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Thousands pay respects to Giorgio Armani
AFP, Published on 06/09/2025
» MILAN, Italy - Thousands of mourners began paying homage on Saturday to Italian fashion giant Giorgio Armani, following his death aged 91.
Scent of luxury: Indian jasmine infuses global perfume
AFP, Published on 15/08/2023
» MADURAI, India: Heady scents fill the air as skilled pickers in India pluck white jasmine before the still fresh buds are rushed for processing into a valuable ingredient for global perfumes.
Revealing debut for first Saudi in Paris Fashion Week
AFP, Published on 06/07/2023
» PARIS: Paris Fashion Week welcomed its first Saudi designer into the fold on Thursday, with a haute couture show full of daringly revealing looks.
Paco Rabanne: from fashion spaceman to fragrance king
AFP, Published on 03/02/2023
» PARIS: Nicknamed "Wacko Paco" in the 1960s for his often unwearable designs, Paco Rabanne, who died this week at age 88, became best-known in later years for his globally popular line of fragrances as well as his eccentric beliefs.
Sicily police seal off Mafia boss's hideout
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» ROME: Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro had been hiding in an apartment in a small town in Sicily before his arrest this week after three decades on the run, it emerged Tuesday.
Estee Lauder agrees to buy Tom Ford brand for $2.3bn
AFP, Published on 16/11/2022
» NEW YORK: Luxury beauty brand Estee Lauder said in a statement Tuesday it had agreed to buy designer Tom Ford's company for $2.3 billion.
Italian fashion pioneer Nino Cerruti dies
AFP, Published on 16/01/2022
» ROME: Pioneering Italian fashion designer Nino Cerruti, who introduced "casual chic" into men's fashion and in his heyday dressed Hollywood stars, has died at the age of 91.
Afghan saffron boss says Taliban will not silence her
AFP, Published on 27/09/2021
» HERAT (AFGHANISTAN) - An Afghan business leader who employs hundreds of women on her saffron fields has vowed to speak up for the rights of her workers, and "not remain silent" under Taliban rule.
Hard but sweet-smelling slog in Morocco's Valley of the Roses
AFP, Published on 04/05/2021
» KELAAT MGOUNA (MOROCCO) - To earn a dollar, rose picker Izza in Morocco's Atlas Mountains wakes up at dawn to collect three kilos of flowers -- eventually distilled into precious oil costing $18,000 per kilo.
WHO warns of 'accelerating' pandemic
AFP, Published on 22/06/2020
» DUBAI: The World Health Organization sent out a fresh warning on Monday over the dangers of the new coronavirus even as France returned to life by staging an annual music festival and sending millions of children back to school.