Tag: lifestyle

Milan Fashion Week wraps up with Armani’s colorful collection

MILAN, Italy (Reuters) — Italian designer Giorgio Armani stunned with bright and eloquent colours as he brought to a close six days of catwalk shows and events at the Milan Fashion Week on Monday (February 27). The 82-year-old designer brought his creations to life with ruby and deep reds, purple, orange, emerald green, turquoise, petrol and electric blue, as well as multicoloured polka dots as he had already done in his Emporio line, presented on […]

FDA lists fake cosmetic products; warns public of health hazards

MANILA, Feb. 22 (PIA) – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns public anew of “unnotified” or fake cosmetic products being sold in the local market. FDA issued advisories concerning the proliferation of these counterfeit products that may pose health hazards to consumers. Authorities said that following cosmetic products have not gone through the verification process of the agency and have not been issued the proper authorization in the form of acknowledged cosmetic notifications. Pursuant to […]

American Girl’s first-ever boy doll goes on sale

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Mattel’s chubby-faced American Girl dolls got a new friend on Thursday (February 16) — a boy called Logan. Some 31 years after American Girl was introduced, the California-based toymaker released the line’s very first boy doll, as part of the brand’s attempt to better reflect a changing world. “In response to thousands of impassioned requests from fans for more options, American Girl is introducing a new series of contemporary characters […]

Artist makes NY fashion week debut… on a bus

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Fashion shows are frequently staged in opulent, grandiose settings, but one designer chose Monday to make her New York catwalk debut on a school bus parked on a snowy street. Amanda Mehl sent models sashaying down the narrow aisle of a standard American yellow school bus in vertiginous gladiator-style laced-up stiletto boots in school girl cool, all short skirts and hoodies. And where did she choose to park it? […]

‘Our food, our stories’: bringing west African cuisine to the world

by Stacey KNOTT, with Stephanie FINDLAY in Lagos Agence France-Presse It took a move to the United States from Ghana to convince food entrepreneur Essie Bartels that the world deserved to know more about west African cuisine. “You would always end up having to put on tons of stuff — hot sauce, lots of salt, pepper. Nothing was well-seasoned,” Bartels said about her American food experience. “It was literally whiter than white, there was no […]

Music is coming with a ‘Game of Thrones’ tour

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Winter may be passing, but music is coming with ‘Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience.’ After news that the next season of the hit TV show will not air until summer 2017, the show’s usual springtime slot is being filled with a musical tour of North America. The show’s composer, Ramin Djawadi, is bringing the fictional continent of Westeros to life in a concert with extravagant scenery and will take […]

Valentino showcases ethereal haute couture collection

PARIS, FRANCE (Reuters) — Valentino designer Pierpaolo Piccioli showed his debut solo haute couture collection in Paris on Wednesday (January 25), presenting an ethereal Spring/Summer 2017 line. It is the first time Piccioli has designed the haute couture collection on his own, after his former creative partner Maria Grazia Chiuri became Dior’s first female creative director. Chiuri debuted her Dior haute couture line in Paris on Monday (January 23). The simple and delicate Valentino collection […]

Down-and-out chic makes the Paris haute couture catwalk

by Fiachra GIBBONS Agence France-Presse Paris fashion can’t get enough of its new enfant terrible Demna Gvasalia, whose rebel Vetements label has been ridiculing its conventions for the last two years. But the trendsetting Georgian — who now also designs for Balenciaga — outdid himself at a haute couture week show on Tuesday by presenting a homeless man with a coat fastened with a tie. His sleeping bag also bore a Vetements logo. Couture clothes — […]

Weekend exercise may be as good as daily workouts: study

by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) — People who exercise mainly on the weekends may reap significant health and survival benefits, on par with people who work out more regularly, researchers said Monday. Currently, experts recommend 150 minutes of moderate physical activity per week, or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise. But no consensus has been reached on just how often a person needs to exercise, and whether activities should be done daily or […]

The 14th Annual Fit Expo To Visit The Los Angeles Convention Center This Weekend.

Once again, the US West Coast’s largest fitness event, Bodybuilding.com’s “The Fit Expo Los Angeles”, returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center in California for its 14th epic year. This January 7-8, the Fit Expo, presented by Subway Restaurants and produced by the National Fitness Productions (NFP), plans to be a weekend of fitness that will offer attendees over 20 free competitions, events, workshops and appearances by the top fitness celebrities in the industry. Plus […]

Good hygiene in kids prevents illnesses

SAN JOSE, Antique  (PIA) – – The Education department in the province makes sure that school children fully understand the importance good hygiene practices in order to protect them from illnesses. DepEd Antique Senior Education Specialist Salve Calon said that in Antique around 480 schools have already established their hand washing facilities thereby addressing the well-being of the school children. “With this washing facility, it ensures that health habits are taught among children, and integrated […]

Christie’s seeks more ‘realistic’ auction prices

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — The global economic slowdown combined with “selective demand” are pushing Christie’s to seek more realistic prices on their collections, directors of the auction house said Sunday. “This year the market is not at the same level as it was one year or two years ago. We are facing a more challenging market,” Guillaume Cerruti, Christie’s president for Europe, the Middle East, Russia and India, told journalists in Dubai. “To […]