Rika Tanaka clutches a freshly-purchased tissue-wrapped designer skirt. "I've been shopping mostly in cheaper high street stores over the past two years, not so much in department stores like I used to. "But things seem to be changing. The economy is...
ON THE last Saturday in June the centre of Singapore’s very sober business district turned distinctly pink. Lesbians, gay men and others converged there for the annual celebration of what organisers call the “Freedom to Love”, also known as the “Pink...
As Cassidy Rice, 25, got ready for Stanford Law School's formal, she decided to treat herself and rent a $1,500 Herve Leger dress from the dress rental company Rent the Runway. Her total cost, including insurance, delivery and taxes, was $180. "I loved...
The next five months are going to be the toughest in Botswana's post-2008 era. Water rationing is upon us, a creepy signal that we are in a crisis. We don't have water and this has serious implications. First, we are going to have a serious shortage of...
Regina White tried to run away from her dream job, but it found her anyway. As a young girl in Fayetteville, N.C., White enjoyed making sketches of wedding dresses and dreamed of becoming a fashion designer. When she received her first sewing machine...
IS there a more contemptible criminal in St Helens than heartless thief David Lawson? Lawson provoked outrage last year when he was caught stealing cash from a Salvation Army office in Hammond Street, Parr, narrowly avoiding a jail term. But a court was...
In today's fashion climate, there is, perhaps an overemphasis on a very small part of your fashion statement: the label. However, when shoppers liberate themselves from this dependence on labels, they begin to free up more options for how to accentuate...
Aparecida Pata and Denize Ferreira packed a Samsonite suitcase with Chanel handbags, Hermès belts, Ray-Ban sunglasses, and Burberry tops for a stylish summer escape from Brazil to Miami. But they got a rude reception in South Beach, where everything in...
Growing up, Rupert Sanderson was always interested in creative pursuits, whether working on sets for a school play or designing invitations for parties. And when he graduated university, Sanderson channeled this passion into an advertising career only...
POLICE are hunting an attacker who mugged two elderly women in broad daylight in Poole last week. The two incidents – which are now being linked by police – took place on Thursday and Friday in The Avenue, Branksome Park. Both victims were taken to hospital...
