the first instance of chainmail dates back to over eight centuries ago, with its invention credited to the Celts but used across Europe and East Asia for armour. Through television, we’ve mostly ...

“A woman’s armour has always been her jewellery. The metal, the chains, the layering; look to [jewellery designer] Shaun Leane for the real deal” Brown adds. Chainmail is next, “but keep ...

Imagine armor as light as fabric yet stronger than steel, built from materials that link together like molecular chainmail. Scientists may have just taken the first step toward making it a reality.

The armour was almost necessary.” Coco Chanel may have referred to Rabanne contemptuously as “the metallurgist”, but Rabanne’s use of chainmail set off a decades-long trend. The house ...