Seasons & Episodes
Runway
The glitzy runway shows of Paris, Milan, London and New York attract designers, models, journalists, buyers, celebrities
Scenting Money
How marketing techniques - diffusion, franchising and licensing - can mean success or failure for a designer. And a look
Power of the Press
There is a complex of interests among designers, buyers, retailers and the fashion media, all of whom share a common goa
Uniform and Function
From haute couture to high street to street cred, personal identity can be bought off the peg in the form of fads, trend
Material World
For these three fashion designers, cloth is the essence of the art of design. Futurist Issey Miyake makes hi-tech, innov
Yves Saint Laurent
No couture season can end without the YSL collection. But the man whom many call the greatest designer of the 20th centu