Amber Butchart

The fashion designer’s bold, geometric creations reference artists from Helen Frankenthaler and Lee Krasner to Ljubica Sokić

From an MRSA Quilt to a Plague Dress, how artists are transforming the intersection of medicine and textiles

From normcore’s resurrection of the hoodie to gorpcore’s luxe ‘into the woods’ aesthetic

From Boudicca to the French revolution’s cockades, brooches have always been used to convey politically-charged messages

From Miss Havisham’s wedding dress to Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Red Shoes’, why we’re so obsessed with murderous clothes

On the 500th anniversary of the birth of Cosimo I, what do the Medicis’ burial clothes say about fashion and influence?

The politics of postwar couture: a new show at London’s V&A explores Dior’s revolution, alongside his love for British tradition

With the current Anni Albers show at Tate Modern marking a resurgence in textiles, charting the changing perceptions of fabrics throughout art history

Decoding the First Lady’s off-brand fashion choice