Lauren Cochrane

The return of the Libertines’ structured military jacket was all over SS26 catwalks, plucked straight from some sort of Indie Sleaze wet dream. But before Kate Moss and Pete Doherty, it was the get-up of European colonisers. So why are they back in fashion now?

From rare first edition books to obscure ephemera and loads of records, founders Bruno Halpern and Daniel Lichtenstein know all about finding treasure in trash.

Sample sale queues, password protected drops, rammed car boots – we’ve seen and shopped them all. Now, secondhand market places are surging in popularity among fashion enthusiasts. Here are the ones worth knowing.

It’s a big week for the writer, artist and filmmaker: there’s a retrospective of his work on at the Tate Britain, and he’s got a new book out, Flower. In both, he asks himself – and the audience – big questions about modern life.

From Chelsea’s Marc Guiu to Fulham captain Tom Cairney, footballers are travelling to Kings Cuts barbers in Epsom for a trim that costs the same as a few pints.

Owning the “right” thing has always mattered. Now, the status jacket has become so desirable that it is being stolen, quite literally, off people’s backs.

From "Free Tulisa" to "Fuck Boris", Sports Bangers tees have always said what we're all thinking. As the brand turns 10, its founder Jonny Banger has released a book recounting its accidental rise to fashion week, via cease and desist letters from the Tories.

Forget the pristine polish of an all-black get-up. We should be slouching around in muddy brown, apparently.

The western headwear is worn with feather boas at Harry Styles' concerts, paired with cowboy boots at Taylor Swift's shows and bejewelled at Beyoncé's.

The last five years have seen boobs and bums become standard in Urban Outffiters-approved home decor. In a post-free the nipple world, is the dick next?

As a brand new trailer for Greta Gerwig's anticipated film drops, we chart Barbie's ascent from humble doll to movie star.

Casting in 2023 appears to be getting more and more niche, with Dean Kissick modelling for Heaven and Bella Newman walking the Miu Miu show. No idea who we’re on about? That’s the point.

From Glass Onion and The White Lotus to Ab Fab and The Devil Wears Prada, look past the boss and you’ll find the assistant has a starring style role of their own – good or bad.

These are the style-adjacent thinkers, theorists and commentators taking over TikTok and Instagram, providing us with hot takes on what looks good and why.

From Christina Ricci in the ’90s to FACE cover star Jenna Ortega in the latest Tim Burton-helmed Netflix series, Wednesday Addams is the original goth girl.

In a world of peak “core” and hourly TikTok fads, Monahan is the OG elder to a new gen of trend forecasters: the man who hailed the vibe shift, christened “normcore” and knows what you want even before you do.

We may have collectively lost our libido, but fashion certainly hasn’t: skirts are getting shorter, boots higher and shirts are disappearing all together.

Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be. We’re recycling eras so quickly in the 2020s that the 1990s might as well be a century ago. But if 2014 is already old hat, where do we go from here?

While Breakfast at Tiffany’s and American Gigolo are held up as blue chip style classics, The Matrix might be this generation’s biggest fashion reference.

Fendace, Gucci and Balenciaga, Balenciaga and The Simpsons (!): this year has seen a wave of fashion moments that cause ripples and disruption, taking things to the next level.

Streetwear mystery boxes are the new craze and it’s down to Joe Wilkinson and Mario Maher whose Heat company has sold over 15,000 to date. Here’s how.