A year or so ago, when I first started seeing ribbons tied into bows all over the place – in Lana Del Rey’s hair, on the catwalk at Simone Rocha in London and Miu Miu in Paris, as the pink bow emoji on WhatsApp messages – my reaction was, thanks but no thanks. Very pretty, but clearly … Read more
Crouched down, Morgan Bailey examined the contents of her fridge. She spotted a large bottle of store-bought kombucha, a fermented tea drink, hiding on the bottom shelf shoved behind a bunch of other items. WATCH IN THE VIDEO ABOVE: Morgan recalls moment kombucha exploded in her hand For more Lifestyle related news and videos check … Read more
Derek Lam is back in the New York Fashion Week mix. In January, he was named creative director of Callas Milano, the brand founded by his husband Jan-Hendrik Schlottmann and Marco Panzeri as a direct-to-consumer source of well-designed Italian-made essentials. Though its profile remains small, its name is whispered by in-the-know shoppers who appreciate the … Read more
Emily on Shivani What were you hoping for?A fun evening, meeting someone new. First impressions?Shivani was cut with a sarcastic sense of humour, which I could appreciate. The conversation was easy, which is always a plus. What did you talk about?Our jobs. Hobbies. How I worked for a certain government department I try to forget … Read more
A Victorian father-of-two is facing an uncertain future after a workplace accident left him seriously injured and bedridden. Self-employed pump and irrigation specialist Tyson Purcell was working at a farm in Illowa, Warrnambool on January 31 when the accident occurred. The 32-year-old was in the process of hooking up his harness on top of a … Read more
The Internet is a scary place. It can also be a very bleak one, which is something that designer Maisie Schloss was confronted by as she worked on her fall lineup. “A huge through line of this brand has been studying digital culture and observing and analyzing the way we live online,” said Schloss, calling … Read more
The questions 1 Player 456 won 45.6bn won on what? 2 Masahiro Mori coined what term for our unease at human-like robots? 3 A cosmic year is the time the sun takes to do what? 4 Hornsea 2 in the North Sea is the world’s largest what? 5 Which two US states give their names … Read more
A size 20 mum-of-four whose weight spiralled out of control after she got stuck in a “lazy rut” has shed 50 kilos naturally in just two years — after overhauling her lifestyle. Jemma Hahn, from Western Australia, tipped the scales at 105kg from living off an unhealthy diet of carb-loaded meals, homemade baked foods packed … Read more
For Jonathan Cohen, this coming fall starts with Karen O. Well, with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Well, with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs playing live in New York some years back when Cohen was in the audience, as visually dazzled as he was sonically. He took pictures of the light show on his iPhone, and it’s … Read more
After American football team the Kansas City Chiefs knocked out the Baltimore Ravens 17-10 to reach the Super Bowl, Alessandra Madrid began shopping for an outfit. Not that Madrid is a fan of the Chiefs, or the San Francisco 49ers, who they face on Sunday. The 32-year-old didn’t check out the official NFL gear for … Read more
