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• Yemeni model in rebel jail attempts suicide

  2 Jul 2021 - People

  Dubai - A young Yemeni model has attempted suicide in a Sanaa jail run by Huthi rebels enforcing a strict moral code, rights groups and her lawyer said. En

• Grande dame of Paris department stores reopens after 16-year renovation

  22 Jun 2021 - Retail

  Parisians will once again be able to stroll the gilded

• Paris fashion week SS22: houses eyeing a physical return to catwalks

  22 Jun 2021 - Fashion

  France's fashion houses are tip-toeing back on to the catwalk

• Barcelona Street Vendors Union launches game-changing sneaker brand

  19 Jun 2021 - Fashion

  When he left Senegal, risking his life to make the dangerous

• MFW SS22: 'baby steps' back to normality

  18 Jun 2021 - Fashion

  Lights, camera, real live audiences -- Milan fashion welcomes back actual people to its shows Friday, a sign the industry is ready to start turning the page on virtual formats adopted during the pandemic.

• "Africa is the future": Nigerian models take over fashion's runways

  21 Jun 2021 - Fashion

  Champagne corks popped and sequins sparkled like a thousand tiny stars in Nigeria's economic capital Lagos, where an international model casting was on the hunt for the face of the future.

• Tailor for Nelson Mandela now on a mission to boost African fashion

  2 Jun 2021 - Fashion

  Ivorian-Burkinabe tailor Pathe'O can look back

• Major fashion brands accused of cultural appropriation in Mexico

  31 May 2021 - Business

  Mexico has blasted major clothing brands Zara

• Vivienne Westwood inspired looks narrate new Disney film 'Cruella'

  26 May 2021 - Fashion

  Pitting one of its most memorable villains against a fearsome new foe, Disney's devilishly fashionable "Cruella" is one of the studio's darkest movies yet, according to star Emma Stone.

• Dior show approved at ancient Greek site

  26 May 2021 - Fashion

  Greece's top archaeological advisory body Wednesda