Moscow's top annual luxury fair was extravagant as always on opening night: champagne flowed freely, sexy models showed off the new Hummer and hardly anyone seemed worried about the global financial crisis.

When a woman puts on makeup and looks in the mirror, it is as if she is seeing a different person, Japanese scientists said Tuesday, October 14th. Researchers who teamed up with Japan's Kanebo Cosmetics Inc.

A centuries-old tradition of wearing a white horse-hair wig in court ended for many judges on Wednesday when a simpler new dress code came into force.

Australian surf wear retailer Billabong Ltd posted a 5.5 percent rise in full-year profit on Friday, as second-half sales held up despite a slowdown in Australian and U.S. consumer spending.

Want that promotion? What you wear may be just as important as what, and who, you know to getting up the career ladder, according to a leading Australian fashion and marketing consultant.

Australian athletes will be advised to wear team uniforms outside of the Olympic village after a relative of a U.S. coach was stabbed to death in Beijing, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) said on Sunday.

After years of speculation that Pope Benedict wears shoes by Prada, the Vatican's official newspaper denied such talk as "frivolous".

Socialites shook off dire warnings of economic gloom on Tuesday to launch a week of non-stop partying at Royal Ascot, high spot of the frenetic summer season.

Lululemon Athletica Inc , the high-end yoga wear retailer, expects overall gross margin to show slight improvement this year, its chief financial officer said on Tuesday.

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Economic forecasters beware: Japanese women are cutting their hair again.

Japanese women with environmental concerns close to their hearts may one day be able to wear a bra unveiled Wednesday, November 7th that can be used to carry their own personal chopsticks to cut down on waste.

From matching diamond-encrusted mother-and-daughter gold chokers to the latest must-have bags and glasses or even a hand-crafted humidor, duty-free goods are increasingly going first-class.

At Paris's Ethical Fashion Show, currently the world's largest event spotlighting eco and fair-trade fashion, California's Maia Anderson concluded her first European order, for a store in London.

Decadent 17th century French and Italian aristocrats might well have been able to pick out something to their taste from the offerings of Dolce and Gabbana in their ready-to-wear collection for next spring-summer.

Once cheap and often nasty, T-shirts are back on the streets as ethical message-carrying PC wear that comes with a sizeable price tag for the high-end urban chic.