date

Heady days: Master & Dynamic’s £490 MW60 model
Features

How designer headphones became a fashion status symbol

Bouchra Jarrar
Features

Bouchra Jarrar: Why the new female head at Lanvin is a shrewd move

The salon presentation of Saint Laurent to 150 guests
Features

Paris Fashion Week: The autumn/winter shows were all about intimacy

The salon presentation of Saint Laurent to 150 guests
Features

Paris Fashion Week: The autumn/winter shows were all about intimacy

Miu Miu autumn/winter 2016
Fashion

Atlantis rediscovered at Louis Vuitton, dress-up at Miu Miu

Chanel autumn/winter 2016
Fashion

Chanel revels in intimacy at Paris Fashion Week

Givenchy on the catwalk
Features

Designer Demna Gvasa's Balenciaga debut at Paris Fashion Week

Features

International Women's Day: A season of powerful women

Céline autumn/winter 2016
Fashion

Clothes to forget about: Céline offers a serene wardrobe fit for Philo

A model wears a creation for Vivienne Westwood's Autumn/Winter 2016 collection presented in Paris
Features

Westwood should silence those who say fashion is all about insecurity

Dior autumn/winter 2016
Fashion

Frustration and anticipation, as Loewe and Dior show what's next

Vetements autumn/winter 2016
Fashion

Praying for something new: in Paris, Vetements and Galliano's Margiela

Gucci at Milan
Features

Milan's autumn/winter 2016 womenswear: A lesson in luxury

(L-R) Best Supporting Actor Mark Rylance, Best Actress Brie Larson, Best Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and Best Supporting Actress Alicia Vikander pose with their Oscar in the press room during the 88th Oscars in Hollywood
Features

Oscars 2016: Why is it just her style that matters?

Prada at Milan with a chunky key necklace
News

Prada power scores a victory over Tod’s tassels

News

Prada power scores a victory over Tod’s tassels

Prada at Milan with a chunky key necklace
Donatella Versace acknowledges guests after presenting her spring/summer 2016 haute couture collection during Paris Fashion Week in January.
Features

Donatella has plenty to smile about as Versace shows signs of revival

Fendi's A/W 2016 collection during Milan Fashion Week
Fashion

Milan fashion: Prints, Pokémon, pragmatism and plenty of profit

Gucci autumn/winter 2016
Fashion

In Milan, an obscure Gucci still lifts sales

Autumn/ winter 2016 look by Burberry
Features

London Fashion Week highlights a fashion industry in flux

Autumn/ winter 2016 look by Burberry
Features

London Fashion Week highlights a fashion industry in flux

Handbags and shoes are different beasts to fashion
Features

Why designing a coat is different from designing a handbag

Alexander McQueen Autumn/Winter 2016 (Getty)
Fashion

Mulberry and McQueen: the return of two British greats to London

Anderson’s snapshots train your eye to focus on particular facets of the clothes
News

JW Anderson autumn/winter collection is provocative and challenging

Proenza Schouler is one of those labels offering wear-it-now styles
Features

New York Fashion Week: The autumn/winter 2016 shows​

Julie De Libran, creative director of Sonia Rykiel, photographed by David Bailey
Features

Julie de Libran on inheriting 'Queen of Knits' Sonia Rykiel's mantle

Jean Paul Gaultier devoted his January haute couture show to the hedonistic hot-spot of Le Palace
Features

Paris will always be fashion's beating heart

The Coach look spring/summer 2016
Features

Coach at 75: Why have so few Brits heard of 'America's Hermès'?

Cramped style: von Furstenberg's show
Features

In New York, fashion week feels rather, well, weak

Models present creations from the Victoria Beckham Fall/Winter 2016 collection at New York Fashion Week
News

Beckham producing outfits that justify the attention they will receive

Kanye West, kneeling, and guests, ahead of the rapper's 'Yeezy' show in New York
News

Kanye West kicks off 2016 shows, but who cares about the clothes

Derek Zoolander dressed in Valentino, autumn/winter 2015
Features

Wear it's at: Zoolander has landed

Features

Wear it's at: Zoolander has landed

Derek Zoolander dressed in Valentino, autumn/winter 2015
The sequel follows the same formula but this time, fashion is in on the jokes of which it is made the butt
Features

Zoolander 2 is so last season

Balenciaga: The connection between catwalk and stores
Features

Is faster fashion really the cure for our consumer fatigue?

