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A Gentle Antidote to Real Life - Why I Love Gardeners' World Stuart Jeffries: There is something almost tear-inducingly wonderful ... that someone cares about how my pansies and...	Wrap Dress Reborn in Desert Island Chic The phenomenal success of Diane von Furstenberg is founded on two elements: the flattering cut of her famous wrap dress,...
Lauren Still a Class Act, 40 Years on King of Ivy League style marks anniversary with party for fashion royalty.	Spanish Island for Sale - Would Suit Wealthy Nature Lover Atlantic views, your own stretch of beach and an extinct volcano on 300 hectares of land: one of the last Spanish islands...
Home of American High Society Up for Sale The Rhode Island mansion that was the early 20th century summer home of the Astor family and has been described as the...	Planners Move to Close the Window on American Mansions Concern for communities and climate may halt zeal for big homes on tiny plots.
Check in to the Ikea Bridal Suite for a Flat-pack Honeymoon It brought us Swedish meatballs, Billy bookshelves and endless queues on the London North Circular on Saturday afternoons....	Hearst's Former Mansion Goes on Sale for $165m A 29-bedroom Beverly Hills mansion that can boast the newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst as a former owner is...
Hearst's House for Sale, Just £82m A 29-bedroom Beverly Hills mansion that can boast the newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst as a former owner is...	Rome Pays Homage to Valentino's 45-year Love Affair With Glamour Mayor opens up historic venues as the backdrop to lavish anniversary party.
Mouret's Star Turn in Paris Roland Mouret, the 45-year-old French-born London-based designer of the Galaxy dress, returned to the catwalk yesterday.	Rain Dampens Haute Couture 'Nice weather for ducks,' quipped a wag at the Saint Cloud park in Paris yesterday, watching bedraggled guests peering...
Galliano Fires First Shot in Battle of the Couturiers The haute couture shows began in Paris with a gladiatorial battle between two would-be kings of couture: the flamboyant...	Couture Clash Between Paris and Rome Beneath the civilised surface, the real story of this week is a gladiatorial battle between two would-be kings of couture,...
Liz Claiborne Obituary: Fashion designer whose soft tailoring and sporty approach changed the way that working women dress.	Son of Yves Struggles to Break Out of the Dressing-up Box With so many of the big-name designers now retired or dead it is a challenge for their companies to find successors who can...
Valentino Spares No Expense Only three days into the menswear shows in Milan and already two rather improbable trends are emerging: gold and...	Ferre's Final Show The menswear shows in Milan in June tend to be a fairly quiet proposition. No such danger at the Gianfranco Ferre show.
British Businessman Moves Into the Eighth Wonder of the World British internet entrepreneur moves into his luxury mansion on the man-made Palm Jumeirah island off Dubai.	Gianfranco Ferré Obituary: Italian fashion designer whose most extravagant work exuded calmness and common sense.
Italian Designer Ferré Dies Gianfranco Ferré, the Italian designer who claimed to have little interest in fashion trends yet became one of the most...	France Abuzz Over Cecilia's Role As the First Lady Cecilia Sarkozy wears Prada, not the more presidentially correct Chanel, and claims to be more comfortable in a pair of...
Pino Lancetti Obituary: Fashion designer with a flair for textiles and creations after modern masters.	Versace Heir Has Anorexia Allegra Versace, the 20-year-old daughter of the designer Donatella and the heir to the fashion house, is suffering from...
No Sex Please, We're Japanese Exhausted couples who prefer a good night's sleep to fumbling on the futon could be to blame for Japan's rapidly declining...	Meet Grace, She'll Be Running Your Home Computers in Microsoft house of the future will suggest recipes and offer fashion tips.
The High Price of American Beauty The cosmetic surgery industry is booming as even young women go under the knife.	Anne Trehearne Obituary: Fashion editor at the forefront of 1960s style who transformed The Avengers look.
