Sears to start selling suits made from recycled bottles

Sears will start selling business suits made out of recycled plastic bottles in Spring 2009. It's called EcoGir and it's designed for the fashionable male. They're constructed out of recycled plastic bottle chips...

Sealyham Terrier Dog breed 'may disappear', warns Kennel Club

The Sealyham Terrier Dog Breed, which was once so popular in the 1950s, especially with film stars, is on the brink of dying out according to the UK Kennel Club. The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret once...

Will Tapped Out Consumers Go Back to Tap and Drop Bottled Water?

Is credit crunch forcing people to change their drinking habits? Will tapped out consumers go back to tap? On June 17, Tapped Out Consumers Spurn Bottled Water (CBS News, AP) crunched the numbers and here they are: "Even a 24-pack of half-liter bottles at Costco Wholesale...

Vodka now Britons' favourite spirit

Britons are deserting their old favourites and embracing new drinking habits. Vodka sales have gone up in Britain. " Sales of vodka are on the increase, knocking Scotch off the top spot as Britons' favourite...

Formula One Chief Stays After Sex Orgy Scandal

What's the auto-racing industry without a lurid sex scandal, rocking it to its very core? Nothing, according to the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, who voted to keep their sex-orgy-loving boss.Max Mosley, overseer of the Grand Prix motor racing, survived a...

Taser parties - for all your zapping needs

I've been to a tupperware party - one of my friends is even a tupperware salesperson, but I've never heard of tasering parties before.Dana Shafman, a business woman in the United States, has started a new way for...

Is Prefab Fab?

NYtimes reports on MoMA's show that will feature five prefab houses built next to the museum."To many people the term “prefab housing” calls to mind trailer parks. Yet lately prefabricated houses — built off site and then delivered largely complete — have become...

Cashmere Mafia: it's like Sex & The City, without the sex appeal...

"The "Cashmere Mafia" has finally aired on ABC tonight and although I missed the first part , what I saw was enough to make my early verdict. Please excuse my high expectations from the show caused by the long...

First Drive: 2008 Fiat 500 - Mini Test Road Tests

"Retro is still cool, according to Fiat, which has already tapped into its past for a new badge and created a fashionable range of merchandise featuring its logo style from the 1920s. The latest Fiat...

Joel Plaskett Emergency Earns 7 East Coast Music Award Nominations

Joel Plaskett is the best kind of maritime rock artist: the kind that makes for an amazing live show at a tiny venue. That's the only way I've seen Plaskett and his band, the Emergency, and it's the way I...

Designer Rattan Furniture: The New Trend

"As rattan is very fashionable nowadays, many furniture designers use it to create outstanding works of art. As almost all online shops have pictures and detailed description of their merchandise, you can shop online for your rattan furniture and change the look of your...

Designer Rattan Furniture: The New Trend

"As rattan is very fashionable nowadays, many furniture designers use it to create outstanding works of art. As almost all online shops have pictures and detailed description of their merchandise, you can shop online for your rattan furniture"

Home wind turbines turn fashionable in Britain

"A mere breath of a breeze disturbs the quiet of autumn in south London and the wind turbine on the gable of Donnachadh McCarthy's home turns lazily.The morning sun casts shadows from solar panels onto the walls of the house and filters through the windows into his living...

The bump and how to wear it

"Mothers-to-be have discovered an unexpected baby bonus by putting their new curves to fashionable use, writes Samantha Selinger-Morris. Model pregnancy … Heidi Klum in Vienna last year. Model pregnancy … Heidi Klum in Vienna last year. Photo:...

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