Foot doctors in a flap over flimsy flip-flop fad

The sun is shining, it's a beautiful day, wouldn't it be great not to wear socks and just put on a pair of flip-flops? We see flip-flops everywhere during the summer months and who could blame the flip-flop wearers....

Fashion Closes Gap Between Catwalk and Crafts

The notion of doing right with fashion has been getting a make-over in the past few years. In the West, non-sweatshop clothing and crafts from developing countries have long been confined to a small niche in the...

African Culture as Big Business

In the last decade the world’s creative industries (including crafts, fashion and design) have gained greater respect for being the spark that drives economic development and entrepreneurship. They are seen as fast...

Italian cultural fest in HCM City

" Italian culture, arts and cuisines will be introduced in Hcm city from September 12 to September 19 under the Italian Cultural Festival.The festival will open with a fashion photo exhibition of famous photographer Max Salvaggio. With the theme “Italian fashion”,...

All About The Hairstyles

The hottest 2008 summer hairstyles that are very popular this season are styles such as the blunt bangs, side swept bangs and fringe bangs. You can wear these bang trends with short and long styles.

Congressman warns of "chaos about to be unleashed"

"Texas Congressman Ron Paul has warned the House that he is "convinced the time is now upon us that some Big Events are about to occur." that will cause liberty to go "into deep hibernation". Paul told the House:...

Eco-girls go half-naked to promote Eco-fashion !

  May be this is the best way to promote eco-fashion. A lot of nice, sexy eco-models are supporting Ecko Manufacturer to make the public more aware of environment. It's a little strange approach, because the...

In the Eye of the Beholder

As I read the contribution provided by Contribsed here concerning Vogue Italia's All Black, well, not really, all Black issue, I was reminded of a commentary I delivered at a fashion show a couple of years...

Fashion pirates find gold in stylish fakes

To good to be true... only for people who want to look "haute couture" " When stylish, metropolitan women stroll along with a Louis Vuitton Pleaty bag, they exude an air of high class, impeccable taste and...

EBay fined millions for allowing fakes

That's a hard one. How can you spot a fake on EBay? Any ideas? Apparently sellers of such fakes use photos of the real thing in their ads. How can EBay even spot a fake? Is it their responsibility? The court...

Old vs. Gold: Denim Gets Decadent

Everybody loves getting crazy with their denim. I have a vague recollection of an early 90s grunge-inspired style of jeans that came pre-blasted with double barrel shotgun holes and sold for about $500. Sound...

EBay Told to Pay $61 Million to Fashion Company Over Sales of Fake Goods

I'm not sure how I feel about this. While I agree with eBay that "cutting out the middleman" can make products more appealing to users, in the long run if fraud is left unchecked it may also drive away buyers. ...

Indonesian homemakers turn trash into fashion frills

Interesting way to do a business... " Used detergent labels and toothpaste tubes from Indonesia are going from landfills to fashion frills on bags and wallets sold in Singapore, Australia and the United States. The...

Model Ruslana Korshunova's 'suicide' conspiracy theories

Model Ruslana Korshunova's death over the weekend has been ruled a suicide, but conspiracy theories are flooding the internet as to why the beautiful, young, model would have killed herself.See previous NowPublic...

Devil may wear Prada, Pope doesn't

is there any dress code for pope.. tell me about it...."The official Vatican newspaper has taken the unusual step of revealing that Pope Benedict XVI does not wear Prada. For almost two years, rumours have...

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