KUALA LUMPUR, Beh Lih Yi - US hip-hop band the Black Eyed Peas played in front of a multiracial audience in Malaysia this weekend after a ban on Muslims was lifted, although frontwoman Fergie was...
KOLKATA, Sailendra Sil - 'Gandhi chic' -- wearing hand-woven fabrics championed by India's independence leader -- will be on fashion's cutting edge if the Communist government and leading designers...
PARIS - From Caen to Dieppe, Monet to Pisarro and Debussy to Ravel, the Normandy region that nurtured the French Impressionists plans to fete the movement in what it says will be France's biggest...
LONDON - A riot of colours, fabrics, prints and styles swept down the catwalk at London Fashion Week on Saturday, from Mark Fast's so-called body conscious knits to feminine dresses with a darker...
MUNICH - Munich's annual beer festival kicked off Saturday with general elections in a week's time seemingly far from the mind of most participants.
This year's Oktoberfest, the 176th, sees the...
MADRID - Singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen was forced to cut short a concert in Spain late Friday after he became ill and collapsed on stage, Spanish media said.
A member of his band, Javier Mas,...
MADRID - Spain's Inditex, Europe's largest clothing retailer, said Wednesday it would start selling its flagship Zara brand clothes over the Internet later this year in selected European markets....
TORONTO- US actress Drew Barrymore Tuesday brushed off a sexy magazine photo shoot showing her locking lips with co-star Ellen Page as nothing more than two friends having fun, like "loveable puppy...
NEW YORK, Paola Messana - Lacoste presented a collection in white and blue -- only to eventually opt for yellow, while Alexander Wang couldn't decide between sexy culottes and leather shorts: the...
WASHINGTON - The album won't be released until November but Susan Boyle, the Scottish singer discovered on "Britain's Got Talent" who went on to become a YouTube sensation, is already number one on...