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Ferretti goes Victorian minimal for next winter
The latest Alberta Ferretti winter collection could be labeled minimal Victorian. There were many elements of 19th-century fashion in the show ...
Road trip, not roots trip, in the West of Ireland
Many visitors to Ireland make the trip in search of heritage, tracking down ancestors in obscure villages and wandering through ancient churches, ...
Mila Schoen creates feminine flounce for winter
Mila Schoen has turned to a new team of international designers to usher in a new era for the label. The first collection, cold weather clothes for ...
Snorkeling in wintry Iceland: Frigid but inspiring
The air above the Silfra rift was freezing and the water in it was only a couple degrees higher, just warm enough to be liquid. Going under was a ...
German children's author Otfried Preussler dies
Otfried Preussler, a bestselling German children's author who created "The Robber Hotzenplotz" and "The Little Witch" books, has died. He was 89.
Big name Italy elex produce surprise frontrunner
If opinion polls are right, he's the man headed to win Italy's elections this month. No, not Silvio Berlusconi, the flamboyant media mogul chased out ...
Greek man accused of stealing Dali work in NYC
A Greek man proved inept at the art of thievery by swiping a Salvador Dali painting from a New York City gallery as security cameras rolled and, in ...
London Fashion Week wraps up 5-day run
What's new for fashion in the coming winter? Consider glamorous animal prints, a touch of punk, polished tailoring, furry collars and lashings of ...
Putin: Archive could go to Jewish museum
Russian President Vladimir Putin is suggesting that a vast collection of Jewish books and documents that is the focus of a dispute between Moscow and ...
Correction: France-Holocaust Theft story
In a Feb. 14 story about France giving back seven paintings taken from their Jewish owners during World War II, The Associated Press erroneously ...
Art witness: the 20th century according to Chagall
A new exhibit in Paris tries to show the painter Marc Chagall as a historian of the 20th century. Through rich, colorful allegories of the two world ...
Hamburg airport security staff to strike
A German union has called on security workers at Hamburg airport to walk off the job on Wednesday, the latest in a series of strikes staged to ramp ...
Burberry, Tom Ford lead London fashion showcase
Bold looks at Burberry Prorsum and a much-anticipated show by Tom Ford brought London Fashion Week to an exhilarating climax Monday, packed with ...
Dark romance at Erdem's London catwalk show
Designer Erdem Moralioglu has garnered a long list of fans with his delicate, ice cream-colored floral dresses, but this season he decided to try ...
Belgians hunt boar: No contest, animals win
Belgians went on a boar hunt and at first it looked like no contest: 200 hunters vs. 170 wild boars. Yet in the end, only one boar was slain.
Camouflage meets velvet at Christopher Kane show
Camouflage has suddenly become stylish. So have big fox fur stoles, velvet and feather trim. Designer Christopher Kane seems to have the Midas touch: ...
Workers at Spain's Iberia begin 15 days of strikes
Protesters clashed with police at Madrid's international airport as ground staff and cabin crews for Spain's Iberia began 15 days of strikes to ...
Olympics ceremony wins London theater prize
Director Danny Boyle's Olympics opening ceremony has been named theater event of the year at London's Whatsonstage awards. Boyle's spectacular ...
Checks, punk, vintage glamor vie at London shows
Tweed checks at Mulberry, punk styling at Preen, pretty vintage-style dresses at Temperley London. Designers showcased their latest autumn and winter ...
Westwood champions Assange on London catwalk
Few designers so consistently mix fashion with politics, or manage to secure her fans' adoration with the same looks almost every season. But Vivienne ...
Hitchcock heroine inspires Temperley London show
Alfred Hitchcock seems to be in fashion these days: There's the movie starring Anthony Hopkins, a BBC drama about the filmmaker, and now designer ...
Sophisticated punk at Preen's London catwalk show
Sophisticated and sleek with a little bit of punk: Preen's latest collection for autumn and winter hints at an edgy biker girl, but any rebelliousness ...
Romanian movie 'Child's Pose' wins at Berlin fest
A Romanian drama that centers on a woman's effort to cover up her son's responsibility for an accident in which a boy is fatally injured won the ...
London's glittery fashion week keeps on rolling
London Fashion Week swings into star time with a debut fashion show from pop star Rihanna and other big design names, including Issa and Jasper Conran
DreamWorks partners on Russian theme parks
DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. says it is licensing its characters to a developer of theme parks in Russia. The Regions Group of Companies plans to ...