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NEW YORK (AP) — The traditional bridal gown isn't a skimpy silhouette: It's long and typically without a plunging neckline or high slit. There's often a whole lot of fabric. One of the few opportunities for brides to be a little bare is to go with a strapless or sleeveless dress — and go with them they do.
NEW YORK (AP) — Buying a diamond ring can be intimidating. What do you look for? How much should you pay? Should you buy online or in a store?
If there's ever a time when you need to see clearly, it's when you're picking a pair of glasses.
A fashion-industry insider shares his time-tested tips for dressing yourself and your wedding party on the big day.
NEW YORK (AP) — When Kate Hudson first burst onto the scene with the movie "Almost Famous," her uncanny resemblance to her mother Goldie Hawn had everybody talking.
NEW YORK – You might as well roll out the red carpet in front of the school gymnasium or hotel ballroom and line it with parental paparazzi: Prom season provides many girls a chance to have their moment in the spotlight.
NEW YORK – The elaborate invitation has been proffered and accepted, the limo rented and the outfits coordinated, so what's next when planning for prom?
NEW YORK (AP) — Does your outfit blend into the woodwork?
Everything’s coming up roses – and daffodils and daisies and anemones, too. Designers with a floral fixation splashed blooms on sheaths, skirts, shirts and shoes on spring runways from New York to Paris. One particularly exuberant look in Jenna Lyons’ J. Crew collection (left) painted a super-bright palette of pink, green and yellow petals for a mixed bouquet. Trying this at home has its perils unless you’ve got a master’s in pairing patterns. Beginners, select one petal-printed piece before heading into full-fledged flower-girl territory.
NEW YORK – It's not a question of if you'll be caught in a springtime shower; it's a question of when.
When it comes to raising multiples, they've all been there. And they've got plenty of kids' clothes, toys and gear to prove it.
Glynis Abapo knew just what she wanted her dream wedding cake to be: simple. Three or four tiers. A rich, white confection with white peonies and peony petals cascading down the middle.
NEW YORK – Eva Mendes will be doing the red-carpet circuit again with her new film, "The Place Beyond the Pines," co-starring Ryan Gosling, coming out later this month. But while she lands more often than not in the fashion "do" column, Mendes says she knows she's made a few mistakes along the way, including one look she calls "Princess Jasmine gone wrong."
You don't get a cellphone alert when the contents of your makeup bag have reached their expiration date. But even the priciest mascaras, foundations and skin creams don't last forever.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis aren't the only ones poppin' tags at thrift shops.
A recent fashion show in Chicago allowed 19-year-old Jade Judd to express the artist inside of her.
As the plot takes unexpected twists and turns in PBS's highly addictive "Downton Abbey," fashion has broken free from the heavily corseted looks of the Edwardian era to the slimmer silhouettes of the early 1920s. Waists are moving down, skirts are moving up, and chests are flattening, says Susannah Buxton, the series' costume designer for Season 1 and part of Season 2. The Crawley girls are following suit with sleeveless chemise dresses that (gasp) show some ankle. After so many '50s fitted sheaths and full skirts, Louche tweeds and slim skirts feel right for now. 'Bye, Betty; hello, Lady Mary. Some ways to mine the period style.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A warning not to show too much skin didn't seem to deter the stars out Sunday for the Grammy Awards.