Vegas Shuts Down the Roulette Wheel of Midnight Matrimony It is no longer quite true that anything goes in Las Vegas. As of next Wednesday it will not be possible to get married in...	Research Shows First Impressions Really Count It takes only one tenth of a second for us to make up our minds about people, according to research published today.
Stay-at-home Bathers Threaten Japan's Ritual Soak Centuries-old tradition falls victim to country's postwar economic success.	The Menaissance The American male is learning to flex his muscles again.
Lagerfeld Parades Ice Princesses in Chanel Show The collection paid tribute to this winter's ice skating craze: with their white tights and boots and ballerina-style...	Flaming Norah! Is That What Men Have to Go Through? In the battle between the sexes Norah Vincent was a secret agent. For 18 months she lived as a man, trying to resolve the...
Torben the Dane Demands a Very Social Service Many people would agree with Torben Vegener Hansen's views on sex. 'It makes me feel good. It makes me more dynamic. Having...	Smell and the City: Osaka Bottled Move aside, fruits of the forest, and make way for the scent of a middle-aged woman. A Japanese firm has used her perfume,...
Love is a Drug for Prairie Voles to Score It may be better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all, but why is it so hard to find again? It may be...	Metrosexual Man Bows to Red-blooded übersexuals It's good news for traditional American men. The metrosexual is dead: long live the übersexual.
Sheer Chic Ysl in Paris Stefano Pilati's YSL has a courtly, timeless quality which keeps faith with the values of this most chic of Parisian labels.	The Lagerfeld Look When Coco met James Dean. At first glance, the catwalk extravaganzas of Karl Lagerfeld, designer of Chanel, seem a little...
The Courtiers of Punk Paris fashion week waited until yesterday to roll out its big guns, starting with very different collections from two of...	Catwalk Chaos As Cavalli Bypasses Trends and Taste Milan fashion week finished yesterday with an event that managed to squeeze in every stereotypical element of an Italian...
Dolce & Gabbana Celebrate 20 Years Scenes of hysteria bordering on the violent took place outside a seemingly dingy theatre in Milan's city centre as the...	Glittering Prize for Missoni in Milan The Milan fashion show was yesterday dominated by gossip that British designer Matthew Williamson, maker of dancing dresses...
Fashion World's Ultimate Accessory Comes to China Neon-lit newsstands, groaning under the weight of hundreds of glossy women's magazines, are everywhere in Shanghai and...	A Guide to Dating Jews Earns Author 'nazi' Tag Kristina Grish has been described as a 'Nazi' and little better than a prostitute. Her crime: writing a light-hearted,...
Japan's Virgin Wives Turn to Sex Volunteers Lustless matches put country on brink of demographic disaster.	Designer Takes on a Hunting Theme It is doubtful if Roberto Cavalli has ever had a fretful moment worrying about questions of good taste.
Mondo Bizzarro ... Five Hours' Gossip a Day The Italians talk so much and so animatedly that visitors often wonder what on earth they can be discussing. Now a research...	Hard Work, Gardening and Pollen - the Recipe for Long Life Fred Hale, the world's oldest man, has died in New York state just short of his 114th birthday.
No Quick Sex, Please, We're British Britain leads the world in delayed action in bed, it was revealed yesterday. A survey produced by condom maker Durex - who...	Yours for a Snip: the Manhattan Flat Going for $70m It comes with its own ballroom, nine bedrooms, four terraces, heated marble floors and an address on the swankiest street...
50 Years On, Man Reweds First of 52 Wives Love, they say, is blind. But marriage, it seems, can be a real eye-opener. It certainly has been for Kamarudin Mohammed,...	Japanese Women Curl Up With the Perfect Man For singletons and insomniacs, he is proving the ideal partner. This is a man who does not snore or fidget in bed, and who...
Tokyo Plays Host to Sexual Shift Male escort clubs are big business, satisfying the newfound freedom of Japanese women - at a price.	American Lifestyle Survey Finds 'new Men' Thin on the Ground This may not come as a surprise to millions of working mothers. And their partners probably know it too. But a...
