PARIS (AP) — If any one piece defines Chloé under Chemena Kamali, it’s the blouse. Billowy, ruffled, effortless, and deeply romantic, it captured the essence of her third collection for the house at Paris Fashion Week. Kamali’s Chloé woman moves through time, referencing history but never stuck in it, just like the women who sat…
PARIS (AP) — To a futuristic backdrop of interlocking squares — like an intergalactic Super Bowl — designer Ib Kamara delivered a fierce, urban-feeling collection at Paris Fashion Week. Off-White’s signature fusion of utility, streetwear, and high concept was on full display, this time exploring uniforms as both a symbol of unity and individuality. The…
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — The latest addition to the list of amenities available to athletes at the bobsled and skeleton world championships is a room inside a lodge just down the hill from the finish line. There are some stuffed animals, tons of toys, Mickey Mouse coloring books and big boxes of crayons. This…
NEW YORK (AP) — Much like all the upheaval shaking the world, the huge swings rocking Wall Street may feel far from normal. But, for investing at least, all this is typical. Sharp moves for the U.S. stock market, like its recent 6% drop in just a couple of weeks, happen regularly. Stomaching them is…
NEW YORK (AP) — It took five years for Crystal Burke to put a name to the symptoms that haunted her. Heart palpitations. Insomnia so severe she slept only two to four hours a night. A newfound struggle to make decisions in her job as a nurse. Confusion when dealing with statistics, which she used…
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Two Pakistani women sit together on a couch, rehearsing their lines while a director scrutinizes them. Waiting off camera for his scene is the male lead, an actor blessed with “Bachelor” hair and fine bone structure. Also out of sight: the Islamabad homeowners, who are holed up in a separate room…
NEW YORK (AP) — As toy inventors, toy manufacturers and buyers for stores that sell toys met for a four-day annual trade show in New York last weekend, a topic besides which items were destined for holiday wish lists permeated the displays. President Donald Trump had announced days before that he planned to increase the…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elevated mortgage rates and rising home prices are freezing out many would-be buyers, keeping the U.S. housing market in a sales slump dating back to 2022. While home sales are off to a soft start this year, it hasn’t been all bad news for home shoppers. The average rate on a…
TOKYO (AP) — Meet the world’s oldest female barber: She is 108 but the slender, white-haired Japanese woman has no plans to retire anytime soon. Shitsui Hakoishi says the formal recognition by the Guinness World Records this week brought her much joy — other than her satisfied customers, that is. She was presented with an…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The day after her house burned down, Lara Ganz sent a group message to the youth theater troupe she runs: They would not let the Los Angeles firestorm stop their upcoming show. “So many of our castmates have lost everything,” wrote Ganz, the director of youth theater at a beloved playhouse…
