Tag: world
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Powerball hits $1.5 billion, largest-ever lottery jackpot for one winner
The Powerball lottery jackpot climbed to $1.5 billion on Tuesday, making it the largest-ever U.S. lottery prize as well as the world’s biggest potential jackpot for a single winner, according to lottery officials. The payout has increased due to strong ticket sales on Monday, said Texas Lottery Commission spokeswoman Kelly Cripe. The Powerball lottery drawing…
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Pre-fall roundup 2016: Christopher Kane, Boss and Sonia Rykiel
At Christopher Kane, the collection is a continuation of the 'crash and repair' philosophy behind the Spring/Summer 2016 show. “That same girl from last season who is eccentric, rich and poor, sophisticated and unsophisticated is still there, but other elements have entered her world,” explains the designer. Hence a mixture of the everyday and the…
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Pre-fall roundup 2016: Christopher Kane, Boss and Sonia Rykiel
At Christopher Kane, the collection is a continuation of the 'crash and repair' philosophy behind the Spring/Summer 2016 show. “That same girl from last season who is eccentric, rich and poor, sophisticated and unsophisticated is still there, but other elements have entered her world,” explains the designer. Hence a mixture of the everyday and the…
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Humans, Not Hangers: Why It’s Time to Regulate the U.S. Fashion Industry
Slender, and even skeletal, women have long been romanticized in the West, largely thanks to the omnipresent fashion industry saturating media of all types — print, online and broadcast — with images of rail-thin women. This takes a toll: Many runway models have a body mass index, or BMI, of less than 16, a degree…
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Thunder star Westbrook adds to imprint on fashion world
Russell Westbrook has added a California connection to his eyewear company. The Oklahoma City Thunder star added 15 sunglasses frames to his collection with some named for locations tied to his California …
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Winston Churchill refused to pay his tailor’s bills
Refusal to pay the bills of one's tailor was famously almost a point of honor among English gentlemen in past centuries and Winston Churchill was no exception, newly released archives show. Britain's World War Two leader had racked up a bill of 197 pounds by 1937 – around 12,000 pounds ($18,000) at today's prices -…
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UK wartime leader Winston Churchill refused to pay his tailor’s bills
Refusal to pay the bills of one's tailor was famously almost a point of honour among English gentlemen in past centuries and Winston Churchill was no exception, newly released archives show. Britain's World War Two leader had racked up a bill of 197 pounds by 1937 – around 12,000 pounds at today's prices – with…
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Victoria’s Secret celebrates 20th anniversary of first fashion show
The sexiest women on the planet will be in New York on November 10 to show us the new Victoria's Secret collection, and to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the famous brand's first fashion show. This year, the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show celebrates two decades of this awe-inspiring event in which the main characters are…