Jane McFarland

1 week ago | graziadaily.co.uk | Jane McFarland

Claudia Schiffer shares her go-to dinner party dish, flair for tableware and how she learned to love Marmite. I grew up in Rheinberg, a small town near Düsseldorf, with three siblings. My earliest memories are of my grandmother’s house. My mother was usually there too, helping to run the family business with her and her great-grandmother. I’d often watch them peel potatoes while my mother worked in the office. It was three women running it all – probably the first time I experienced female power.

2 weeks ago | graziadaily.co.uk | Jane McFarland

Bombo Studio, LiviaBlack Suede Studio, Summer 100Renè, Grey Big Boy PoloSittingsuits’, EsmeraldaHeld during Milan Fashion Week, White Milano, fashion’s largest international showcase, champions some of the world’s most exciting new design talent. Scouted by a team led by Simona Severini, general manager of White, there are over 300 new labels to discover each season, from Italian accessories to Colombian knitwear and everything in-between.

1 month ago | graziadaily.co.uk | Jane McFarland

When is a fashion brand not just a fashion brand? For Christian Dior, its multibillion-pound melting pot of access and power ensures that the mega-brand doesn’t merely sell luxury, but culture. Among the stadium-level spectacles and A-list front rows, the clothes are not always front and centre of the commentary. Straddling the worlds of design and showmanship is an interesting dichotomy for its creative director, Maria Grazia Chiuri, who joined the house (founded in 1947) in 2016.

1 month ago | graziadaily.co.uk | Jane McFarland

'It's a love affair I’m getting to have with Italy right now,’ laughs Ashley Park. The actor, otherwise known as Mindy of Emily In Paris phenomenon, has doubled down on all things Italian: not only did she spend most of season four shooting in Rome, she’s collaborated with Weekend Max Mara – the quintessential Italian brand – on a brand new capsule collection titled ‘A Weekend With Ashley Park’. ‘1,000%, it’s la dolce vita lifestyle,’ she says, fresh off a flight from NYC.

2 months ago | graziadaily.co.uk | Jane McFarland

Blankets Reading Grace MugBlankets Tea Grace TeapotBlondie Grace SaucerBlanket In Love Grace MugBlanket And Jimis Break Grace MugHighly recognisable – thanks to a shock of orange hair against porcelain skin – Grace Coddington has been central to the fashion industry since the 1960s, first as a model, then as an editor.