Models take to the runway at the Burberry show at the The London Collections Men event in London in January
News

Burberry plans to sell clothes straight off the catwalk

Bette Midler features prominently in Marc Jacobs' spring/summer 2016 campaign
Features

Decoding the spring/summer 2016 ad campaigns

Bette Midler features prominently in Marc Jacobs' spring/summer 2016 campaign
Features

Decoding the spring/summer 2016 ad campaigns

Paco Rabanne Spring/Summer 2016
Features

Paco Rabanne is the most exciting thing in Paris

Lingerie inspired spring/summer 2016 fashion by Givenchy
Features

Underwear is outerwear: your smalls are the big look for spring/summer

Air France stewardesses wear the new Cristóbal Balenciaga-designed uniforms in Paris in 1969
News & Advice

Air attendants' uniforms reflect our changing relationship with flight

A patchy showing: the spring/summer 2016 haute couture collection from Maison Margiela
Features

Paris spring/summer 2016 shows serve up some rich confections

Gaultier's spring/summer 2016 haute couture show
Fashion

Clothes to remember, from John Galliano, Gaulter and Valentino

Chanel's très écologique spring/summer 2016 haute couture show, in Paris (Getty)
Fashion

Paris haute couture reviews: Chanel, Giambattista Valli, Armani Prive

Riding high: Atelier Versace
Features

Dior, Schiaparelli and Versace aim to show couture has a bright future

German designer Karl Lagerfeld and model Cara Delevingne appear at the end of his Spring/Summer 2016 women's ready-to-wear collection for fashion house Chanel
Features

You can hurl many insults at fashion but ageism isn't one

Symbolism: Miuccia Prada opted for over-sized earrings
Features

Spring/summer 2016: The new season's styles are bold and bright

Backstage at the spring/summer 2016 catwalk show
Features

Louis Vuitton designer Kim Jones is leading menswear in new direction

Model Petra Nemcova can’t resist taking a selfie on the Cannes red carpet.
Features

Red carpet: London, Paris, New York... The Oscars?

2013 was the first year men spent more money on male-specific toiletries than on shaving products
Features

Men's grooming is now a multi-billion pound worldwide industry

Was Courrèges the “inventor” of the mini skirt?
Features

Does it matter who invented the mini? Fashion's a free-for-all

André Courrèges (centre) sits among his models in 1976
News

Courrèges, ‘inventor’ of the miniskirt, dies, aged 92

Jumper, £585, j-w-anderson.com
Features

London Collections Men: Celebrate our fashion leaders

Features

Fashion in 2016: From India and China to wearable tech and streetwear

André Courrèges (centre) sits among his models in 1976
News

Courrèges, ‘inventor’ of the miniskirt, dies, aged 92

Jumper, £585, j-w-anderson.com
Features

London Collections Men: Celebrate our fashion leaders

Features

Fashion in 2016: From India and China to wearable tech and streetwear

Manhandling: British manbag maestros Cherchbi
Features

Fickle fashion New Year's resolutions – easier than the gym

It's worth paying attention to Nicolas Ghesquière because he is invariably leading the pack
Features

Spring fashion: From Nicolas Ghesquière to Gucci’s florals

Pixel perfect: a preview of Lightning in the Vuitton ad, on Nicolas Ghesquière’s Instagram
Features

Meet the star of Louis Vuitton's new advertising campaign

Bowing out: Alber Elbaz at Lanvin
Features

Was 2015 the year fashion crashed?

Images from Richard Prince's latest exhibition at the Gagosian, New York. Photo: Robert McKeever
Features

Stealing style: Why appropriation is always appropriate in fashion

Accessible luxury lines from Kate Spade a/w ’15
Features

Does it still make sense to design clothes in seasons?

Harry Styles in Gucci by Alessandro Michele
Features

The season's dress code can be formal, or maybe not

Features

Fashion designers don't have to move to Paris to make their mark.

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