Lizzo’s flute, Billy Porter’s wings and Cher’s ‘naked dress’: the Met Gala through the years – in pictures
As this year’s event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City draws nearer, we look back at some of the biggest, boldest and most iconic looks to ascend its steps
January 2022
Grace Mirabella obituary
Editor of American Vogue for 17 years who democratised fashion and promoted wearable US clothes
February 2019
He was a bully, but we’ll miss Karl Lagerfeld’s brilliance
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams review – style over substance?
September 2018
The Gospel According to André review – pleasurably indulgent
The extrovert Vogue mainstay is portrayed more as a supreme taste-maker than a source of gossip
October 2016
A brush with greatness
The day Diana Vreeland summoned me to see her
Vogue’s offices, Lexington Street, New York, 1967 and Pat Cleveland, a young model, gains an audience with the legendary editor
January 2016
From the Guardian archive
The fashion show can now begin
The Guardian, 22 January 1968:Lesser mortals take their seats and wait for the arrival of the Vogue elite
October 2014
Oscar de la Renta obituary
Designer trusted by generations of stars, from Jackie Kennedy to Amal Alamuddin
February 2014
Fashion blog
Funny Face: a film in love with fashion
Pamela Hutchinson: From Audrey Hepburn’s Givenchy dresses to the homages to editor Diana Vreeland and photographer Richard Avedon, watching Funny Face – rereleased this weekend – is like taking a trip through fashion history
March 2013
Diana Vreeland by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart – review
Kathryn Hughes has a soft spot for the plain girl who re-invented herself, and then told American women how to dress
September 2012
Lisa Immordino Vreeland: 'Diana was a feminist without realising it'
Director Lisa Immordino Vreeland tells Elizabeth Day how she brought the life of her relative Diana Vreeland, 20th-century fashion superstar, to the big screen
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel – review
A documentary about the formidable fashionista is affectionate and insightful, writes Philip French
This week's new films
This week's new films
Fashion blog
Diana Vreeland: five things you need to know about the Oscar Wilde of fashion
