Fashion supremo Karen Millen described her surprise and joy at receiving an OBE from the Prince of Wales.
The designer whose stores have brought style and elegance to high streets across the country said it was “amazing” to be presented with the honour at a Buckingham Palace investiture ceremony.
Millen, who has sold her stake in the [...]
What is not immediately obvious as you stroll into the open-plan, 17th-floor offices of Tommy Hilfiger, brightly lit by windows that stare down New York’s Hudson River, is whether you are entering the home of a fashion house or a music label. Sure there are racks of pick’n’mix clothes rolled across the aisles and a [...]
Women who stop smoking can enjoy major health benefits within five years, but it can take decades to correct respiratory damage and lower their risk of lung cancer, researchers reported on Tuesday.
Those who kicked the habit had a 13 per cent reduction in the risk of death from all causes including heart and vascular problems [...]
As a youngster he would lie in bed and dream of playing the perfect innings at the spiritual home of cricket, the famous Lords ground in London, but through hard work, determination and a bit of luck, he joins a select club to actually get a chance to live the dream.
A colleague, and its difficult [...]
Instead, the match is now teetering after Canterburys pace attack, led by the commanding frame of youngster Hamish Bennett, bowled their team right back into an intriguing five-day final to the domestic season at the Basin Reserve in Wellington.
When play was again halted early because of poor light, the Firebirds had limped to 163-6, still [...]
Last seasons finalists Waikaka and Mossburn Pirates seem to be struggling at this early stage so Mataura and rising super-power Te Anau are at the forefront of tipsters minds.
The early season hype surrounding the Te Anau team has proved to be more than just talk %26mdash; on Saturday Te Anau deserved the clinical 24-14 victory [...]
At 10am today the national selectors will name 16 players for a three-test cricket tour to England.
For half-a-dozen of them the announcement will end weeks of nailbiting. Either last evening or early today their mobile phone would have rung with caller ID bringing up the name %26quot;Paddles%26quot; - Richard Hadlee, national selection manager - the [...]
Screams erupted from 22,000 young women in flowery frills,
boots, really short shorts and glittery jewellery whenever a model
- dressed similarly - waltzed down the runway in a Tokyo
stadium.
“Kawaii,” cooed the women in Japanese. “Cute, adorable.”
As they gushed over the models and their outfits, many also
pulled out their mobile phones and placed orders for the clothes [...]
At Gemini Springs in DeBary recently, Johnson pushed “Jessy” around in a toy-filled red stroller, a sight that drew attention. “Hey, it’s a real monkey,” hollered one youngster, who did a double take.
Johnson replied with a grin: “That’s not a monkey; that’s my kid.”
Although illegal as pets in 20 states, the majority of the [...]
Gardiner has spent the Scottish winter recuperating from the double break to his leg received in a Spirit FC game mid-season last year and showed no ill effects with a solid performance.
Remembering back to the opener last season when the development team upset Spirit with a 3-1 win at Rugby Park, Spirit coach Ken Cresswell [...]
