Jess Cartner-Morley

Skirts are getting shorter. I've been thinking about this for a while, but I didn't want to bring it up until I was sure.

Christmas gifts don’t have to be just for others: why not pick a stylish pressie or two that’s all yours?

Leopard makes you look punchy and unpredictable, even when you are in the salad aisle at Sainsbury’s Local

The secret to wearing leopard print well is to show no fear. Shrug it on in an offhand fashion. Don't be cowed by its power.

I wear mine with T-shirts in summer, shirts in autumn, with sweaters now. Plus, they can make a great low-impact party outfit

From voters picking up ‘bad vibes’ to the Brat girl summer, vague instincts now make the world go round. Does this represent a crisis of seriousness or has it always been feelings that make us human?

Sex and the City star says it is ‘the thrill of a life’ to be appointed to 2025 panel alongside Roddy Doyle, Kiley Reid and Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ to pick year’s best novel

You get more bang for your buck if you go for sparkle on your skirt rather than your top, because it feels that bit extra

Jess Cartner-Morley What if the fairy didn't go at the top of the Christmas tree? What if you switched things up this year, and had the sparkle closer to the ground?

In the international arms race of the cruise calendar, with luxury brands vying to stage the most lavishly glamorous destination shows, the genteel rolling hills of Perthshire, chosen by Maria Grazia Chiuri for Dior's cruise 2025 collection, did not seem, on paper, a natural favourite to come out on top. Surely the land of shortbread and frequent downpours could no compete with the snazzier choices of Barcelona or Venice? But Dior's Scottish extravaganza, which took in not one but two Game of Thrones -worthy castles over 36 hours, proved to be perhaps the grandest spectacle of the cruise season. Who needs the Mediterranean when a June evening in Scotland is mild and the sky is a dazzling blue, with the golden hour coming close to midnight?