With art and fashion always entwined, classic blue – Pantone’s Colour of the Year – is the perfect backdrop for exploring this season’s trends.

Before being a vegetarian was trendy, before being kind to animals was the thing to do, before climate change became a contentious issue, and before fashion had to clean up its act in every way, Stella McCartney was committed to fashion sustainability.

Dresses inspired by the 1870s to the early 1900s are relaying this message: Conservative dressing is not a fuddy-duddy idea.

SHEER, SEE-THROUGH AND OTHER FROTHY FABRICS LEND STORYBOOK ROMANCE TO CLASSIC BRITISH-INSPIRED LAYERING.

SHEER, SEE - THROUGH AND OTHER FROTHY FABRICS LEND STORY BOOK ROMANCE TO CLASSIC BRITISH - INSPIRED LAYERING.

No need to break the bank to buy good art. Affordable Art Fair fair director Alan Koh picks these wallet-friendly pieces by up-and-coming artists.