Sydney Suburb Stubs Out Smoking in Pavement Cafes After banning the 'smoko', Australia blazes new trails in healthy living. Australian cafe culture has trumped the country's...	Russian Super-rich Turn Back the Clock in Palatial Fashion Tired of being remarkable just for their wealth, Russia's super rich want to buy aristocratic class - and a development on...
Lotharios Lose Pulling Power Italian men, who have revelled in their reputation as hotblooded Lotharios, are no longer the lovers of legend, according...	California to Solar Power Its Homes California is proposing to add solar power to a million homes in the next 10 years, paid for by a surcharge on consumers'...
Marry in Italy, Land of Romance, and Save £6,000 Foreign weddings boost economy hit by 9/11 as couples switch from Caribbean. The sun shone in a cloudless sky. The food was...	Black Americans Move Back to Southern States Black Americans are moving back to the southern states from the north and the west in increasing numbers, causing a...
The Bill for Nuptials of Tycoon's Sons: a Cool £50m Bollywood stars and top sports figures among guests at lavish ceremony in India's poorest state	Gay Couples Entitled to Equal Marriage Rights The supreme court of Massachusetts rules that gays and lesbians are entitled to full, equal marriage rights and that civil...
China's Long (holiday) March 1.9bn trips will be made in next three weeks as world's biggest country celebrates Year of the Monkey.	The Cinderella of the Arts Fashion best reflects our confusion over consumer culture and yet fails to find the right audience. At some point in the...
Americans Rush to Buy Titles That Sell the Simple Life Americans have spent decades reading glossy magazines telling them how to have it all. But now budget titles, devoted to...	America's Homeless Become New Small-town Pioneers Decision day nears on future of Oregon's experiment in community living. Pirate Steve surveyed the eccentric collection of...
Spanish town where a girls' night out spells trouble for 'im indoors Men fined for being on streets as mayor tries to liberate downtrodden women. José Antonio Gil, a toothless pensioner, was...	Careless talk costs lives The latest road accident figures released yesterday show a welcome improvement - but there is a sting in the tale. There...
Italy Hosts Rare Royal Wedding In the first royal marriage in Italy for more than 50 years Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy has married a French actor,...	Anti-rape Squad Selected for Looks, Acting Skills and Kung Fu Prowess An anti-rape squad of female detectives selected for their seductive looks, skill in martial arts and acting ability has...
Behind the bigotry in Middletown, a stronger, more positive community Pat Helms, a member of the civil rights group, the American Civil Liberties Union, won't talk politics at her bridge club...	Passage From India Many of the generation of Asian doctors who have long been propping up the NHS faced racism and slow promotion. Anita Pati...
Gay Americans Go North to Take the Plunge US couples unable to marry cross Niagara to make the most of Canada's liberal laws. Walter Dietrich and Greg Snell got the...	Stiff upper lip? Don't make me laugh We are, as the world knows (not least because we tell them), a nation of stoics. Unlike the Americans, when there is an...
30% of Black Men in Us Will Go to Jail Black men born in the United States in 2001 will have a one in three chance of going to prison during their lifetime if...	Women get a Moscow man - by the hour The boot is finally on the other foot for Russia's women. For years since the end of the Soviet empire when equality was...
US lifestyles blamed for obesity epidemic sweeping Mexico Latin American countries succumb to fast food and sedentary behaviour. Squeezed behind the tiny wheel of his bright green...	Words from the front The soldiers' tales. 'Soldiers get literally hundreds of flea or mosquito bites and they can't [use] cream or benedril to...
Welcome home Twenty-two years ago Mazzin al-Khazragi fled Iraq to escape Saddam Hussein and military service. He has been living in...	Fifteen Ways to Leave Your Lover Following an Islamic court decision last week that allowed a Malaysian man to serve a divorce on his wife by text message,...
