Victoria Beckham doesn’t need celebrities at her fashion shows - her A-list family provides more than enough star power.
Master Yoda, dust off his French, he must. It's now easier than ever in France to act out "Star Wars" fantasies, because its fencing federation has borrowed from a galaxy far, far away and officially recognized lightsaber dueling as a competitive sport, granting the iconic weapon from George Lucas' saga the same status as the foil, epee and sabre, the traditional blades used at the Olympics.
Concerned for the health of a black cat roaming around the university campus where she works, Mevlude dropped off the feline at the veterinary clinic for street animals run by the Istanbul municipality.
Hats off, Bogie. The traditional Italian hat maker Borsalino, whose fedora has defined the rough-and-tumble images of Robert Redford, Frank Sinatra and Humphrey Bogart, has a plan to appeal more to women and millennials by pushing into high-end fashion, streetwear and even sportswear.
Ruth E. Carter is a black woman blazing a trail as a costume designer in a film industry with not many who look like her.
From young talents like Alexa Chung and Simone Rocha to London design veteran Jasper Conran, London Fashion Week showed off a diverse range of womenswear...
London is taking its turn in the style spotlight with the opening of London Fashion Week, an extravaganza that will feature up-and-coming young designers...
After New York, the fashion world descended on London Friday for more than 80 catwalk shows over five days - just weeks before Britain is due to leave the...
In Japan, the slightly bitter leaves of the Ashitaba plant have long been considered healthy, and a new study has found the traditional belief may have good...
A generation of music-lovers is damaging their hearing with audio players that do not limit dangerously high noise levels, the U.N. health agency said Tuesday.
Nearly 3,000 meters above the Mediterranean, around the corner from one of Lebanon’s most popular ski resorts, a group of skiers and snowboarders waits atop a...
A month after the damning McKinsey report was made public, Lebanese designers are keen to increase their role in the burgeoning knowledge economy, one of the...
Nearly a year in space put astronaut Scott Kelly's immune system on high alert and changed the activity of some of his genes compared to his Earth-bound...
Fans of Liverpool and Manchester City are set to watch this season’s Premier League title race from “inside the game,” even through the eyes of Sergio Aguero...
When California legalized recreational marijuana use in 2016, Gene Grozovskiy decided he would show tourists the big change behind the scenes. Now he’s seeing...
Swimming with the famous golden jellyfish in Palau can be put back on the bucket list following a two-year ban, but bathers may be stung with a hefty price...
SUVs and a big pickup truck will get top billing at Detroit’s auto show this year, but there are some surprise sports cars and electric vehicles on the agenda.
Acknowledged as a pioneer of race driven technology, McLaren finally decided to build a sports car to be driven every day of the week.
For generations Algerians like the Gueldsami family have barely been able to eke out a living growing prickly pear fruits, but thanks to the cactus’ new found...
A Colorado trail runner who survived a mountain lion attack by suffocating the animal said Thursday that the encounter that has made him the stuff of legend...
Fashion Week has ended in New York, leaving a trail of sequins and feathers, worn-out stilettos and blisters and traffic jams.
Naeem Khan brought 1970s glam back to New York Fashion Week with the help of a few models of the era.
In her sophomore collection for Kate Spade, creative director Nicola Glass stayed true to the brand’s roots in upbeat designs, adding her own twist in the use...
Christian Cowan was finding it hard to stand still backstage after his high-energy show Tuesday, practically jumping up and down in place.
Phillip Lim had some unusual guests on his New York Fashion Week front row: fellow designers. Prabal Gurung and Jason Wu attended Monday to cheer him on, as...
The traditional brightly embroidered dress of Palestinian women known as the “thobe” was not the type of garment one would expect to become a pop political...
When the final model walked down the Carolina Herrera runway in a floor-length, billowing gown that looked like a huge white shirt, it was a playful nod in...
Zadig & Voltaire’s artistic director, Cecilia Bonstrom, is Swedish, but she had Parisian fashion culture on her mind Monday at New York Fashion Week.
In seasons past, you could count on Proenza Schouler’s designers, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, to come up with the most innovative and cutting-edge...
Models Kendall Jenner and Liu Wen took a break from the catwalk to sit front row for Longchamp’s second appearance at New York Fashion Week, and creative...
Standing before a rapt crowd, Ahmed Adel oozes charm with his passionate performance of an Egyptian classic, evoking a romantic nostalgia for Arabic songs of...
Sparkly, studded and strutting in designer looks, the Grammys parade of often out-there fashion kicked off in a downpour Sunday, but that didn’t dampen...
Sleek and aerodynamic, Whiskey the whippet is dashing through the dog show world.
“Can I get you some Ralph’s Roast?” Immaculately dressed young waiters offered coffee and pastries as soon as you sat down at Ralph Lauren’s scaled-down...
Tadashi Shoji mixed plus-size models with the usual ultrathin ones Thursday at New York Fashion Week, rolling out evening gowns with high slits, capes and...
The basic black tux is a thing of the past. Bring on the flowery harnesses, patterned jackets and brightly colored hats. The men of Hollywood and the music...
Tom Ford says these tumultuous times pointed him in the opposite direction at New York Fashion Week Wednesday night with a collection of gentle, nonaggressive...
David Aguilar has built himself a robotic prosthetic arm using Lego pieces after being born without a right forearm due to a rare genetic condition.
Hollywood star Liam Neeson insisted Tuesday he was “not racist” after confessing that he once set out to attack a random black man after a friend of his told...