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Buyout firm snaps up hair products group
Goth is back – but with elegance and romance
‘I’m disappointed not to have swum the Channel yet. I’d be good at that,’ says the British fashion designer
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An exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert museum celebrates 60 years of glamorous British gowns
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The solutions to our cultural quiz of the year
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Auction results soar; Chinese salerooms hit the top 20; celebrities help out
The new princess’s fashion accessibility – its very banality – helps render the royal family more accessible
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