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A network of confessions: Saying what's not said

Ahram Online talks to Zeinab Al-Ashry, founder of Confessions of a Married Woman Facebook community and Entaleqi platform

Michael Kors channels ’70s New York chic for latest line

Michael Kors channeled classic ’70s style for his latest collection, drawing inspiration from powerful women of the era like Tina Turner, Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem and even his mother.

Lauded rebel fashion designer Paco Rabanne dies at age 88

Paco Rabanne, the Spanish-born designer known for perfumes sold worldwide but who made his name with metallic space-age fashions that put a bold, new edge on catwalks, has died, the group that owns his fashion house announced.

African countries lack 'immediate access' to cholera vaccine

Africa's public health agency says countries with deadly cholera outbreaks on the continent have no ``immediate access'' to vaccines amid a global supply shortage.

Sabato De Sarno named new Gucci creative director

Italian designer Sabato De Sarno has been named the new creative director of Gucci, and will unveil his first collection during Milan Fashion Week next September, Gucci and parent company Kering announced.

Controversy, frivolity mark day one of Paris Fashion Week

The pioneering Black performer Josephine Baker — who left the United States to find global fame in Paris in the 1920s — was Dior’s muse for an old school spring couture collection of archetypal classicism.

Paris couture season kicks off with frivolity, seaborne life

Schiaparelli kicked off haute couture season Monday with plenty of glamorous frivolity and exaggerated silhouettes ahead of the highly anticipated show by powerhouse Christian Dior.

Kabul’s mannequins, hooded and masked under Taliban rules

Under the Taliban, the mannequins in women’s dress shops across the Afghan capital of Kabul are a haunting sight, their heads cloaked in cloth sacks or wrapped in black plastic bags.

Arab styles: The many colours of life

The ongoing Beit Al-Aarab exhibition of crafts in Cairo is revealing the diversity and evolution in culture across a large number of Arab countries

Farwell to Vivienne Westwood, influential fashion maverick

Vivienne Westwood, an influential fashion maverick who played a key role in the punk movement, died at age 81.

Eye of Horus Bustier sees collaboration between Balmain and Azza Fahmy

Renowned Egyptian jewelry designer Azza Fahmy announced on Thursday a collaboration with French fashion house Balmain to produce a stunning bodice crafted with Egyptian symbols: the Eye of Horus Bustier.

In Photos: Dior showcases fashion in shadow of Egypt's pyramids

French fashion house Dior on Saturday held its first show at Egypt's ancient Giza pyramids, presenting its 2023 fall men's collection in the shadow of the millennia-old tombs.

China by the kilo: An ‘out-of-the-box’ idea helps to keep tableware affordable

In the midst of an economic crunch, exceptional offers at special fairs – including porcelain sold by the kilo – are keeping tableware and cutlery within reach of shoppers with small and medium budgets.

Pink diamond sells for record $49.9M at Hong Kong auction

A pink diamond was sold for $49.9 million in Hong Kong on Friday, setting a world record for the highest price per carat for a diamond sold at auction.

Next year’s Met Gala will celebrate fashion icon Lagerfeld

Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour convened a huddle of top Paris Fashion Week insiders Friday to announce that the theme of next year’s Met Gala will be the work of the late Karl Lagerfeld.

Cher appears at Balmain finale at Paris Fashion Week

Paris Fashion Week roared into full gear with a star-studded charity concert featuring the latest fashions, members of the public and performances. That included a finale walk from none other than Cher.

Fendi, Diesel open Milan Fashion Week with sense of renewal

Milan’s five-day calendar returned to near pre-COVID-19 levels with 68 runway shows, 104 presentations and 30 events. A crop of new designers appeared, including many of color, for perhaps the most diverse week of Milan fashion shows ever.

Milan Fashion Week hears calls for more designer diversity

The Milan Fashion Week that opens Wednesday is showcasing collections by perhaps its most ethnically diverse lineup of designers, including the debuts of the new creative directors of Salvatore Ferragamo and Bally and the return of Haitian-Italian designer Stella Jean after a two-year hiatus.

Prabal Gurung puts a loving spotlight on the world’s misfits

Prabal Gurung sent his New York Fashion Week models down a long, stark runway Saturday in the shadow of the United Nations wearing an explosion of sheers and colors as an ode to the misfits of the world .

Article on ‘fat’ Arab women sparks uproar over body-shaming

To Enas Taleb, the headline felt like a spiteful punch line. “Why women are fatter than men in the Arab world,” it read in bold, above a photograph of the Iraqi actress waving onstage at an arts festival.

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