BORDEAUX - The world's biggest wine fair opened Sunday in France's wine city of Bordeaux, with leading exporters and producers saying prospects for the sector looked bright despite the global...

SAO PAULO, Marc Burleigh - Top model Gisele Bundchen and Madonna's "toyboy" Jesus Luz opened Brazil's top fashion show this week, but the focus was just as much on race as the racy summerwear and...

MILAN - The Italian luxury group Versace announced its chief executive Giancarlo di Risio was leaving by mutual consent after a board meeting late Friday. "Gianni Versace SpA and Mr Giancarlo Di...

PARIS - French fashion house Christian Lacroix was placed under administration on Tuesday after filing for bankruptcy protection last week because of the global financial crisis, the company's lawyer...

RIGA - Several hundred blondes marched through the Latvian capital Riga Sunday in a bid to cheer up the crisis-hit Baltic nation, suffering the worst recession in the 27-member EU. Led by an...

SAINT PETERSBURG - Leggy models shared the catwalk with a porcupine, a python and a yak on Sunday at a fashion show to raise public awareness of animal welfare and Saint Petersburg's zoo. About a...

TUNIS - Tunisian fashion designer Larbi Boukamha beamed with pride Saturday as he sent out his latest creation -- the world's longest pair of trousers -- at a football stadium near Tunis. At 50...

NEW YORK - A poem Bob Dylan wrote when he was a teenager about a dead dog is to go on the auction block next month. The handwritten poem called "Little Buddy" is the earliest by the singing legend...

LONDON- A garden fashioned entirely from plasticine was the novel star attraction as the Chelsea Flower Show, Britain's annual display of gardening excellence, opened to a selected few visitors...