LIFE & STYLE

The world financial crisis is an opportunity, allowing more creative ideas to come about, Italian designer Donatella Versace said, adding consumers wanted to be stimulated at this time.

Financial crises and war have long fostered dramatic innovations in fashion, and today's times are no different, according to Nina Garcia, author of the new book The Style Strategy.

Hollywood actress and wild child Lindsay Lohan is working with fashion house Emanuel Ungaro on a spring-summer collection, to be unveiled at the ready-to-wear shows in Paris in October.

ew York's Fashion Week kicks off on Thursday with a very simple message for style-conscious consumers -- spend, spend, spend.

Models present creations by Sunset during a swimsuit fashion show at the Istanbul Fashion Days August 27, 2009. Istanbul Fashion Days 2009 will take place from August 27-29 in cooperation with Fashion Designers Association and Istanbul Fashion Academy.

Models present creations from the Escada fall/winter 2009 collection during a fashion show at the MasterCard Luxury Week in Hong Kong August 25, 2009.

Italian fashion house Prada is not in talks over the sale of a minority stake, a spokesman for the company said on Monday.

A model shows a swimwear from the collection Australian designer Zimmermann during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week show in Miami Beach July 14, 2007.

Italian fashion house Gianfranco Ferre's young label will dress the Rome-based S.S. Lazio soccer team for official off-field events during the 2009/2010 season, the designer said in a statement.

U.S. presidential couple Barack and Michelle Obama, Brad Pitt and French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy all made the cut for an annual list of the world's best dressed -- and gave a few tips on where to find bargains.

Top Japanese model Yuri Ebihara has made her mark in Asia but now she wants to take her place on the global catwalk alongside the world's supermodels.

A rare, 5-carat pink diamond will be sold in Hong Kong this December by Christie's, which expects the stone to hover near world record prices, thanks in part to the buying prowess of top Asian jewelry collectors.

Today still, the minute repeater ranks supreme among horological complications. Universally admired, its intricate construction has remained the preserve of a few master watchmakers with the skill and patience to fit and adjust its delicate parts.

Producers from the world's biggest wine region are on a mission to tell the world about a renaissance in the south of France whose time may have come on the wings of a global depression.

While many diehard fashionistas uphold New York as the center of the fashion world, BeautyBodyStyle.com proves that the Internet can bring a high sense of style to women anywhere.

With La Belle, Villeroy & Boch offers a premium product that displays a strong trend towards modern interpretation of classics from previous eras. The design of the collection incorporates romantic style elements such as curved ornaments and blossom tendrils, yet displays them in a contemporary manner.

Art buyers from across the Middle East crowded Christie's auction room in Dubai, bidding briskly to bag a bargain as prices fall in the global downturn.

Tiffany & Co (TIF.N) said on Friday it is buying bankrupt U.S. handbag maker Lambertson Truex as the high-end jeweler seeks to expand its array of leather goods.

Luxury boat makers are trying to survive the global financial storm by slashing prices and creating bargains for millionaires looking to play off Asia's coastlines.

The new

The Hotelicopter – the world’s first flying hotel made from a huge Soviet-made Mil V-12 helicopter.

Tibet will reopen to foreign travellers on 5 April, Chinese state officials have announced to local media.

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