Fashion & Lifestyle
Fashion moment with British designer Henry Holland
LONDON - British designer Henry Holland, who first made a splash in the fashion world with his cheeky slogan t-shirts, says London Fashion Week is becoming ever more business-savvy, while retaining its creative edge. Holland, 25, started his career as a style journalist for a teen magazine, but took a detour in design and now sells clothes... more
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How Much Sleep Do You Really Need?
Sleep is one of the richest topics in science today: why we need it, why it can be hard to get, and how that affects everything from our athletic performance to our income. Daniel Kripke, co-director of research at the Scripps Clinic Sleep Center in La Jolla, Calif., has looked at the most important question of all. In 2002, he compared death... more
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Secrets to a longer life
MINNEAPOLIS - If you are looking for a Fountain of Youth, forget pills and diet supplements. Adventurer Dan Buettner has visited four spots on the globe where people live into their 90s and 100s and outlines how they add years of good life in his new book, "The Blue Zones." The answer, Buettner says, includes smaller food portions, an active... more
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Fashion that fits!
It’s time to feel the burn! Fitness fashion is reviving the Jane Fonda look. It’s back to belted thong leotards and braided headbands! There’s nothing like bygones in the fashion orbit. The flashdance look The girls have got it right, they want to look like a sporty barbie. Leotards, the fashion fad of Jane Fonda days and disco... more
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Hello Kitty gets high fashion Vogue makeover
TOKYO - She may be cute, but the latest top model to make her debut in Vogue is also podgy with short legs and whiskers. Hello Kitty, a popular cat character in Japan, is set for a designer makeover in the June issue of Japanese Vogue, which goes on sale on April 26. The fashion spread will show Kitty modeling the latest autumn and winter... more
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Fashion queen Kate back on top
Kate Moss is back at the top of the fashion league having being named Britain's best-dressed woman. The 34-year-old mum-of-one was ousted in 2007 by Kylie Minogue after three years at the top. But Glamour magazine's annual list now has Minogue at 19 this year - with the mag blaming this on her appearance in a black lace catsuit for the X... more
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Is Indian fashion going global?
MUMBAI - With voluptuous bodies and a sultry glamour, the models looked like a mirror image of the front row movie stars. Flamboyant dresses held together with crystal straps seemed destined for Mumbai's cinematic royalty. By the time the designer Manish Malhotra took his bow surrounded by slicked males and sensual women, the finale could have... more
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Anger problem 'ignored' in UK
Chronic anger has reached endemic heights in the UK but is often ignored, according to a new report. The Mental Health Foundation (MHF) has warned that people who let their anger build up and cannot control it, have nowhere to turn. The study identifies "problem anger" as anger which is "held on" to for too long or which produces... more
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Dieting isn't the answer to weight loss, a healthy lifestyle is
There is no such thing as the "perfect" weight loss diet. At best, even "good" diets are temporary. At worst, severe restrictive diets can destroy your health. People who make dieting a lifestyle can become obsessed with becoming thin at any cost and often find that they lose their emotional well-being in the process. The only sure way to... more
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Short people are most prone to jealousy
PARIS - Short people should pray for a return to the Seventies fashion of stack heels, for the power of jealousy depends on how tall you are, the British weekly New Scientist says. Researchers at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and University of Valencia in Spain asked 549 Dutch and Spanish men and women to rate how jealous... more
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