The year designers grew up

PARIS: The month-long marathon of fashion shows ended in Paris on Sunday, and with it came the sense that the fashion industry was shaking off certain habits dominating it for the past decade, to the detriment of the business and consumers.

Foreign Husbands make model Toms

Tom Husband has been turning heads since he came to Beijing, though that's not what he wanted to do. The tall Briton actually came to China to teach English but fate had something else in store for him: modeling.

'Gang rape' ad ban sees D&G slammed

ROME: A controversial ad by the fashion designers Dolce and Gabbana suggesting gang rape has been banned from Italian publications, an advertising watchdog said.

Life Travel

Fossils fuel thrills at the museum

Entombed in two slabs of fine-grained rock, a skeleton of a bird-like creature with a long tail caught my eye as soon as I entered the Sihetun Geology Museum in Beipiao City, about a one-hour drive from Chaoyang.

New sensations from ancient wonders

What is it like to look at a 120 million-year-old bird that has fossilised where it laid to rest?

A relic rendezvous to relish

To pay respects to Sakyamuni's relics is always quite an experience even if you know little about their history.

Life People

Doom and groom: This sad Song says so much

"Marriage is not a business. If you don't love the person you marry, it will be painful to live with them, even if your house is plastered with pure gold."

Nuptial costs to leave your stomach tied in knots

China's newly-weds are shelling out an average 125,000 yuan ($16,000) more than the couple make in a year on wedding related items and services, according to a report.

A wedding, for what it's worth

A few quick questions for the eligible bachelors of China: Are the pressures of life proving too great a burden? Seeking a quick buck and want to pick up a wife in the process?

Baby making plea in Singapore as fertility rate flatlines

SINGAPORE: Married couples were urged by Singapore's parliament on Friday to go on love holidays to set a romantic mood for making babies.