Moscow's new rich embrace sport of princes You can find them at St Tropez in the summer and St Moritz in the snow. Their children are enrolled in force at English...	How the GDR became cool The hit movie Good Bye Lenin! relives it, there's a new TV show idolising it, and they're even planning a theme park in its...
Spanish Mayor Bans Men From Bars A girls' night out has become official policy in a small southern Spanish town after the mayor announced yesterday he would...	Youth Find More Truth in Eminem Than Bush Americans don't care what Europe thinks of them and believe their children find more truth in Eminem's lyrics than the...
'If he could get away with it here, no lock in the world is safe' You wouldn't necessarily notice them at first, anonymous figures in anonymous clothes, indistinguishable amid the daytime...	Seminal Moments You learn about sex from life - not from what you're taught in school. On Wednesday morning, I gave a talk on how to be a...
Beyond wow - Briton's £27m NY pad A mystery British financier is poised to complete the most expensive apartment purchase in New York, paying $45m (£27.5m)...	Playing card confessions increase unease on the stairs Senora Corbacho came back from the bank, her bag clasped in one hand and a stranger tailing her. While she hung about...
It's Business As Usual on the Paris Catwalk. Isn't It? Chanel may move its collection to New York, threatening the future of haute couture. In the calm and rarefied world of...	Lagerfeld's Fantasy in Courtyard and Garden Paris is shown to best effect at the launch of Karl Lagerfeld's couture collection for autumn/winter 2003.
No sex required He doesn't look like a headhunter of investment bankers, although he used to be. There's no obvious sign of a broken nose,...	Divided world Recognition of same-sex partnerships exists in some states. California passed legislation in 1999 for a registry for...
Happy Reopens South Africa's Racial Scars Apartheid, it seems, works. Nearly 10 years on, identity in South Africa is still rooted in race. Or so it would appear...	The New German Stereotype: Holiday-addicted and Out to Lunch The German worker's reputation for being eager and industrious is under attack, not from a xenophobic British tabloid but...
Big in Japan: Beauty Lotions, Engine Oil and Chocolates. Four Days Work for £5m Beckhams unusually shy about activities in the Far East. To a near-hysterical welcome in Japan, David Beckham began a...	Fast Forward Into Trouble Four years ago, Bhutan, the fabled Himalayan Shangri-la, became the last nation on earth to introduce television. Suddenly...
Where is La Dolce Vita Now? Theirs may be the land of the la dolce vita but, according to a survey, Italians are less satisfied with life than people...	Australians Overworked, Underpaid and Unequal To outsiders Australia has always been an egalitarian paradise of decent living standards, easy work and time off at the...
The Audrey look is very in and the mood is defiant The look is Audrey Hepburn on a day out, with a chic scarf wrapped under the chin and a pair of trendy shades. It's all the...	Woody Allen Urges Us to French Kiss, Preferably in France The director Woody Allen stars in a French tourist board video urging Americans to holiday in France. Allen, whose movies...
A Latte - and a Rifle to Go Baghdad's cafes are busy but there's no clean water. Galleries are opening, but visitors are armed. Patients freed from the...	Portuguese Demand the Right to Nap Portugal's reputation as one of the sleepiest nations of Europe is something to be proud of, according to a pressure group...
Duncan Campbell @ Honduras Some women dining out in Tegucigalpa's fancier restaurants always order red rather than white wine, I was told. That way,...	This week A bit like Glenn Close at the end of Fatal Attraction, it turns out the jubilee is not dead after all. Just when you...
Smoking Ban Could Close Cannabis Cafés For the Netherlands' famous network of cannabis-peddling coffee shops the high times could be about to be stubbed out - for...	Poor Neighbours Fall Prey to Us Gang Culture Central America counts cost of deadly export from Los Angeles. The signs of the influence of the United States on Central...
SuperBrat Mac Meets His Match on Clay Jon McEnroe is leading the cream of Manhattan society in battle against New York's most hard-headed property developers.	Husband and in-laws battle in court over coma woman's fate A woman kept alive by a feeding tube since collapsing 13 years ago is at the centre of a legal battle between her family...
