An award winning Manchester School of Art graduate spoke with MM after becoming the first intu Trafford Centre fashion collaborator with Salford ‘queen of prints’ Celia Birtwell CBE.

Some may be struggling to prosper as the economy crawls out of recession, but for one Mancunian man, there has been no time like the present to start his own business.

From cashmere jumper mittens to vodka bottle lamps and scrabble clocks, upcycling has gone mainstream in Manchester.

Being curvy or plus size doesn’t mean you don’t have the right to fashionable clothing and brands are finally starting to understand this, according to the organiser of Manchester’s first ever Curve Fashion Festival.

The Harvey Nichols Art of Style evening saw some of the biggest names in Manchester’s creative fashion scene join together for a unique discussion.

Manchester’s Irish World Heritage Centre might seem an unlikely venue for an African fashion show but that’s exactly what’s in store at the Cheetham Hill venue.

Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh is penning a new drama series about the real-life story of two Manchester brothers who built a global fashion empire on the back of the city’s acid house scene.

Former Hollyoaks star Carley Stenson today posed with a prop fox corpse outside the city centre Harvey Nichols in a protest against the end of the company’s ‘fur-free’ policy.

After stepping off an eight hour flight from New York to Manchester, grime MC Skepta kicked back to sit comfortably on the Red Bull music tour sofa with journalist Hattie Collins.

In the biggest fashion spat of last week, Dolce & Gabbana and Sir Elton John have come to blows over the pair’s labelling of children born through IVF as ‘synthetic’.

Brides-to-be looking to the past for wedding inspiration will have the chance to re-visit all the era’s under one roof next month as the Secret Vintage Wedding Fair returns to Manchester.