Stephen Doig

In the suite of a west London hotel, against a backdrop of panelled walls in palest blancmange pink and cushions the colour of sugared almonds, journalist Sophia Money-Coutts and political manoeuvrer-turned-author Cleo Watson are hooting at the gloriously 1980s, Rivals-coded high campery of it all.

“Why, I’ve just seen a fellow downstairs in a morning suit of yellow velvet,” exclaims Wooster to Jeeves in PG Wodehouse’s The Inimitable Jeeves. It’s telling that the illustrated cover to The Wit and Wisdom of PG Wodehouse features a whimsical cartoon of a figure in a sleek morning suit, canary-yellow waistcoat as a point of contrast to the black severity of the coat.

The musician on his support for the Jewish community, and why he’s auctioning off the iconic outfits that have helped define his career

Boy George is recalling a trip to Egypt where he dressed as Nefertiti to tour the Pyramids (of course he did, method tourism at its hifalutin

Follow our live updates as Stephen Doig takes in the new collections from the most creative designer brands in menswear – including Thom Browne, Ralph Lauren, Pronounce, Zegna and Giorgio Armani. Stay tuned!

Romeo Beckham, the 23-year-old son of David and Victoria, made an appearance on the catwalk at the Willy Chavarria show, which took place at Paris’s Espace Niemeyer. The influential American designer ...

In The Devil Wears Prada , there's a scene in which Miranda Priestley – played by Meryl Streep – turns to her beleaguered assistant Andrea Sachs

Amidst the recent Paris heatwave, Madonna decided to turn up things up to fever pitch. The icon, who had earlier that evening attended the Saint Laurent men’s show during fashion week in the city, decided to throw a club night after-party at an intimate cabaret in the Latin quarter (how very on-brand) to debut songs from her new album, Confessions II (a follow up to her 2005 dance album Confessions on a Dance Floor). And dance we did; so overheated was the venue that Madonna cooled down the crowd by spraying her bottle over the awaiting acolytes, yours truly anointed by the Holy water.

For all the received style mores that once held true, desperate times call for desperate measures. And I’d say that the 44C heat in Paris recently, or the current temperatures across the UK, are reaso...

For all the received style mores that once held true, desperate times call for desperate measures.