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Naomi Campbell blood diamond contradiction

Actress Mia Farrow has testified that model Naomi Campbell said she got a “large diamond” from men sent by ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor. Ms Farrow’s testimony directly contradicts Ms Campbell’s account that she received two or three stones and did not know who sent them. Linking Mr Taylor to illegal “blood diamonds” is key to...

The Cotton Dress: the Go-to Wardrobe Staple

Recently I’ve really given a lot of thought to some of my most essential wardrobe items and one in particular: the basic cotton dress. This past weekend I was so busy that I needed my outfit to take me from one thing to another, to transition seamlessly from activities including lunch with a friend, to...

Following in Kate Moss’s fine footsteps

Come autumn, I predict that we will consider sheer, black tights in a new light. True, opaques will never go away, but a couple of things make me think sheers – and their sisters, fishnets – will be achieving fashion-inevitability. Evidence one: young girls are already wearing black sheers, in the street, in the heat,...

Gold and diamond stilettos dazzle at $170,000

* Shoes encrusted with 2200 diamonds * They comes with 1000-year guarantee * One five pairs have been sold so far A PAIR of solid gold, diamond-encrusted shoes worth £100,000 ($173,000) – the most expensive footwear in the world – have gone on sale in the UK. The hand-made Eternal Diamond Stilettos are covered in...

Primark appoints Matalan’s top exec

Value chain Primark has appointed Matalan’s buying director, John Lyttle, to the post of chief operating officer in a strategic move to build on the chain’s expansion plans. Lyttle will be responsible for buying and sourcing across both the UK and international divisions. His appointment comes after the appointment of former Gap exec Katherine Kirk...

Social networking: the new retailing?

The KPMG/Synovate Retail Think Tank’s latest research discussed the internet and concluded it now forms an integral part of UK retailing. Although still a relatively small part of the whole retail market – somewhere between six and eight percent of the total – online is now about much so more than transactions. Taking into consideration...

Asos and Cancer Research UK launch ‘Fashion Forecast’

Have you been sunburnt before? The answer is likely to be yes but you may not have been aware that sunburn can seriously damage your skin. That’s why leading online retailer Asos has joined forces with Cancer Research UK to create Fashion Forecast in a bid to not only raise awareness of dangerous sunburn but...

Willow Smith, 9, is ‘the new Rihanna

SHE may only be nine-years-old, but Will Smith‘s daughter Willow is already slated to be the next big thing in fashion. horeTouted as “the next Rihanna,” the stylist that helped make the popstar one of the most influential fashion icons in the world is now working with the pint-sized youngster and believe she is on...

Dominique Rosales, Dancer

“My parents liked Dominique because it could be for a boy or a girl. Thank God I didn’t end up a Heidi. ” What kind of dancer are you? I do contemporary ballet. I used to be with a junior company of Alvin Ailey, but now I’m at a company in Frankfurt, Germany, where I’m...

Model ex at centre of Ruby break-up

HAS Catherine McNeil bounced back into the arms of ex-girlfriend, Danish supermodel Freja Beha Erichsen? That seems to be the hot rumour doing the rounds following McNeil’s recent split from Ruby...