Cheerleaders Twirl Pom-poms of Protest Ghetto girls hijack American tradition to chant: 'Who armed bin Laden?'. Cheerleaders are a wholesome symbol of America....	A bit behind It would be fair to say that, at the moment, mainstream global culture is preoccupied with the aesthetic and sexual...
With Pot and Porn Outstripping Corn, America's Black Economy is Flying High Illegal migrants provide the muscle for US black market. Marijuana, pornography and illegal labour have created a hidden...	Catwalk leads to heart of Africa Lyndsey McIntyre, a scout for Elite Model Management, scans the garbage-heaped streets of Nairobi's Eastleigh slum and...
Honesty proves best policy for job hunter Tired of trying to impress potential employers with half-truths and exaggerated accomplishments? Swedish job applicant...	Last rites for wealthy seadog with a salty tongue The last of the Golden Greeks is no more. All week the paeans have been pouring in for John Latsis, the 93-year-old,...
Russian murderer killed by the book They call him the new Raskolnikov. He killed at least six women in a fortnight, contemptuous of their 'useless' lives, and...	Klein and fall Calvin Klein built his name into a massive global brand in the 80s and 90s with his jeans, underwear and scent - designer...
The Hell That Once Was a Hospital The man had been dumped near the rubbish bins at the back, blood spreading across his chequered shirt. An orderly, who had...	South-Central Renamed South-Central, the area of Los Angeles long associated in the public mind with poverty, gang violence, riots and rap, is no...
Italian men embrace feminine side Over the centuries, sculptors have used the white marble from quarries around the medieval Tuscan town of Pietrasanta to...	Farmers Plunder Wealth of Regime's Remains Lieutenant Colonel Alistaire Deas put his hands on his hips and surveyed the damage around him. "Well, it is not...
Where a Taxi Home Costs a Life Michael Howard reports on the plight of Iraqi Kurds trying to make their way to safety in the north.	Tomato Republic Burhan Wazir discovers that a little thing like war does not prevent Iraqi farmers from focusing on life's priorities -...
Belgium to legalise cannabis The Belgian parliament has voted to legalise the personal use of cannabis, within certain guidelines, for anyone over the...	Gay Couple Test Texas Sodomy Law in Supreme Court A significant case for sexual rights went to the US supreme court yesterday, where lawyers for two Texans arrested in their...
On the game: Italians mimic Monopoly to ensure sex slaves receive a chance Italians will soon be able to play at being prostitutes in a Monopoly-style board game in which players must dodge police...	Legal row over Diana's secret Charles tapes A former drama coach to the Princess of Wales is at the centre of an extraordinary saga of secrecy involving a set of 16...
Why aren't we taking our time? For much of this century, the ingenuity of technological development has extended a tantalising possibility. We have been...	Bitter princess turns on Dutch royal family The Dutch prime minister was forced yesterday to intervene in a row engulfing the country's normally staid royal family...
Violence dominates, on the streets and in the cells An estimated 16% of the 2m prisoners in the US are mentally ill, the bureau of justice statistics reports in its latest...	300,000 Mentally Ill in Us Prisons A handful of alternative schemes has no impact on an unmanageable crisis made worse by closing most mental hospital beds.
Gary Younge in New York In December last year, in Brooklyn's Russian enclave of Brighton Beach, landlord Arthur Wiener violated one of the most...	New York Rings Down the Curtain on Mobile Phones New York has banned the use of mobile phones during plays, movies and concerts, as well as in galleries and museums....
Country for Hire: Low Rates, All Amenities Alpine microstate of Liechtenstein rents itself out to multinationals. Anxious to put itself on the world map, the...	'Sex Slave' Accuses Montenegro Ministers There is growing international concern that the authorities in Montenegro are covering up alleged government involvement in...
