One invitation says creative black tie. The other says holiday attire. It’s no wonder we show up for holiday parties with that familiar, gut-wrenching angst: Is this dress too short for black tie? Should I be wearing jeans to the bosses’ holiday party? Is this sequin top too much for the neighborhood block party?
We turned […]

HOME and Away beauty Melissa George has come a long way from her days as Angel in Summer Bay.
The Aussie babe is set to star in what TV-land is billing as the new Sex And The City - Lipstick Jungle.
The NBC show comes from the pen of Candace Bushell - creator of the smash series […]

The British Hairdressing Awards, organised by the Hairdressers Journal International and sponsored by Schwarzkopf Professional, aim to reward those hairdressers who are actively creating and setting trends, and pushing forward the boundaries of hairdressing in the process.
Each year hundreds of hairdressers from all over the UK dedicate months of hard work preparing their entries into […]

HERE is not a lot that a designer can do with .83 metres of stretchy fabric but, summer after summer, they manage to innovate anyway. Ruffles and buckles, bra snaps and O-rings must dance in their dreams. It is a genuinely sweet surprise to encounter retail racks packed with tiny design triumphs when, just last […]

Sue Clark is a little surprised to hear that in India a couple of the love scenes in Casino Royale have been trimmed. “We had absolutely no problem with the sex scenes,” says the spokeswoman for the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). “They were tame, quite chaste,” she adds.
In the UK, the BBFC has […]

The cool cops and robbers have blasted their way into the blogs. But the first reactions are at best mixed for the Aishwarya-Hrithik-Abhishek-Bipasha starrer Dhoom 2, which opened on Friday.
Meetu (http://withoutgivingthemovieaway.blogspot.com) says: “A theatre screening of Dhoom 2 is not where you want to be if you are looking for a slick plot, well-defined characters […]

In a bid to “re-brand” Israel’s unpopular world image, Tzippy Livni and the gang at the Foreign Ministry are about to embark on a massive PR campaign. Livni plans to paint Israel as a sexy, modern country with beautiful beaches and a successful high-tech industry to boot. Livni believes that by embarking on this “nation […]

Want to shave off a few pounds in mere minutes? Wear a bra that fits properly.
Lingerie experts swear by it.
“I’ve heard many times: ‘You’ve changed my life,’ ” says Rebecca Apsan, author of The Lingerie Handbook (Workman). “Investing in a good bra is the best way to make your whole wardrobe look better. … A […]

Maybe lingerie is always hot, but industry observers say they are seeing marketing shifts in the fast-growing category that signal even stronger sales ahead.
Last week, The Limited, which owns market leader Victoria’s Secret, announced the $628 million acquisition of La Senza, a Canadian lingerie chain. Next spring, J.C. Penney plans to roll out Ambrielle, a […]

Housewives actor Nicolette Sheridan has revealed a little about the show’s third season while in Australia to film a new television commercial and advertising campaign for Hestia bras.
“The stories are really back to what made it magical in year one, just the politically incorrect aspect and that quirky, bizarre, naughty, shocking (style),” Sheridan said.
She’s taken […]