Karen Homer is an established fashion journalist who worked as a fashion columnist for The Times and has contributed to the Telegraph, Harpers & Queen, Elle, World of Interiors and Vogue. She is the bestselling author of the Little Book of Dior and Things a Woman Should Know About Style. She lives in London.

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• Introduction - Birth of a style capital - Fashion designers - 1960s: The Swinging Sixties - 1970s/1980s: flower power to shoulder pads - 1990s: extravagant luxe - 2000s-present day: fashion for a new millennium - Style icons - Street style - Subcultures - Contemporary street style - Style destinations.