Sony's designs on your computer The Daily Telegraph Sony’s new laptops aim to look as good as they perform, and not cost the Earth. Matt Warman examines their chances in a cut-throat market. | Image 1 of 4 Sony's T-Series features a rectangular design, rather than the ultrabooks' usual wedge shape Image 1...
Pregnant women should not 'eat for two' The Daily Telegraph Pregnant women who eat for two and gain too much weight are at greater risk of having complications than those who stick to a healthy diet, research has found. | Women must beware of gaining too much weight during pregnancy because it may lead to complications, researchers said. Photo: ALAMY ta...
HOT Haute Couture Paris Spring 2012 Collections The Examiner Top Designers present Haute Couture Collections for Spring 2012 Valentino Credit: style.com Top Designers present Haute Couture Collections for Spring 2012 ValentinoTop Designers present Haute Couture Collections for Spring 2012 ValentinoTop Designer...
Mall style club provides free fashion, etiquette training for teens Daily Press | Tiarra Johnson is proud of her latest fashion success. | Recently, the 14-year-old was accepted to walk as a runway model during Virginia Fashion Week for a second time. | Johnson says she has perfected her model walk during the Style Club meetings...
Fashion nation Jakarta Post | Fashion changes — from the power of making a statement to creating an image. It is a work of art for some and a religion for others. | The country’s fashion industry has developed quickly, forcing buyers to turn their heads to Indonesian creati...
No One Squabbled Over Jessica Simpson’s Baby Pictures New York Magazine | Jessica Simpson has sold the first pictures of her newborn daughter, Maxwell Drew Johnson, to People magazine for a relatively paltry $800,000, WWD reports. Not only is this...
Anti-malaria garment designed to drive away mosquitoes Indian Express | A collaboration between a scientist and a designer from Africa has resulted in the creation of a fashionable hooded bodysuit embedded at the molecular level with insecticides for...
Carla Bruni Sarkozy: Farewell to France's first lady of style The Independent | She once was a model – a first generation super, in fact - and her effortless hauteur lit up the catwalks, not to mention the covers of any number of glossy magazines, for more...
Agenda: Hand-printed Bauhaus tights; Queen of Hearts; Cinemagram; The Independent | The Barbican's Bauhaus movement retrospective is indubitably the hot exhibition of the moment, so why not display your cultural credentials with a pair of specially commissioned, hand-printed Bauhaus tights? Created by Patternity, aka funky east- L...
The design of Harry Robles The Examiner Harry Robles is a Puerto Rican couture designer that specializes in evening gowns. He is known for his custom stiching and fine details. Credit: EJS Photography Harry Robles is a Puerto Rican couture designer that specializes in evening gowns. He is ...
A Neighborhood’s Star Turn, Courtesy of a Librarian The New York Times | “THIS would be the perfect space to show movies on a summer night,” Sean Ferguson said, while standing on a rooftop that once served as the open-air reading room of the Seward Park Library, a majestic four-story Renaissance Revival buil...
Carrots: Secret to Losing Weight? The Examiner | A lot of people I know have dieted at some point in their lives. Perhaps we all should. I mean everyone has a diet, just not one on which to brag. I’d wager to guess the average American’s diet is limited only by taste, appetite, and allergic reactions. | The last one is obvious. A person allergic to peanuts is not going to consta...
Carroll Shelby, car designer and auto racer, dies at 89 Austin American Statesman | DALLAS — Carroll Shelby, the legendary car designer and champion auto racer who built the fabled Shelby Cobra sports car and injected testosterone into Ford's Mustang and Chrysler's Viper, has died. He was 89. | Shelby's company, Carroll Shelby International, said Friday that he died the night before at a Dallas hospital. Doctors have not r...
