Topic: Fashion And Style

Indonesian women splash out at Islamic spas

JAKARTA (Reuters Life!) - Indonesian women are splashing out on treatments at spas aimed at meeting Islamic values, including paying for special headscarf styling, as affluence rises in the world's most populous Muslim nation.Around 90 percent of Indonesians are Muslim, though the ...

Chirac's dowdy wife suddenly hip later in life

PARIS (Reuters) - Former French first lady Bernadette Chirac has transformed her image from a dull, dowdy and dutiful wife into a glamorous fashionista who pokes fun at her fuddy-duddy hubby and is adored by the hippest Parisians.Jacques Chirac's petite wife, now ...

Kate Middleton deemed top fashion buzzword

LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - Prince William's bride-to-be, Kate Middleton, has de-throned Lady Gaga as the top fashion buzzword for the fashion season that starts in New York on Feb 10, according to a survey released Tuesday.Middleton, 29, who will marry the ...

Blacks and greys dominate Milan men's catwalks

Greys and blacks dominated the catwalks Tuesday as Giorgio Armani, DSquared2 and Neil Barrett wound up the fourth and last day of the Milan's men fashion shows for autumn-winter 2011-2012.Armani presented grey in all its incarnations -- stone coal, blue-grey, greyish-green, with ...

The psychology of the Golden Globes dress

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - If an average woman can spend hours ruminating over an outfit, imagine what a star goes through choosing a look for a red carpet like the one at the Golden Globes.Their gown choices are about as spontaneous ...

Katie Holmes new face of Ann Taylor clothing

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Ann Taylor has confirmed that Katie Holmes will be the face of the company's spring 2011 ad campaign that will debut in March.The images of Holmes wearing the brand's updated classics (think perfectly tailored trousers, sleek jackets ...

William and Kate London wedding tour a German hit

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A new tour package of London is offering a glimpse of the royal wedding experience for swooning German girls left inconsolable by the engagement of Britain's Prince William to Kate Middleton last year.Europe's largest travel company TUI has announced ...

`Resort' clothes can take you anywhere

`Resort' clothes can be the hardest workers of the modern seasonless wardrobeThe chunky gray sweaters have moved out and the turquoise-colored caftans have moved in. Welcome to fashion's "resort" season.Never mind that there are still post-holiday sales to be had, or that ...

New Designer Alert! Jonathan Simkhai

One of the best perks of being a fashion editor is having access to up-and-coming designers. I was recently at a spring preview at The Globe showroom when I discovered my latest obsession, Jonathan Simkhai. I love that there's a quirkiness but ...
Lily Aldridge, Candice Swanepoel and Erin Heatherton are the newest to win Victoria's Secret "angel" status reserved for its top models, and that means they got some of the best outfits to wear in the retailer's annual catwalk show that will be ...