Shu Uemura, a beautician who parlayed success as a Hollywood make-up artist into an international cosmetics brand under his name, has died aged 79.

Rescued from near oblivion 20 years ago by an idealist entrepreneur, the central Italian village of Solomeo is today churning out elegant cashmere sweaters proudly labelled "Made in Italy".

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - From doggy perfume to paws nail polish to a Louis XV-style dog house.

More than four years after their priceless garments were plundered in the looting that followed the US invasion, Iraq's premier dress designers are back in fashion -- of the ancient Mesopotamian variety.

A first-off auction of "vintage" designer wear for men at Paris' Drouot auction house fetched a higher-than-expected 134,200 euros (197,200 US dollars) on Tuesday, December 11th.

From luxury travel to the world's most expensive perfume, when money is no object there is no end to the list of pricey gifts on offer for the holidays.

Fashion house Chanel on Thursday, December 7th paid homage to artisans and craftspeople who make feathers, pearls and silk flower accessories by staging a fashion show in London.

A pair of Doc Martens for Cinderella, thigh-high boots for the princess in Beauty and the Beast -- 25 European designers have given Disney's heroines a fashion makeover for a Paris auction to help UNICEF.

A Bulgarian woman and a Romanian man have the world's best-looking bottoms, according to the jury of a backside beauty contest sponsored by Sloggi, a lingerie firm, a company spokeswoman said Thursday, November 1st.

Gloves hark back to a bygone age, a vanished world of elegance and formality when no well-dressed woman would venture out without gloves, handbag and shoes which matched her outfit.

As couture czars throw agressively high almost fetishistic models onto catwalks, a once humble ballet slipper with no heel let alone spikes is striding into fashion glory.

They're young, beautiful, poised and ambitious -and confined to wheelchairs. Meet the new stars of the catwalk, at a modelling competition for the disabled.young women from across Europe joined the competition in the northern German city of Hanover this month.

The heavy winter coat is not only out -- it may be a thing of the past in Australia as temperatures rise and summers lengthen due to global warming. Australian Fashion Week, which kicked off Tuesday, october 9th in Sydney, has ditched the traditional autumn/winter tag in favour of "trans-seasonal" runway shows full of clothes that can be worn year-round.

Elie Saab is understandably popular with the red-carpet crowd because the Lebanese designer celebrates a woman's curves with dresses which flatter and accentuate the figure.

It was a starry, starry night at Karl Lagerfeld's ready-to-wear collection for Chanel on Friday, october 5th, with twinkling constellations and crescent moons the stars of the show.