The wages of sin: She was the escort girl whose affairs with Establishment figures shocked ... The Daily Mail | The celebrations in the northern Indian town of Majra will last all of the weekend. As well as music and dancing, the centrepiece will be a game of kabaddi - a traditional Indian sport - held in memory of Major Mohinder Singh Chaudhary, a decorated war hero killed in border clashes between the Ind...
Fashion for life: Give in to the slum and slouch The Daily Mail | Sarah Jessica Parker hits the comfort zone (left); Alexander Wang on the catwalk | I have a sinking feeling that I’ve been wearing the same trousers now for six days on the trot. It’s possible that it is, in fact, two pairs of trousers worn in strict rotation – I do have these sk...
A Fountain of Bag Creativity The New York Times | PARIS — Arcs of water rose from a fountain and fell in curtains of spray at the Louis Vuitton show Wednesday, the closing day of the four-week, four-city international women’s shows for autumn 2010. Multimedia Slide Show Runway Slide Sh...
Vanessa is new face of Chanel The Times Of India Hollywood star Johnny Depp's girlfriend Vanessa Paradis has been signed on as the new face of Chanel Coco Cocoon handbags. The French actress and singer, who has previously fronted lipstick and perfume campaigns for the fashion house, is a close frie...
Dressing for the night The Examiner | The next few weeks in the Design District, Miami will be a complete fashion festival. Designers and retailers will be displaying their work from all around the world, creating a rainbow of diverse threads that will light up Midtown. What do you do ...
Bottoms up: Nude push-up star puts China in the picture DNA India | Hong Kong: At first glance, the set of 12 photographs that won Ou Zhihang, 51, an honourable mention at this year’s World Press Photo awards last month have a mesmeric, quixotic quality about them. | All of them depict a stark-naked middle-ag...
Designer Cath Kidston in deal to sell off her retail empire The Guardian | • Sale believed to value the business at £100m | • The firm is planning to open 50 stores in Asia | Cath Kidston at her London showroom, surge in demand for her products has triggered private equity interest. Photograph: Tony Buckingham/Rex Fe...
Interior attraction The Star | For many Sarawak artists, inspiration lies deep in their roots. | TAN Wei Kheng is based in Miri but regularly goes into the Sarawak interiors, spending a week or more each time to reacquaint himself with the indigenous Orang Ulu, Kayans, Kenyahs, ...
Paris does performance art, exotic locales Newsvine | PARIS — Performance art — which saw Dutch design duo Viktor & Rolf strip a pup tent-shaped former supermodel down to the size of a Playboy bunny in front of an audience of thousands — rang in Saturday day four of the City of Light...
Aquino camp hits ballot design Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—The current design of election ballots is unfair to Liberal Party standard-bearer Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III and the Commission on Elections should do something about it, his campaign manager said Monday. | LP campaign manager Florencio 'Butch' Abad said the Comelec should already remove the name of Kilusang Bagong Lipun...
Amitabh Bachchan willing to become Brand Ambassador for Kerala Tourism The Hindu | S. Anil Radhakrishnan | THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The years spent by Kerala Tourism searching for a brand ambassador to promote its tourism products are nearing an end with Hindi film actor Amitabh Bachchan expressing willingness to become the brand ambassador of God's Own Country. | The actor's willingness was conveyed to Minister for Tourism and Home...
