Clothes of the late Augusto Pinochet are on sale at a central Santiago tailor's shop, but only to customers identified as the Chilean dictator's supporters, local media reported Saturday, August 12th.
A pale-blue dress worn by Princess Diana to the 1987 Cannes Film Festival and at the London opening of "Miss Saigon" two years later is to be sold on Internet auction site eBay, according to reports.
Beiersdorf, the German maker of Nivea hand cream, published results for the second quarter on Tuesday that were given pep by strong performances in emerging markets and North America.
Celebrity bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman is no longer wanted by police in Mexico, after a court dismissed a charge he illegally detained a U.S. millionaire rapist, his lawyers said on Thursday.
CVS Caremark Corp. said on Thursday second-quarter profit more than doubled, topping expectations, aided by the addition of Caremark's pharmacy benefits business and new stores.
A Vietnamese court has sentenced a Taiwanese man to 10 years in jail for smuggling more than 1,3 million dollars' worth of diamonds into the communist country, state media said Wednesday, August 1st.
The delicate sheets of gold used to decorate Kyoto's Golden Pavilion Temple, first built in Japan's ancient capital over 600 years ago, have found a new application for modern Japanese women -- as facials.
An Italian conman who allegedly swindled freebies from some of Paris's top hotels and restaurants by posing as a rich aristocrat has been arrested, police said on Tuesday, July 31th.
A strike by thousands of miners employed in South Africa by the world's biggest diamond producer De Beers was called off on Tuesday, July 31th after they accepted a new management pay offer, both sides said.
ICI has rejected an improved 7.8 billion-pound takeover proposal from Dutch rival Akzo Nobel, saying the 8 percent increase in the offer price is not enough.
Nicolas Sarkozy, the newly elected president of France, is now rubbing well-tailored shoulders with Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney, at least among this year's Vanity Fair best-dressed list.
Shares in French luxury goods group LVMH rose on Friday, July 27th despite first-half results at the lower end of expectations, but the group stood by its objectives for the rest of the year.
Sixty year old Paola Mazzini is no celebrity designer. But after more than a decade in jail, the drugs convict and a dozen fellow prisoners are looking to break into the world of glamour by launching their own clothing brand.
Queen Elizabeth II's wedding dress and gifts from dignitaries including Mahatma Gandhi are going on display as part of an exhibition about her wedding day 60 years ago which opens in London Saturday, July 28th.
PPR, the French luxury goods empire, said on Thursday, July 26 that second-quarter sales had risen by 18,1 % to 4,793 euros on a 12-month comparison, driven by its acquisition of German sportsgear maker Puma. Sales grew by five.
