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Fashion critic Cathy Horyn retires

Cathy Horyn, the fashion critic everyone loves to hate, is retiring from her post at the New York Times. Ms Horyn, who has been in the role over 15 years, was often seen as controversial critic, giving sharp and negative reviews of the catwalk shows, if she so saw fit. Horyn famously had an 8-year fued with Hedi Slimane, who publically banned...

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Bill Cunningham fashion anthropologist

"We all get dressed for Bill," quips Anna Wintour in the documentary Bill Cunningham New York. Richard Press's documentary of the "fashion anthropologist" has finally hit cinemas, and found release in London and New York this month. The story follows the famously reclusive 80-year-old as he carries out his twin duties for The New York Times: his...