Dutch Float Solution to Housing Crisis Firm in Netherlands plans to build homes, roads, and even greenhouses on water. Desperately short of living space and...	Perennial New York elegance from Diane von Furstenburg Life can be confusing when you are an heiress-cum-socialite-cum-model. Last weekend at the start of New York fashion week...
Europe's Biggest Gay Festival to Be Held in Uk Swimming contest will be highlight of 10-day party in Manchester. Manchester, famed for its gay-friendly reputation, is to...	Dull Belgium wants to be as hip as Holland The Netherlands has long been regarded as Europe's most permissive nation, but an unlikely interloper is staking a claim to...
Wendi Murdoch pregnant again Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corporation dynasty spans Fox News in America, BSkyB in the UK and Star TV in Asia,...	The Last Onassis Inherits Billions - and the Legacy of a Problem Family Heiress, 18, will be hard pressed to live the ordinary life she wants. Athina Roussel will start her 18th birthday this...
Briton faces storm over HIV 'thrill seeker' claim The notion seems implausible: that homosexual men would actively seek to be infected with the HIV virus as part of a new...	Russia's rich fuel luxury car theft racket Walther Schmelzeng has a problem. The insurance investigator went with the police to reclaim a luxury car that had been...
American Dream Tarnished By Widening Wealth Gap The disparity in wealth between rich and poor, as well as between whites and minorities has rocketed, according to a report...	Penny-pinching in the penthouse for world's rich Once it was a city penthouse, with a villa somewhere hot and a chalet somewhere cold. The Mercedes 4x4 was for the school...
More work, less sex, Chinese told The general secretary of the Chinese communist party, Hu Jintao, has made a keynote speech urging the party's 65 million...	I Want Nothing to Change, Says $315m Lottery Winner By his own account, Andrew Jack Whittaker was already blessed when he turned up yesterday to claim his $314.9m (£197m)...
Learning to Love the Latrine The least glamorous form of aid can save millions of lives.	Poof! goes $6.4bn of Ted Turner's fortune Losing an estimated $6.4bn of an $8bn fortune in the stock market plunge might make most philanthropists tighten their...
Santa Claus Hi. Ho ho ho ho. Just to let you know, I'm still here - reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.	The 10 myths of Christmas parties The festive season is a deadly minefield of social blunders and sheer embarrassment. Some seasoned practitioners claim to...
HIV Wedding Rings in Change for China A Chinese woman with HIV has married her partner in a widely reported ceremony in Beijing which illustrates changing...	What would Jesus drive? A disciple carrier, of course 'What would Jesus drive?' It's a question of burning significance in Detroit - Motor City - this week, as a challenge to...
Different class When Malcolm X went to Jedda in the early 1960s, he was shocked by his reception. Back home he was a pariah - a race-baiter...	I'd Rather Face Up to My Wrinkles Botox treatment may be too high a price to pay for eternal youth. If you called the singer Michael Jackson two-faced, he'd...
'What would Jesus drive?' gas-guzzling Americans are asked The midwestern United States, equally devout in its worship of God as in its worship of gas-guzzling four-wheel-drive...	Lost and found A few years ago, Davy Rothbart found a piece of paper tucked under the windscreen-wiper of a car on his street in Chicago....
Guy Fawkes Tonight is Guy Fawkes' night. Read our guide to the best sites on the Catholic Yorkshire mercenary otherwise known as Guido.	Now yes means no Can a woman really be too drunk to consent to sex? (And if so, how many Bacardi Breezers does it take?) Next month's...
French War on Immorality Targets Porn, Prostitutes and Pay-tv A range of industries and professions, from the oldest to some of the newest, fear new laws put forward by the rightwing...	Cat and Moose turned into duck and rabbit Hours before the arrest yesterday morning of the two men now believed to be responsible for the string of murders around...
