Tag: life
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Russian babushkas break stereotypes with fashion shoots
In Russia, elderly women are usually expected to forget about fashion and watch their grandchildren. Not 71-year-old Olga Kondrasheva, who is fighting stereotypes by modelling for a glossy magazine. “I'm over 70 now but my life is just beginning and it's so interesting,” says Kondrasheva, slim and sporting wavy white hair, a few minutes before…
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Gigi Hadid crowned model of year at Fashion Awards
LONDON (Reuters) – American fashion model Gigi Hadid was crowned international model of the year and designer Alexander McQueen named best British brand at the 2016 Fashion Awards on Monday night. The fashion industry's top designers, models and celebrity fans braved chilly winter weather in London to walk the red carpet at the Royal Albert…
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H&M Foundation launches second Global Change Award for a greener fashion future
As of Thursday, the second edition of the award, which will see €1 million in grants handed to brands with bright ideas about how to make fashion greener, is open for applications. There are three separate categories: ‘Circular business models', covering ideas on how to reuse, repair, share, digitalize or extend the life of products,…
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Brutally honest eBay post for wedding dress prompts surprising outcome
LONDON — Finding out the love of your life has cheated on you is one thing. But then having to foot the bill for the divorce? Well, that's a whole other level of awfulness. SEE ALSO: Fitness model Chontel Duncan shows us the messy side of motherhood This is the terrible situation Samantha Wragg of…
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Colombian designer makes fashion business bulletproof
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) – Miguel Caballero's designs are not just chic, they could save your life. The Colombian fashion designer, who makes lightweight, bulletproof clothing for dignitaries including the King of Jordan, says he has a 'survivors club' of 20 customers who owe their lives to wearing his garments. “My greatest satisfaction…
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Designs revealed for new Yves Saint Laurent museum in Marrakesh, Morocco
Architectural designs by French firm Studio KO have been released for the upcoming museum dedicated to designer Yves Saint Laurent and his work, the “mYSLm” (Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech). Yves Saint Laurent had a long and public love affair with Morocco, buying the Jardin Majorelle gardens in 1980 with his life and business partner…
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From bioluminescent dresses to emoji pins, Intel struts its stuff at Fashion Week
Intel has a problem. Hell, the entire computer industry has a problem: It’s woefully unhip. Bill Gates, bless his brilliant mind, helped form an image in America’s collective unconscious of what programmers should look like, a mental picture hasn’t shifted from the pocket protector despite the fact that most modern tech CEOs dress like ordinary…