Beauty and Fashion

No Wedding Planner, Grandma's Earrings and Church Flowers: Sira Shows How to Pull Off a Wedding for 130 Guests

A Spanish bride stitches her own wedding together - beer illustrations from each guest's home town instead of a seating...

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Violet Affleck Goes for a Boyish French Bob: A Scissor Move That Opens Up the Whole Jawline

The 20-year-old daughter of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner chose a straight line without volume, at a moment when long...

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Cannes 2026 - Three Spanish Films in Competition, and 87-Year-Old Jane Fonda Tearing Down the Red Carpet

Demi Moore, Poppy Delevingne and Heidi Klum took over the opening - but the real message is that women over...

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Something old, new, borrowed, blue: a Victorian wedding rhyme from the 19th century - and why it has worked for 200 years

English ethnologists pin down the origin - a 19th-century folk rhyme. Originally there was a fifth rule: a silver sixpence...

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Joan Collins at 92, no Botox and no Ozempic: training four times a week and watching the portions

The British actress turns 93 on 23 May. No Botox, no fillers, no Ozempic. She talks about discipline, not a...

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Beauty and Fashion

Grace Kelly's white knee-length skirt is back for spring 2026: 70 years of proof that it works

Alfred Hitchcock and Edith Head turned it into a symbol of elegance back in 1954. Seven decades later, it is...

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Brown Knocks Black Off the Wedding Dress Code: Shade by Skin Tone Is the New Standard for Guests

Colourimetrist María Moreta explains why chocolate, teja and taupe work where black no longer can.

11 May 2026 Read more →

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Igari - The Japanese Trick for a Face That Looks Like It Slept Eight Hours, Without Concealer

Blush under the eyes, not on the cheekbones. Colour theory instead of a coverup. Why Spanish and Italian women consistently...

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Cannes 2026 - 12 Spanish Actresses Who Reshaped the Red Carpet From 2015 to Today

Vicky Luengo with two premieres, Penelope Cruz as the eternal benchmark. What we aren't looking at on the most photographed...

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Lemons, Tomatoes and Grapes as Wedding Centrepieces: The New Trend That's Pushing Out Dutch Orchids

Sculptural towers of fruit and vegetables on wedding tables. Prettier than imported flowers, and cheaper - and afterwards nothing gets...

10 May 2026 Read more →

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Patricia Conde at 46: The Secret to a Younger Look Isn't an 80-Euro Serum, It's Going to Bed at 10pm

Dermatologists confirm it - sleep is the precondition for skin regeneration. Late nights break down the same collagen that the...

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Beauty and Fashion

The Horizontal Sailor-Stripe Shirt: 109 Years of Resistance to Trends and One Good Idea From Coco Chanel

From Normandy fishermen to Brigitte Bardot, Hepburn and today's Paris streets. Why this piece never falls into fashion.

10 May 2026 Read more →