Jamaican Gays Flee to Save Their Lives Homophobia runs so deep in Jamaican society that asylum can be the only chance of survival. Every one of David's scars...	Anger at 'cheap gimmick' of anti-gay adoption card Adoption campaigners yesterday condemned as a "cheap gimmick" a new kidney donor-style card for parents opposed...
Drivers too afraid for self-service Rob Thomas, aged 36, has worked at the Amoco station on Route 7 in Falls Church, Virginia for about a year. The station is...	Aspirin for a severed head My husband headed to Club Med after divorcing me. I joined Club Dead.
Don't bother to duck One news image always comes back to me at times like this. It was footage taken during the Brixton riots of 1981, showing a...	The Nobel prize As Jimmy Carter is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, read our guide to the best sites on the international accolade.
Why Roger and Shirley stopped loving their neighbour The little town of Cavendish, in the heart of rural Vermont, is the kind of place where people still take the trouble to...	Love Can Buy You Money They say money can't buy you love, but in one part of Japan at least, love can buy you a babysitter, a massage, home help...
Body Conscious Lagerfeld Designers steering classic labels through the modern fashion industry all face the same challenge: how to knock out the...	Profile of Chelsea Clinton Ten years ago, she was the gawky kid in the White House. Now, she is a glamorous social butterfly. As Chelsea Clinton...
Sharp Tailoring By Lang a Welcome Break From Satin At the Helmut Lang show in Paris yesterday, there was a stark contrast between what appeared on the catwalk and what was...	Galliano Goes Hollywood, After a Fashion When John Galliano gives up on the global trail, you known that the bohemian look which has dominated fashion so far this...
Hemline truce on Paris catwalk Occasionally, the international fashion crowd think about other things than war. Their war is not an attack on Iraq, but...	Moschino raids the playground You are never too young to start buying designer fashion. That was the message from Moschino Cheap & Chic yesterday, the...
Ageing disgracefully Edwina Currie has been attacked because she's a middle-aged woman who dares to flaunt her sexuality. In a satirical English...	Is Giorgio Armani losing his touch? The Milan fashion industry could hardly be more different from its London counterpart. Next month Stefano Gabbana, the...
Milan shows recall 60s sex kittens If last week's New York fashion icon was a lady, her Milanese counterpart is a vamp. But then this is a city where classic...	Prada Spurns Sexy for Straight "In fashion, you like one thing, and then you get fed up with it, so you want something else." Such was designer...
Lagerfeld Plays It Cool, Roman Style Watching a Fendi spring/summer show is always more pleasurable than the autumn/winter one, because for the colder half of...	Uptown girls and West Side stories The final evening of New York fashion week showcased two very different sides of the city. At the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of...
The Last Night of New York Fashion Week The final evening of New York fashion week showcased two very different sides of the city. The final evening of New York...	Irish woman's grief for deported Kosovar fiance Lynn Connolly and her Kosovar boyfriend were determined to show everyone they were marrying for love, not money. Rather...
Karan puts style on the spot With her fast talk, sharp business sense and penchant for black trousers and high heels, Donna Karan is the quintessential...	Hard labour In Harmondsworth detention centre, there is a young Russian woman called Tatiana. She is awaiting deportation, or...
Keys to the palace Prince Harry turns 18 on Sunday and will no doubt be looking forward to the new freedoms his age will bring him, although...	Bare facts As fashion statements go, wearing skimpy clothes is generally considered to be one of the more straightforward. A miniskirt...
Couple-busters Offer 50 Ways to Say Sayonara to Your Lover Breaking up is hard to do, or so they used to say. Now, however, Japanese people who tire of a lover or spouse can always...	Date expectations What's up with US women? Robert Kelsey despairs. So Leah McLaren, Gwyneth Paltrow and Heather Graham think British men are...
Critical mass Women hit the headlines, seemingly, for one reason only - their ability to gain or lose weight. Boring, says Jess...	Gentlemen prefer us What is it with US girls moaning about British men? Can't they see how dull American men are? A while back, I was invited...
