Burberry dazzles London Fashion Week despite gloomy outlook Luxury British label Burberry dazzled a star-studded crowd with colourful metalics, corsets and capes at the most anticipated show of London Fashion Week -- despite a gloomy profit warning.
18 September 2012
Catwalk spats as Italy's fashion sales falter Milan fashion week will open Wednesday on an apprehensive note amid poor sector results and calls for Italy's top designer brands to overcome rivalries and pull together to beat the economic crisis.
Ralph Lauren journeys to Spain at NY fashion week Ralph Lauren took a whimsical journey to Spain on Thursday, while Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein went all-out with a structured, architectural look on the closing day of New York Fashion Week.
Makeup masks all-star cast in 'Cloud Atlas' Heaps of makeup transformed the all-star cast of "Cloud Atlas," which premiered on Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival, "startling" the cast members themselves.
10 September 2012
British band One Direction tops MTV video awards British boy band One Direction scooped three top prizes Thursday at the MTV Video Music Awards, confirming their stellar rise on the US music scene, while Rihanna won Video of the Year.
07 September 2012
NY fashion week kicks off spring-summer 2013 collections The spring-summer 2013 collections start coming down the runways on Thursday when New York fashion week shifts into high gear with nearly 300 shows and presentations over eight days.
World architects bring democratic designs to Venice Architects from around the world have converged on Venice for the Biennale show which opens on Wednesday, showcasing designs aimed at bringing urban designs more in touch with the general public.
29 August 2012
PHOTO: Miss China crowned Miss World 2012, in China Miss China won the coveted title of Miss World on Saturday, triumphing on home soil during a glitzy final held in a mining city on the edge of the Gobi desert.
19 August 2012
US reality TV show accused of trivializing war An NBC television reality show featuring US celebrities competing in quasi-military drills is coming under fire from Nobel laureates and other critics who say the idea trivializes a deadly serious subject.
16 August 2012
Olympics: Curtain falls on 'glorious' London Games The London Olympics closed in a blaze of music and colour Sunday after a two-week sporting festival that electrified the host nation and was watched by billions around the world.
13 August 2012
N. Zealand school criticised for dead possum show A New Zealand school that staged a morbid fashion show in which children were encouraged to dress possum corpses in colourful costumes has come under fire from animal lovers.
02 August 2012
Comic-Con fans throng to 'Hobbit,' 'Twilight' tastersFans descend on San Diego Thursday for the annual Comic-Con festival of pop culture, with highlights including the long-awaited "Hobbit" and last "Twilight" films, in a four-day geekfest.
13 July 2012
Spain's disco island toils to make partying pay Sunburnt and full of beer and rum, thousands of Britons cheer as their national treasure Elton John takes the stage, in a glittery purple jacket under a Spanish sunset.
06 July 2012
There are Kazakhs in Cirque du SoleilThere are 1,300 employees in total and around 20 percent of them speak Russian: Cirque du Soleil representative.
06 July 2012
Couture's graceful aliens at Iris Van HerpenSculpted in organic body-armour of glinting copper, acrylic or leather, a cast of graceful aliens stepped out in their finest attire at the Iris Van Herpen haute couture show in Paris on Monday.