Years of economic policy mistakes after the fall of Saddam Hussein left unemployed young Iraqis easy targets for recruitment by al Qaeda and other insurgents, a U.S. Defence Department official said on Sunday.
Clothes of the late Augusto Pinochet are on sale at a central Santiago tailor's shop, but only to customers identified as the Chilean dictator's supporters, local media reported Saturday, August 12th.
The delicate sheets of gold used to decorate Kyoto's Golden Pavilion Temple, first built in Japan's ancient capital over 600 years ago, have found a new application for modern Japanese women -- as facials.
A Vietnamese court has sentenced a Taiwanese man to 10 years in jail for smuggling more than 1,3 million dollars' worth of diamonds into the communist country, state media said Wednesday, August 1st.
ICI has rejected an improved 7.8 billion-pound takeover proposal from Dutch rival Akzo Nobel, saying the 8 percent increase in the offer price is not enough.
Queen Elizabeth II's wedding dress and gifts from dignitaries including Mahatma Gandhi are going on display as part of an exhibition about her wedding day 60 years ago which opens in London Saturday, July 28th.
Sixty year old Paola Mazzini is no celebrity designer. But after more than a decade in jail, the drugs convict and a dozen fellow prisoners are looking to break into the world of glamour by launching their own clothing brand.
PPR, the French luxury goods empire, said on Thursday, July 26 that second-quarter sales had risen by 18,1 % to 4,793 euros on a 12-month comparison, driven by its acquisition of German sportsgear maker Puma. Sales grew by five.
It all starts with one simple sentence, spoken almost in a whisper, but which has a thunderous effect. A female police officer deployed in Tehran's latest moral crackdown tells a woman that her manto (overcoat) is too short and infringes Iranian Islamic dress rules.
South Korea's Samsung Electronics said July, Tuesday 14th it is considering an arrangement with Italian luxury goods designer Giorgio Armani to develop new premium products.
Iran is to launch a new crackdown Monday, July 23 on slack dressing that targets both men and women whose clothing and haircuts are deemed to be unIslamic, police said.
French actor Gerard Depardieu will be honored at this year's tribute of the Film Society of the Lincoln Center which recognizes the extraordinary career of a distinguished film artist each year.
French actor Gerard Depardieu will be honoured at this year's tribute of the Film Society of the Lincoln Centre which recognizes the extraordinary career of a distinguished film artist each year.
Africa's two-yearly fashion fest in Niger is to feature emerging designers from South Africa and Mozambique at the southern tip of the continent, to stylists from Uganda, Ethiopia and Morocco, organisers said Tuesday, July 17th.
Iran warned that its police will enforce a drive against clothing deemed unIslamic with renewed vigour this month by doubling the number of forces assigned to check up on lax dressing, local media reported.