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Harbaugh brothers could envision working together
Working separately, John and Jim Harbaugh each guided their team to the Super Bowl. They will be on opposite sidelines Sunday, John as head coach of ...
Freedom returns to the storied city of Timbuktu
On the morning French commandos parachuted onto the sand just north of this storied city and ended 10 months of Islamic rule, Hawi Traore folded up ...
Dior: Jennifer Lawrence dress had no malfunction
That was no wardrobe malfunction — that was couture. When Jennifer Lawrence ascended the stairs to accept her SAG Award Sunday night, a bit of skin ...
Rome's Trevi Fountain gets $2.9 million facelift
Rome's 18th-century Trevi Fountain, famed as a setting for the film "La Dolce Vita," is getting a €2.18 million ($2.9 million) restoration courtesy ...
Wool is hot at huge Utah outdoor gear trade show
Wool instead of synthetic fleece, carbon skis and a spoon-shaped sleeping bag are among the hottest products at the world's largest expo for outdoor ...
Mrs. Obama has bangs: Let the analyzing begin
Before we start rambling on obsessively about Michelle Obama's bangs, let's be clear: The president started it. It was he, after all, who called the ...
Court in native Taiwan snubs Obama gown designer
Judges in his native Taiwan seem unimpressed that Jason Wu has designed two inaugural gowns for U.S. first lady Michelle Obama. Taiwan's Intellectual ...
Armani and Chanel draw in celebs at couture day 2
The red-carpet glamor of haute couture — with its dripping paillettes, glistening silks and exorbitant price tag — makes it a natural bedfellow for ...
Armani mixes classic couture with exotic panache
Only a few living designers can execute a couture show where almost every look glistens as much with classic timelessness as it does with innovation.
2nd inaugural fashion set for presidential library
While a first lady's first inaugural gown is traditionally donated to the Smithsonian, Michelle Obama's second inaugural gown is destined to be among ...
Lagerfeld supports gay marriage in lesbian couture
Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel's veteran couturier, has shown his support for the legalization of gay marriage in France by sending two models down a catwalk ...
Tattoos memorialize victims of RI nightclub fire
The sacred heart tattoo inside Paula McLaughlin's wrist serves as an everyday reminder of her brother and sister-in-law, Michael and Sandy Hoogasian, ...
The inaugural do-over: chomping gum, savoring view
Let's hear it for the do-over. Inaugurations are always moments of great ceremony and pageantry. But, hey, everybody can rel-a-a-a-ax a little the ...
Inauguration watch: a special dress ends a big day
AP journalists fanned out across the capital to cover Inauguration Day as part of a running feed of content and analysis. Here are their reports.
Michelle Obama wears Wu to the balls again
Michelle Obama made it a fashion tradition Monday night, wearing a custom-made Jason Wu gown to the inauguration balls. The ruby-colored dress was a ...
Iris Van Herpen electrifies haute couture
Iris Van Herpen's electrifying haute couture show should have come with a warning sign: Danger High Voltage. A mysterious black statue in a dimly lit ...
First lady wears Thom Browne coat and dress
First Lady Michelle Obama is wearing a navy Thom Browne coat and dress. The fabric for the first lady's Inauguration Day attire was developed based ...
Obama on Michelle: Love those bangs
President Barack Obama has rendered his opinion on what he called the most significant event of inaugural weekend: his wife's new haircut. Said Obama: ...
Michelle Obama wears bangs, Krakoff to swearing-in
Michelle Obama showed off her new bangs and a royal blue dress and cardigan by American designer Reed Krakoff at Sunday's swearing-in ceremony.
King 'content of character' quote inspires debate
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content ...
Lanvin plays on proportions, as snow quilts Paris
The snow fell in Paris all day, blanketing the left bank's grand Fine Arts School, the stage for Lanvin's fall-winter 2013 show. The snowy cover saw ...
Hermes lets clothes do the talking in classy show
Hermes has become a byword for simple, unpretentious luxury. With panache, veteran menswear designer Veronique Nichanian proved this again in a classy ...
Dior Homme creates the space-age businessman
It was cosmic musing for Dior Homme's Kris Van Assche, who injected a space-age fiber into the house's DNA of fitted black suit, white shirt and black ...
Givenchy makes menswear combatorial
Gladiatorial combat is in the air for Givenchy's ever-creative Riccardo Tisci. For the fall-winter 2013 menswear show, the Italian designer delved ...
Joseph Beuys inspires slouchy John Galliano show
The trilby hat and short, baggy pants of German artist Joseph Beuys was the muse behind John Galliano's fall-winter 2013 show. Designer Bill Gaytten ...