Life Style

Dressing up the soft look

NEW YORK: Many women started embracing dresses as something more than a novelty only last season, so their lust for the silhouettes is far from satiated. They love the ease of slipping into a frock and the fact that they can do so while working other trends of the season, such as futurism, romance or metallics.

Shimmering, shivering fashion shines at Golden Globes

BEVERLY HILLS: Stars sparkled and shivered on the red carpet at the Golden Globes Awards on Monday but the chilly weather did not ruin a chance to show off dazzling gowns in gold, silver and white.

Veils aside, Arab women eye latest runway creations

DUBAI: The women in the audience might be enveloped in black but their eyes were on mini-dresses, hotpants and glittering gowns shown by Valentino, Kenzo and other fashion houses on the catwalk in Dubai last week.

Modern men warm to a spirit of cool

MILAN: The latest fashion dilemma has to do with weather, as designers offer new ways to fight the elements for their fall-winter 2007-2008 menswear collections currently showing on the Milan catwalk.

Life Health

Cure in burning stick of mugwort

In Chinese, "moxibustion" literally means "warming with fire".

Why digital healthcare is catching on

Ma Lingzhi felt uncomfortable early that morning. Following routine, the 71-year-old, hypertension patient made the 10-minute walk from her home to the Jiaodong Community Clinic in Beijing.

Turning up the heat

A TCM doctor shares the secrets of an ancient therapy with Chen Zhiyong

Life Literature

Publishers turn the page to a tough year

The Beijing 2007 Book Ordering Fair is considered a market barometer for the coming year. It ended last weekend, drawing about 1,800 book companies and thousands of distributors. The fair garnered 2.45 billion yuan ($314 million) in trade volume, slightly up from the 2.39 billion yuan ($306 million) last January.

The troubling reality of today's fiction

In contrast to the popularity of history and classic books, fiction in 2005, especially by well-known Chinese writers Mo Yan, Su Tong and Yu Hua, generally flopped among readers and became a target for critics.