10 h. ago Jonathan Anderson leans into Dior’s dramatic backstory for couture show

Designer spins the historic house off on a tangent in Paris, with his reading of its history being that shock value can sellFor billionaires with an eye on best-dressed lists and Oscar nominees with sights set on red carpet domination, Paris haute couture – where a dress can take months to make by hand, and cost as much as a small apartment in the city – is a shopping opportunity. For the rest of the fashion industry, it is a battle for bragging rights between the haughtiest brand names in the world. With ambitious young designers newly installed at Dior and Chanel vying for domination, that battle is feistier than ever.Haute couture is an arms race like no other. At 10 o’clock on a Monday morning, the Oscar nominee Teyana Taylor was in a diamond tiara in the front row of Schiaparelli, where the house is preparing for a lavish exhibition opening at the V&A Museum this spring. A few hours later in the garden of the Rodin Museum, where a mirrored Dior catwalk reflected a suspended...

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14 h. ago Coleen Rooney looks chic in navy workout gear as she leaves a beauty spa in Cheshire

The WAG, 39, who has sons Kai, 16, Klay, 11, Kit, eight, and Cass, six, with her retired footballer husband Wayne, 40, paired her long leggings with a three-quarter zip-up jumper.

Politics

14 h. ago The Cheshire spa named world's 'most romantic' launches Valentine’s deal

It features one of the largest spa gardens in the UK and even has its own vineyard

Economics

16 h. ago Sainsbury's 'gorgeous' Valentine's cardigan worth £20 now less than £5 in deal

The cream cardigan has been described as 'good quality, warm and cosy' by pleased shoppers

Economics

18 h. ago The world's most romantic cities named ahead of Valentine's Day

With less than three weeks until Valentine's Day, a team of experts at Mozio have revealed the world's most romantic cities.

Politics

29 h. ago New Zealand landslide: six missing named as police confirm victims are unlikely to be found alive

Victims of landslide at Mount Maunganui campsite include teenage students, a literacy coordinator and a Swedish nationalThe families and friends of six people buried in a landslide at a New Zealand holiday park last week have paid tribute to their loved ones, after they were named by officials, and police confirmed they were unlikely to be found alive.The victims include 15-year-old Pakūranga College students Sharon Maccanico and Max Furse-Kee, literacy coordinator Lisa Maclennan, 50, longtime friends Jacqualine Wheeler and Susan Knowles, both 71, and Swedish national Måns Loke Bernhardsson, 20. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago North London house named 1 of most beautiful in the world on sale for £10m

North London house named 1 of most beautiful in the world on sale for £10m  mylondon.news

Economics

42 h. ago ‘She was a bitch in the best possible way’: the life and mysterious death of drag queen Heklina

The performer was found dead in ‘unexpected’ circumstances in her London flat in 2023. Why are her loved ones still waiting for an explanation?In commemorations and memorials after her death, the view was unanimous: Heklina had been a bitch. In the world of San Francisco’s drag scene, where she made her name, this wasn’t meant as an insult. Heklina had been a legendary performer whose stage persona was equal parts raunchy and abrasive, slinging insults known as “reads” in fine drag tradition. “Yeah, she was a bitch,” recalls her longtime collaborator Sister Roma, “but she was a bitch in the best possible way.”Seven weeks after Heklina died, a memorial for her closed down San Francisco’s Castro Street, with crowds gathering to watch the event on giant screens. Among comedy routines and performances, the city’s queer community paid homage to Heklina not just as a drag queen, but also a shrewd promoter whose long-running event series Trannyshack created a platform for countle...

Politics

54 h. ago Margot Robbie beats off huge Hollywood stars to be crowned world’s most beautiful woman – who else made top five?

BARBIE actress Margot Robbie holds a finger up to show she’s number one — after being named the world’s most beautiful woman. The 35-year-old Aussie beat fellow actress Scarlett Johannson to the honour in the poll organised by website Ranker, with more than seven million votes cast in total. But married mum-of-one Margot, who will...

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59 h. ago The moment I knew: ‘He put down the camera and asked permission to kiss me’

Susan Hayes and Craig got to know each other through an online game. When they finally met in person, it felt like a real-life romance novelFind more stories from the moment I knew seriesWhen 2023 rolled around, I was ready for a change. I’d spent the Covid years locked down in Victoria, Canada. I had quit my day job at the end of 2019 to write full-time and travel, only for the world to shut down.During those long, lonely years, I kept myself distracted by playing an online game. Nothing fancy, just a phone game about surviving a zombie apocalypse. It was a bit of fun and a way to connect with people from around the world. One of those people was a fellow named Craig. Continue reading...

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68 h. ago Snooker legend who reached six world finals names top five players in history

Snooker icon Jimmy White has shared his thoughts on the sport's greatest players of all time

Sport

2 d. ago 'Magical' nature reserve in UK that inspired Bronte sisters named 'wonder of the world'

The first of its kind nature reserve in West Yorkshire has been named one of the 'wonders of the world' to visit in 2026 and it's a traveller's paradise.

Politics

3 d. ago Teen named part of murder gang days before 18th birthday after court lifts ban

The youngest member of the gang who murdered Jordan Hogg can now be named after a judge lifted a reporting restriction. Kaiden McIver, 17, stood watch outside armed with a machete during the fatal attack

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3 d. ago Gardeners' World's Monty Don names gardening job he 'always' does in January whatever the weather

Monty Don has spoken out about the jobs gardeners can do in January and reassured fellow enthusiasts that even if they get this job wrong that it's not a disaster

Society

3 d. ago Trump and Newsom shared smiles and jokes behind the scenes at Davos – despite the insults and death stares in public

Political enemies reportedly ‘engaged in affable small talk backstage’ at World Economic Forum this week before getting back to bitter name-calling and critiques of each other’s records

Politics

3 d. ago £200 Apple Watch reduced to £79 in rare early Valentine's Day deal

It's the perfect Valentine's Day gift

Economics

6 d. ago Meet the world's smartest COW! Brown Swiss named Veronika has worked out how to scratch her back with a stick

Veronika, a brown Swiss cow from the Austrian village of Carinthia, shocked researchers with the first documented case of a cow working out how to scratch itself with a stick.

Politics

6 d. ago This City Was Just Named the Top Food Destination in the World by Tripadvisor—and No It's Not Paris, NYC, or Rome

This City Was Just Named the Top Food Destination in the World by Tripadvisor—and No It's Not Paris, NYC, or Rome  Travel + Leisure

Politics

6 d. ago Meet the world's smartest COW! Brown Swiss named Veronika has worked out how to scatch her back with a stick

Veronika, a brown Swiss cow from the Austrian village of Carinthia, shocked researchers with the first documented case of a cow working out how to scratch itself with a stick.

Politics

8 d. ago Noem confirms ICE officer is under internal review after fatal shooting of Renee Good

‘We are following the exact same investigative and review process that we always have under ICE and under the Department of Homeland Security and within the administration,’ Noem said

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