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Paris Fashion Week: Valentino puts on opulent study in black, as McGirr unveils McQueen debut
March 03, 2024 - 2:46 PM

PARIS (AP) — The gilded salons of a grand 18th-century townhouse were the hallowed venue for Valentino’s latest fashion display on Sunday – an ode to black. This monochromatic collection gleamed and glistened under crystal chandeliers amid myriad textures and materials, inspired by great artists such as the French master of black, Pierre Soulages.
'Nobody needs an extra coat': Apparel sector braces for another year of no splurging
March 01, 2024 - 6:39 AM

TORONTO - Despite an unseasonably warm winter, there's a chill across the Canadian retail landscape.
'Past Lives,' 'American Fiction' and 'The Holdovers' are big winners at Independent Spirit Awards
February 25, 2024 - 4:41 PM

Celine Song’s quiet romance “Past Lives” won two of the biggest awards at the Film Independent Spirit Awards Sunday afternoon, including best feature and best director. Other big winners were Cord Jefferson’s comedic satire “ American Fiction,” with Jeffrey Wright winning for lead performer; and Alexander Payne’s “ The Holdovers," which won prizes for Da'Vine Joy Randolph and Dominic Sessa.
Armani offers hope for a better season with winter flowers as he closes Milan Fashion Week
February 25, 2024 - 7:22 AM

MILAN (AP) — Giorgio Armani’s collection for the next cold weather season, previewed on the last day of Milan Fashion Week on Sunday, embraces the designer's love of nature and admiration of Asian cultures expressed in his trademark flowing and flattering tailoring.
The year in review: Influential people who died in 2023
December 31, 2023 - 3:31 PM

Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from being an ex-con and hot dog vendor to winning lucrative Kremlin contracts and heading a formidable mercenary army. But it all came to a sudden end when the private plane carrying him and others mysteriously exploded over Russia.
Rare Raymond Chandler poem is a tribute to his late wife, with a surprising twist
December 11, 2023 - 5:01 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Near the end of 1954, the wife of Raymond Chandler died after a long battle with lung disease. The famed crime novelist fell into near-suicidal depression from which he never recovered. He drank heavily and died just five years later, at age 70.
Artist Zeng Fanzhi depicts 'zero-COVID' after a lifetime of service to the Chinese state
November 27, 2023 - 9:52 AM

SHENZHEN, China (AP) — In one painting, a child sits, mouth wide open, as a worker in white medical garb extends a long cotton swab toward her tonsils. In another, a masked officer and medical workers stand guard in front of an apartment cordoned off with ropes and seals reading “CLOSED,” as residents look on with frustration and despair.
With 'Camelot,' a legendary fight director exits the fray
April 13, 2023 - 10:17 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — In a hushed and empty Broadway theater, two men appear onstage in street clothes, each wielding fearsome-looking broad swords. One lunges at the other, who quickly strikes back. They exchange a flurry of slices and counter-slices, with the screech of metal on metal.
Longboard dance: Moves, music, risk elevate a skating hybrid
April 13, 2023 - 6:18 AM

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — This winter's been a hard one in Southern California. Highways flood and the rain keeps coming. Pedestrians pick their way across fallen cypress trees, around puddles on sidewalks roped off with caution tape. Between fire, flood, and drought, sometimes it feels like the end of the world.
Diverse designers headline Milan Fashion Week Day 5
February 25, 2023 - 3:20 PM

MILAN (AP) — Designers with diverse backgrounds figured prominently in shows on the fourth day of Milan Fashion Week, during a season when diversity in Italian fashion has become an every more pressing topic.
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Paris Fashion Week: Valentino puts on opulent study in black, as McGirr unveils McQueen debut

'Nobody needs an extra coat': Apparel sector braces for another year of no splurging

'Past Lives,' 'American Fiction' and 'The Holdovers' are big winners at Independent Spirit Awards

Armani offers hope for a better season with winter flowers as he closes Milan Fashion Week

The year in review: Influential people who died in 2023

Rare Raymond Chandler poem is a tribute to his late wife, with a surprising twist

Artist Zeng Fanzhi depicts 'zero-COVID' after a lifetime of service to the Chinese state

With 'Camelot,' a legendary fight director exits the fray

Longboard dance: Moves, music, risk elevate a skating hybrid

Diverse designers headline Milan Fashion Week Day 5

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