Caroline Leaper
Caroline Leaper covers fashion for The Telegraph with a focus on how major style moments translate into real-world dressing, blending runway reporting, red-carpet analysis and practical wardrobe advice into a single, coherent beat. As deputy fashion director, she combines access to the fashion industry with a clear interest in making trends understandable and usable, whether the subject is a Paris catwalk, a royal wedding or a high-street jeans purchase. She joined The Telegraph in 2017 and has built a portfolio that ranges from celebrity interviews and brand profiles to detailed guides on how to wear specific silhouettes, colours and fabrics.
Red carpet awards and society events
Leaper’s event coverage treats red carpets and social occasions as case studies in contemporary dressing rather than pure spectacle. Her regular “best dressed” reports from major fixtures such as Royal Ascot and the Emmy Awards pick out specific looks, explain why they work and place them in a broader context of seasonal trends and dress codes. In pieces on high-profile weddings, including coverage of Olivia Henson’s “beautifully personal” dress to marry the Duke of Westminster, she breaks down the design choices, details like a “something blue”, and how they reflect the wearer’s story as much as the designer’s vision.
This approach gives her red-carpet and society writing a dual focus on visual impact and narrative, making the clothes a way into understanding the occasion and the people involved.
Royal wardrobes and fashion storytelling
Royal style is a recurring strand of Leaper’s work, treated as a long-running fashion narrative rather than a series of isolated outfits.
She writes about royal wardrobes from both contemporary and historical angles, examining everything from the omission of Fergie’s 1980s looks in The Crown to the symbolic details of modern royal wedding dresses. In these pieces, she links specific garments and styling choices to character, reputation and public perception, showing how royal fashion operates as soft power and pop culture simultaneously.
Her coverage of former royal aides and stylists adds an insider perspective, looking at what is learnt from working closely with the Princess of Wales and how that experience shapes professional views on clothes and image. The result is royal fashion coverage that is grounded in reporting and interpretation rather than pure fandom.
Catwalks, designers and the business of style
Leaper reports extensively on international fashion weeks and designers, using show reviews and profiles to track where the industry is heading. Her Paris Fashion Week coverage, including “the good, the bad and the deliberately ugly” from houses such as Dior and Valentino, gives clear judgments on collections and highlights the deliberate provocation in certain designs. In analysis of stunts like the lion “brooch” at Paris couture week, she dissects why a concept may have backfired, weighing artistic intent against public reaction and brand risk.
Brand-focused pieces, such as her look at Mulberry’s appointment of a new designer and what that means for reviving a British heritage label, show an interest in how creative changes intersect with commercial revival. Alongside this, interviews with figures like Pierre-Louis Vuitton trace the history and meaning of iconic logos, tying family legacy and graphic design to the enduring value of luxury branding. Across these articles, her catwalk and industry writing combines aesthetic critique with an eye on reputation, heritage and business stakes.
Wearable trends, celebrity style and everyday dressing
A large part of Leaper’s output is devoted to translating fashion into practical guidance, using celebrity examples and trend stories to show readers how to dress. Features such as “Five fresh ways to wear florals this spring” and “Eight timeless celebrity outfits and how to recreate them for spring” break down looks into components - cuts, colours, accessories - and suggest concrete ways to adapt them. Her jeans and smart-casual guides focus on solving specific problems, like looking “smart, not scruffy in jeans”, and give structured advice on fit, styling and pairing with other wardrobe staples. Celebrity-focused pieces, including deep dives into Cate Blanchett’s “spoons” style obsession and interviews with Yasmin Le Bon on the state of modelling today, use personalities to anchor discussions of trend, attitude and how clothes communicate mood. This practical and character-driven angle distinguishes her from more abstract fashion writers: she consistently moves from what is on the runway or red carpet to how it can be worn in everyday life.
Wider career and expertise
Beyond her work at The Telegraph, Leaper has written for fashion and lifestyle magazines including Vogue, Elle and Marie Claire, giving her experience across both newspaper and glossy editorial formats. She is the author of Supermodels Discovered, a book that reflects her interest in the history and impact of modelling and the celebrity culture around it. Her regular guest lecturing at London College of Fashion underscores a role as both practitioner and explainer of the industry, bringing professional insight into academic and training settings. Taken together, these activities support a fashion beat defined by authority on high fashion, sharp judgment on celebrity and royal style, and a sustained commitment to making clothes and trends understandable and actionable for a broad audience.
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Adam Cheung
Adam Cheung is a style writer at British GQ with a specialist focus on sneakers, streetwear and menswear product coverage. He treats sneakers and streetwear as culture and design objects, writing about individual models, new silhouettes and the details that make them stand out. His work spans men’s style, watches and grooming, keeping attention on how people can wear and buy into emerging trends. He produces service-led shopping edits on shoes, bags and accessories, built around clear recommendations and concise reasoning. He covers brands and market trends with an emphasis on wearable takeaways for everyday style and occasion dressing. His British GQ features are republished across international GQ editions, and he runs Typed Hype, an Instazine dedicated to sneaker culture, extending his coverage across mainstream menswear, niche releases and culture-facing commentary.
Alexandra Fullerton
Alexandra Fullerton is a freelance stylist and fashion writer for The Telegraph, known for turning professional styling methods into simple, practical rules for dressing. She covers outfit formulas, wardrobe edits, seasonal dressing, tights, festive knitwear, high-street fashion, smart shopping and investment pieces. Her advice focuses on what to keep, what to buy and how to wear it in real life, rather than fashion news or abstract trends. She draws on a long career as a fashion director and editor at Stylist and Glamour, styling shoots and working with actors, musicians and presenters. She also styles commercial campaigns and individual clients. Fullerton writes fashion books, including guides to everyday dressing and Chanel bags, and runs the My3Words shopping concept based on her three-word method.
Alexandria Dale
Alexandria Dale specialises in turning celebrity style and emerging trends into affordable high street shopping guides. She is Digital Fashion Writer at Cosmopolitan UK, covering fashion news, trend analysis and product-led features. Her beat includes seasonal colours, fabrics, transitional dressing, polished looks on a budget, sustainable fashion and new brands. She finds high street alternatives to luxury pieces and identifies trends worth investing in, with a focus on fit, fabric, versatility and repeat wear. Her guides often centre on one trend or wardrobe staple, with specific buys under a clear price cap. Recent work includes Victoria Beckham-inspired burgundy leather midi skirts, Primark wide-leg trousers, M&S argyle jumpers and Primark home delivery. She has six years of fashion journalism experience across digital and print titles, including Glamour and Ok!, and reports with practical styling advice and product detail.
Alice Reynolds
Alice Reynolds is a writer and production journalist on The Independent’s IndyBest shopping desk who tests accessible supermarket and high-street products in real life. She focuses on fashion, beauty, food and fitness, reviewing supermarket food and drink, protein bars and creatine supplements, and high-street clothing and beauty launches. Her beat spans supermarket staples such as dark chocolate, pizzas, Easter eggs and Greek yoghurt, plus workout snacks and performance supplements, and value-led fashion like viral jackets, wrap skirts and beauty advent calendars. She runs comparative “best of” round-ups that weigh flavour, texture, thickness, quality, price and usefulness, using hands-on trials and taste tests. Her reporting is plain, practical and grounded in repeated supermarket and high-street testing, informed by interests in food, fitness and lifestyle shopping and earlier experience across travel and news formats.