Is this a feminist statement? Jamie Lee Curtis poses in her underwear to show other women what her 43-year-old body really looks like. Muriel Gray is not...	Love bytes Online dating is no longer the domain of the sad and ugly. You can find your perfect partner on the web, says Andrea Semple.
Rooster Bogle's legacy spurs Oregon to get to grips with crime families As followers of the Sopranos and the Krays know, crime tends to run in families and crime families tend to run into...	There are too many people in Britain... By 2040, the population of the UK will have been swelled by 15 million immigrants, according to figures calculated, or...
Gay couples win share of weddings page The New York Times is to open its weddings pages to gay and lesbian commitment ceremonies and exchanges of vows, a decision...	New wave breaks gender barrier Women surfers are taking to the waves in unprecedented numbers in the US, challenging the predominantly male and sometimes...
9/11: They Have Come Through How have New Yorkers coped with the aftermath? Survivors, the bereaved, rescue workers, and volunteers who rallied to help...	Shattered dreams on island Shangri-la Tales of abused maids prompt wealthy Singapore to put its houses in order. Coming from a small village in West Java armed...
At last, some teeth The commission for racial equality has many critics. But now more than ever it deserves our full support. When he was home...	Sopranos fans get an offer they can't refuse It's not just a family home: it's a Family home. For just $599 (£393), fans of the Sopranos can now buy the architectural...
Cannabis Everything you need to know about Britain's favourite illegal substance.	Moustaches The former Polish president, Lech Walesa, has shaved off his trademark moustache. Read our guide to the best sites on top...
No such thing as a free dinner When a man foots the bill, is it just a harmless act of generosity - or is something more insidious going on? Ann Marlowe...	'No one wants to say this law is wrong' 20 years for man who grew pot for his sick brother. Steven Treleavan, dressed in a beige prison jump suit, is sitting alone...
Russia's rise in addicts leads to rampant HIV Drug abuse has grown dramatically in Russia over the past decade, prompting a massive rise in the spread of HIV, according...	Yardies who built Britain Jamaicans are a zealously patriotic people and they will be celebrating today's 40th independence anniversary with passion....
For sado-masochists who have it all: try a violent kidnapping The sophisticated kidnap system resembles a version of countless adversarial video games. It's a more sado-masochistic...	Diana memorial design unveiled Plans for a memorial fountain to Diana, Princess of Wales were finally confirmed today, nearly five years after her death...
Why Warnock's law no longer delivers A couple of reporters have been touring British fertility clinics pretending to be infertile and in search of a sperm donor...	Ramblers' revenge Nicholas van Hoogstraten hated ramblers and banned them from his land. But with the ruthless businessman safely behind bars...
Pizza-loving mamma crowned Miss Tubby An alternative beauty contest in Italy has chosen a new Miss Tubby to lead resistance against the svelte tyranny known as...	Alpha females: The TV presenter Gifted, driven and highly motivated, a new generation of talented young women are putting their names on the map. And...
Bliss or bust-ups: the three minute test Save yourself a lifetime of misery - take our three minute compatability test. But don't forget, its just for fun.	The Secret of Lasting Love? Just Answer 25 Simple Questions The course of true love never did run smooth and now scientists know why. Love, according to a new theory, is not a matter...
Macdonald Unveils Haute Couture Collection "Hey, big spender!" boomed the sound system at the Palais Brongniart, as the Givenchy haute couture collection...	Another Triumph for Lagerfeld At Paris haute couture fashion week the adage rings true: you can never be too rich or too thin. Owning a Chanel suit...
The Fourth of July All you need to know about devolution, 1776-style.	Queen's budget revealed for first time Palace trumpets openness by publishing full cost of royal household. Buckingham Palace yesterday proclaimed its commitment...
Fathers' Day Cigars, lawnmowers and acknowledging paternity - read our web guide to the annual celebration of fatherhood.	Chinese Relax Into Divorce Same-day decrees, living together and lavish weddings flourish as sexual and social attitudes change.
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