‘An expression of you’: fashion virtuoso Matthew Williamson on redesigning his world
The best original photographs from the Observer
Original Observer Photography
March 2021
Sunday with Matthew Williamson: ‘Back in the day I might have had a Bloody Mary for breakfast’
The interior designer tells Samantha Rea about living in Mallorca, parenting and ageing, and still loving a bacon sandwich
August 2019
The measure
From ‘Just married’ jackets to whiskey and french fries: this week’s fashion trends
What’s hot and what’s not in fashion this week
June 2018
Matthew Williamson: from fashion star to interiors tsar
The catwalk king has moved to Mallorca to concentrate on designing not clothes – but homes
February 2017
Horns, fig leafs and Prince: a brief history of London fashion week – in pictures
Since its launch in 1984, the biannual event has stirred the capital up with style and substance
March 2015
The best original photographs from the Observer
Original Observer Photography: February 2015
This month’s showcase of photography commissioned by the Observer features portraits of Sam Smith, Russell Tovey (and Rocky the bulldog), Bill Nighy, Don Letts and Karl Ove Knausgaard.
February 2015
This much I know
Matthew Williamson: ‘It’s a shame I can’t try a dress on to check the fit’
The fashion designer, 43, on the eccentric British look, Sienna Miller, and the meaning of boho
February 2013
Me and you
Matthew Williamson, fashion designer, and his mother on their special relationship
Mother and son on leaving home, making it in fashion, and the benefits of a close relationship
September 2012
London fashion week: day three - in pictures
Preen, Christopher Raeburn, Nicole Farhi, Margaret Howell, Marios Schwab, Matthew Williamson and Vivienne Westwood are among the designers who showed on day three of London fashion week spring/summer 2013
March 2012
Fashion blog
The Vintage Years: is the fashion world starting to respect the middle-aged market?
Guardian Open Weekend session: What it takes to create a successful British fashion label
What it takes to create a successful British fashion label with Matthew Williamson and Joseph Velosa
Saturday 1.45pm: Guardian Scott room
Guardian Open Weekend – Culture
Matthew Williamson, fashion designer
Matthew Williamson is an award-winning, Central St Martins-trained fashion designer
Guardian Open Weekend – Culture
Joseph Velosa, CEO Matthew Williamson
Joseph Velosa is CEO and co-founder of Matthew Williamson
September 2011
London Fashion Week: Matthew Williamson at the Tate Modern
The British designer became the first to show a collection at the Tate Modern's Turbine Hall this weekend. Imogen Fox was with Williamson before hand to hear how he calms his catwalk nerves
August 2011
Five things I know about style
Five things I know about style
Designer Matthew Williamson lays out his fashion formula
February 2010
London fashion week: Designers' unusual influences
Vivienne Westwood is inspired by cultured women, Matthew Williamson by matadors and Julien Macdonald by Jilly Cooper's Riders
September 2009
London fashion week: The weekend shows
Matthew Williamson dazzles stars as homegrown talent returns to London fashion week