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Poets’ dress code: what the clothes of Sylvia Plath, Audre Lorde and Stevie Smith tell us about their inner lives
A new exhibition, dovetailing with the 60th anniversary of Plath’s death, showcases a skirt she wore to Paris in 1956, Smith’s collection of pristine shirt collars, and the symbolic asymmetric kaftan worn by Lorde after her mastectomy

Charlie Porter

17, Feb, 2023 @10:00 AM

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‘Clothes to lie in’: what Boris Johnson’s carefully tailored chaos tells us about the man
Our former prime minister’s scruffy outfits are clothes in which to get away with lies. And they are symbols of patriarchal power

Charlie Porter

06, Sep, 2022 @9:40 AM

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Men’s clothes have always been a way to unpick the locks of gender | Charlie Porter
The V&A’s first major exhibition dedicated to menswear shows how it has always pushed beyond binaries

Charlie Porter

06, Mar, 2022 @7:45 AM

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At the age of 37, you needn't start dressing like J*r*my Cl*rks*n | Charlie Porter

Charlie Porter: Men may lose interest in fashion in their late 30s, but a sense of personal style is another matter

Charlie Porter

17, Aug, 2012 @4:43 PM

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Savile Row cannot live in the past
The road known for classic tailoring is witnessing an invasion of fashion stores such as Abercrombie & Fitch. But the old street must adapt– or hang up its scissors for good

Charlie Porter

24, Apr, 2012 @7:01 PM

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Out of the closet: gay style icons - in pictures

Christopher Biggins' garish shirts, Susan Sontag's turtleneck sweaters… Charlie Porter pays tribute to fashion's gay style icons

Charlie Porter

20, Apr, 2012 @3:00 PM

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What's a man to wear when his pecs turn to 'soft peaks'?
For middle-aged men like me, it's farewell to clinging, thin-knit sweaters. Thank goodness for shirts

Charlie Porter

17, Jan, 2012 @8:00 PM

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The 'manbag' that got me into trouble with the fashion police
I was suspected of being a thief in Canary Wharf

Charlie Porter

23, Nov, 2009 @12:05 AM

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Charlie Porter laments that men don't pay attention to the catwalk fashions

There were some lovely clothes on the catwalks of Milan and Paris. Shame men don't pay any attention, writes Charlie Porter

Charlie Porter

25, Jun, 2009 @11:01 PM

A protest against 'protest chic' | Charlie Porter
Charlie Porter: The fashion industry has co-opted the imagery and emotion of activism in order to shore up its dwindling profits

Charlie Porter

07, May, 2009 @1:30 PM

Designers shun the power suit as recession bites

Menswear designers turn to softer silhouettes as the tailored pinstripes of the business world fall into a decline

Charlie Porter

25, Jan, 2009 @12:01 AM

Blood on catwalk as cutbacks hit the fashion industry

Staff cuts at Chanel provide first sign of the global recession's impact on the luxury goods industry

Charlie Porter

04, Jan, 2009 @12:01 AM

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